Wall Hanging

           Once again I purchased a less than beautiful picture frame from the local antique shop.  Sometimes I get in over my head and I thought this might be one of those times.  So I bought this frame that had 3 panes of glass and was covered in something that could only be described as GUNK!

           I washed the frame down and decided to break out the middle pane of glass because there was no saving it.  It was just covered in caulk and grim.  In cleaning the rest of it I accidentally stepped on another pane of glass.  If you're doing the math...3 panes of glass - 1 pane - 1 more pane = 1 PANE LEFT!  I am a symmetrical person so this was bound to bother me!  Anyways it ended up working out just fine.  I painted it black and found this beautiful graphic on the internet:

       I then used ribbon and attached some pictures frames to them as you see below.  It turned out to be a BEAUTIFUL piece of art that was an original idea!  Finished product!

Zebra Lamp

I made this lamp for a friend for her birthday present!  She is sooo into zebra and I couldn't find 

anything in the stores that was good enough for her.

Plus, things are always better from the heart.

I simply bought a white shade and lamp and covered it with sheer zebra fabric.

I then edged it with black ribbon.

It turned out so cute and it was hard for me to let it go.  In the end she did love it!

Teacher Chair!

Guess where I got this chair...nope not a rummage sale...my other favorite place...ANTIQUE SHOP!

It was a piece of garbage before I got my hands on it.  I loved it for the scroll work on the back.

I'm still working on how to highlight it but for now it stays as is.

I painted it a soft yellow and found fabric to match.  I put it in my classroom and the kids loved it!

Nothing like a little 6 year old satisfaction to boost your ego! :)

Picture and Memo Board

Once again I used a frame from a rummage sale.  Clearly I'm pretty into picture frames :)

I spray painted it and then hot glued the string at the different 

points behind the frame.  I bought cute little clothes pins to attach the pictures.

I also bought black ribbon to make my bow.

It turned out so cute and seems like it'd be a really great wedding present!

Marbled Glasses

I bought some cheap glasses at a rummage sale.  I used my stick-on foam letters again

and used the letters of my roommates names.  These were presents for my roommates.

I taped off the sides of the glasses so the marbling would only

go as high as I wanted it.  

I then poured nail polish into water and used a toothpick to swirl it around. 

You gotta be quick with this part or it will just clump. 

You stick the glass into the marbling and carefully pull it out.  Let it dry and all done!

Crayon Art

This one is so great and easy to do!  I bought a LARGE box of crayons and hot glued them

on to a canvas.  I then attached stick-on foam letters.  I took my blow dryer and melted the crayons down.

The tricky part is making sure the crayon stays in the rainbow pattern 

and doesn't fly off the canvas!

Mail Carrier

I found this old shutter at the antique shop and painted it.  I attached the letters, which

are vinyl cut out by my cricut, and tada! 

Magnetic Make-up Board

This is a GENIUS idea I got off of Pinterest!  I bought a piece of tin from the local hardware store and then covered it in fabric.

I then bought some pretty heavy duty magnets (mostly because my fabric was so thick)

and attached them to the backs of my make-up.  It is sooooooo nice and super easy to do!

Button Rings

My aunt gets all the credit for this idea.  We got button makers and fabric from the fabric store.  On the back of the buttons is a little metal loop to sew onto clothes.  Take that off with a pair of snips.  Put your fabric of choice on the curved button side and press into the button maker.  I bought some cheap rings from the fabric store as well (wedding section of all things) and just hot glued them to the back of the button.

Verse Table

My boyfriend wanted to turn this ugly mauve table into a piece of art and this was his idea.  It turned out really well!  We painted it all black and the top white.  I cut letters out with my Cricut to the verse you see here.  We taped the letters on and sprayed black over top.  Presto chango here's what we got!

Lace Dresser

Ok this is the "mama" version I was referring to!  So my friend (God bless him!) found me this dresser which clearly needed some work! 

So I started by once again sanding (that happens a lot in this story).  The top was the worst part of it all!  I spent about 4 hours trying to get that stupid, sticky mess off the top.  Anywho...Once it was all sanded I primed the whole thing.  Next I did the same process as with the side table.

I sprayed the front of it black as well and then the inside of the drawers I just did with primer because...well it just looked better that way :)  I also had to buy hardware for this if you noticed the wooden grossness that was on there before.  Here it is....

Lace Side Table

This was my first major project.  I found this side table at a rummage sale for $6 and somehow...saw the potential in it!  I found a version of this idea in a book and adapted it to my liking.  So as you can see this is the before...not so pretty, but just you wait!

So I basically sanded it down first.  The top was pretty clean but was more of a laminate finish so I roughed that up a little bit as well.  I took off the hardware and set aside to paint later.  Once it was sanded and cleaned I spray painted everything but the top black.  With the top I chose to spray it pink but you could do whatever color you'd want.  Once this all dried I took a piece of lace that I bought from the local fabric store. I set that on top and taped it down fairly well to avoid movement.  I then sprayed the black over the top with the lace on.  ***Make sure you have a fairly heavy lace or the black may seep through.*** I removed the lace pretty much right after spraying it and....

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it turned out soooo good. Oh by the way I sprayed the hardward just with silver paint as well.  I'm pretty proud of it but just wait till you see the mama version!!! COMING SOON!

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