Vintage Corner

There is a sweet little corner

in my guest room that

 softly whispers....... VINTAGE 

Every Little Birdie says

 Vintage - Something from the past

Feathering My Nest

I've been feathering my.....

 

VINTAGE   NEST   BOOTH

adding a few things

moving things around

trying to keep my booth

 fresh and interesting

My latest painted piece

 

Vintage Coffee Pots

 

These framed pictures are reproductions

of prints from catalogs in the 1800's

Hoping my customers will find

something they just can't live without!!

Every Little Birdie say-

It pays to have a pretty nest 

Fun Evening

Our good friends

Allen & Janie

visited this weekend

We had a wonderful time

catching up

Janie and hubby are musicians

and love to jam

so Friday night we had a few

neighbors over......

Great food, great fun

 and an evening concert on the porch....

Every Little Birdie says

Friendship improves happiness!!

Guest Room changes

As my hubby says-

I'm always playing around with

my guest room

This past week I made a few changes....

 I changed out the bedside tables

with two I recently painted

This cute stand was in three pieces when I rescued it!!

 A little wood glue and paint

fixed it right up

 One of my neighbors gave me this piece

it wasn't in bad shape but you know me

I thought it would look better WHITE!!

Since it was originally a dark stain it distressed nicely

 

  The old Singer sewing stand

found a new home in this corner

of the room

Every Little Birdie says-

Hope my guest enjoy the changes

Makeover

I found an old

brass floor lamp

at Salvation Army

I brought it home and.....

"PAINTED IT WHITE"

I loved it's style

but it needed some work

I added a little burlap trim

 Used one of my shabby lamp shades

 

Love to strip old stained lamp shades

and re-purpose them into something pretty 

 

A little lace, tulle, a few crystals

an old finial painted white

 

 

I love the way it turned out!!!!

 

 

Nice addition to my screened porch!!

Every Little Birdie says

 What fun turning some one's old 
discarded junk into
a beautiful piece for my home

  

Good Junk

Do you have "girl friend" dates???

Me and one of my best girl friends have

regular dates (we try for once a week)

This week I went to her home

to look at some furniture

and give her advice on 

which pieces we should paint

We decided to start with.....

Her breakfast table and chairs

I promise to post on the finished project!!

..........Then we headed down the road

to Cuero, Texas for a little shopping

We both love to go junkin'

and Cureo is just the place to do it

In one of the shops I found an old

metal percolator coffee pot and

an aluminum cake cover

$2.00 - coffee pot

$3.00 cake cover

The sales lady said "what are you going

to do with these old things?"

I really didn't know what I'd do with

them, but I knew they were

Good Junk!

I went home, got out my crafting supplies
and look what happened! 

Aluminum cake cover

 

I took the old wooden knob off the top and replaced it with a cute "Paris" knob, then I embellished it with some lace, pearls 

and bling, and last I sat it on this cake stand 

(which I made from thrift finds) 

Old coffee Pot

I made a decorative flower out of some of my ticking material, added a tiny doily for the base and hot glued it to the pot

 It works great on my kitchen shelf

to hold up my cookbooks

Every Little Birdie says

 I love junk!!!!

Painting Class

A couple of weeks back

I had my very first 

Painting 101 Class

A couple of my friends wanted to learn

 about painting with chalk paint 

The class covered:

• Using the right supplies for the job
• How to make your own chalk paint
• Mixing paints to get the right color 
• Painting 101
• Distressing your piece
• Waxing your piece 
• Using stencils

The right supplies make all the difference!

 We looked at examples of Annie Sloan chalk paint

vs. my homemade chalk paint

Very little difference!!!!

Don't get me wrong, I love Annie Sloan Paint

but I can't always afford the convenience

so I make my own

   They each brought a piece to practice painting

This little rocking chair belonged to 

JonAnn's father when he was a boy

Very sentimental but in need of a makeover

She mixed different paints to create this pretty blue

How adorable is this????

And my friend Judy brought an old chair she 

found in her husband's shop

 She choose a light green paint

 and added this pretty stencil

This piece went from being a boring industrial chair

to a chair with personality!!

 We had a great time and they were pleased 

with what they learned

.....and I've already got girls wanting to

know when my next class will be!

Every Little Birdie says

 We ended with a little "happy hour"
to reward all our hard work!!

It was a fun day with great friends!!