Curbside Finds

Yesterday I was in town

and while driving through a residential area

 I passed a house with a card table 

full of "stuff" sitting curbside...........

 

I immediately turned around

and came back to take a closer look!

 

Liking what I saw I went to the door,

knocked, and when a man answered

I asked -

 

"Is this stuff for sale?"

 

 $7.00 bucks later

look what I drove away with........

 

a beautiful candelabra

And two pretty table cloths

 

Not bad for a little curbside shopping!

Every Little Birdie's motto:

 MUST STOP FOR JUNK

A different look

I've had this grey buffet in my booth

for a while now

It's painted with Annie Sloan French Linen paint

It hasn't sold so I decided

it was time for a change

I added a stencil affect to dress it up a bit

I used my Martha Stewart

adhesive silkscreens

with a little acrylic craft paint

I applied the paint with a small

 sponge applicator

All of these supplies are available

at Hobby Lobby 

So what do you think???

Will the change result in a sale???

Every Little Birdie says

 Only time will tell..........

 

Got Power???

A few posts back I promised

to show you the "finished" desk,

once I moved it into my booth space....

Remember when it was in 

the garage and looked like this??

A little drum roll please.............

Finished desk w/ chair to match!!

Note:  This piece was in such bad shape

I finally broke down and bought a

random circular sander 

a.k.a. -POWER TOOL

Wow I love it!!

It had this desk looking nice 

and smooth in no time 

Every Little Birdie says

If the Junk Gypsies can use

power tools, then so can this little birdie!!

But Wait There's More!

More Inventory in my

Vintage Nest Booth

Here are some of the new items

 Oh so shabby lamp shade

 Just hanging around........

a great wire/burlap basket 

Vintage Coffee Pots

great decor for your kitchen!!

A few new white pieces

 

 A vintage birdcage

with a shabby chandelier....

who could resist?

Every Little Birdie says

 Are you ready to shop????

 

Friday Night Fever

I'm feverishly working on some junk

this Friday Night!

Take a look at what I've

accomplished so far.........

I love embellishing these

old vintage kitchen items

 

I'm also painting the chair to

go with my blue desk

I'll be moving it all to my

booth this weekend!!

Every Little Birdie says

 What are you up to this Friday night?

Busting Out!!

Recently I was at a local flea market

and on one of the display counters

there was a beautiful bust 

 (you know, the roman goddess kind)

They were using her to display

 jewelry that was for sale

I noticed that on the back of the bust

it said - "Display, Not for Sale"

Well I was quite smitten with her

so I asked the sales lady

"Are you sure you don't want to sell her?"

And to my surprise she said-

"I got her at Hobby Lobby - 66% off!!"

Girlfriend you know where 

I was headed next!!

 Isn't she striking.....

 I added a bow in her hair

 some of my vintage jewelry

and a couple of antique watches

She found a place of honor in the corner of my guest room

Every Little Birdie says

 Have you ever decorated

with a bust?

By Request

I finally sold my Annie Sloan

"Duck Egg Blue"

Vanity & chair last week

 As sometimes happens it sat in my

booth for months

and all of a sudden three ladies

wanted it at the same time!

I received a call from the shop-

"The other ladies want to know if

 you are going to be doing a similar piece

anytime soon"

 

I knew I needed to get out there, start looking

and finish something ASAP!

Well as luck would have it

last week I found this cute desk at 

the Salvation Army

 It had good bones but needed a lot of work

I used liquid putty to fill all 

the holes, dents and deep scratches

I gave it a primer coat....

Then I started mixing paint colors until I 

got the paint color I wanted

A LIGHT BLUE

I gave it a couple of coats of paint

distressed and waxed it and

added some new knobs

As soon as I finish a matching chair

to go with the desk, they will be taking 

a trip to my booth

and I'm hoping one of the ladies

that missed out on the vanity

will fall in love with this new "blue" piece!!

Every Little Birdie says-

 Check back to see my next post....

The finished project in my booth space!