Chalk Paint Projects

I'm back in the garage

doing my thing....

mixing up my own chalk paint

and working on these projects

If you know me at all

you know I'm terrible at

remembering to take

before pictures

but before I got too far along

I remembered to snap this picture

I found this little cabinet

at Goodwill for $5.00

It was dark brown like the

cabinet door next to the piece

I decided to give it one coat

of primer before I started

with my chalk paint

Here's the finished piece

two coats of chalk paint

a cute shabby knob on the door

a little distressing

and a coat of wax

Here are my next

projects to work on

This needs to be painted

and a new seat

and this one has

a coat of blue chalk paint

and some bling

(the spoons)

but is also in need of

a new seat

How you might ask do you

fix a chair with a hole in

the seat.......

Every Little Birdie says

Check back and see!!



It's Fall Y'all

Once again here in South Texas

it doesn't really feel like fall

 

Therefore, I wasn't really

very motivated to decorate

 

But I just had to put out a little......

 

 

I'm sure as it gets cooler

I'll put out more

 

 A little something for my

backdoor friends!

 

 

Let's move inside where it's cooler....

 

 

I love changing the seasons

on my sideboard

 

 

Oh my, getting in the "Fall" mood

has me Glistening at bit!

 

I need to sit down with a tall

glass of iced tea and cool off 

Every Little Birdie says

 Hope it's cool where ever you are!

Texas Antique Show

Are you familiar with the

two week antique show

 in Texas?

 

Held once in the Spring

and again in the Fall

 

It goes for miles running

through charming little

towns such as Warrington,

Roundtop, Carmine and Brenham

 

These sleepy little towns are transformed into a mega shopping experience with treasures for sale as far as the eye can see!

 

My friend Judy and I went Saturday

and I have one word for it.......

 

OVERWHELMING

 

  The road to GET to the treasures

was a long and slow one!!!

 

BUT SO WORTH THE TRIP!

 

 Oh my gosh,
We are finally here and
I don't know where to start......

BUT START WE MUST! 

 

Are you ready?  Let's go shopping! 

Oh my, shabby chic

everywhere you look!

I think I've died and gone to heaven

how about you?????

Are you still with me???

If so you've covered a couple of miles so far.  AND you are hot!

The weather is very humid
and mid 90's.  Makeup melting,
hairdo gone, tired feet......  
 

But girls gotta do
what girls gotta do!!!

 
So let's continue......

 

 Wow, am I getting some
great ideas for my booth
 

How much money have you spent by now?

 

 

OK, ready to turn around and
walk all the way back?
We might have missed
something ya know
 

BTW, where did we park the car?????

Every Little Birdie says

We had a blast!  Hope you did too!
 Can't wait
to do it again next spring!

Next post.....what I bought!!

join me over at
http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com/2013/09/make-it-pretty-monday-week-69.html

But wait, there's more!

Have you ever started a project

and it just kept growing?

Mine started with this....

A small frame I painted white

backed with french fabric

An old clock face

and some new hands for the clock

I then hung my creation on the wall in the hallway

"Is that new said my hubby?"

"Why yes dear it is, do you like it?"  

time passes.....

the more I looked at it 

the more I thought it needed something more.....

 .......a square frame, painted white

"Is that new said my hubby?"

"Why yes dear it is, do you like it?"

But every time I passed by

I still wasn't happy with my project......

   

 It just needed a little something else...

One more large frame,

painted white

hubby - "are you finished with

that thing yet?????" 

"Why yes dear I am, don't you think

it's perfect now?" 

 

 Every Little Birdie says -

  Let no project end

before it's time