Planter Redo

I have had this little planter for awhile.  I like it and want to use it in our bath to hold rolled bath towels.  The only problem is I don't like the amber distressing glazed that was used on it. It is just too yellow for my decor.  Much more of a yellow tone than shows in the photo.

It just looks dingy and dirty to me, not sometime I would want to use for clean towels.  I know it is just the color of the glaze, but still, yuck.

Here you can see even the interior also has the yellowed glaze.  

So I decided to go over the whole piece with a dry brush technique using just enough white paint to tone down the glaze and give the whole piece a brighter fresher appearance.

The interior looks so much better bright, clean white.

The change is subtle but so worth it.

Love the new look.

before 

after

Happy Crafting!

Little Blue Green Bedside Table

Last weekend we found this little table at the local Vintage Market.

This little bedside table is very well built, so it was a great find.

I keep finding items is this dark color.  Don't like the color but love the shape and the little drawer at the bottom is so adorable.

I plan to paint the table white to match the bed in the guest room.  Change out the drawer knob and line the drawer with scrapbook papers. 

For me this table's distressing is too much.  So the first thing I did was paint all the edges where the wood is revealed black.  That way when I do my light distressing some of the black will show through instead of raw the wood.

Here you can see the new knob I was trying out.  I think it is a keeper.

I have the first coat of white paint dry and am ready to start the second coat. I have temporarily put square thumbtacks on the bottom of the legs.  This makes it easier to paint and not have the legs stick to the paper beneath on the table while I am painting.

All dry, lightly distressed, and new knob added.

I added a little vintage style postcard to the lower shelf with Mod Podge.  It is all waxed, I will let it set overnight and buff.

Here is a  peek at the inside of the drawer.  I lined it with it with scrapbook paper and gave it a coat of Mod Podge to protect the paper.

Happy Crafting!

Garden Butterfly

This poor little butterfly spent the winter in the garden and ended up with quite a coat of rust.  You can barely see it in front of the carpet in my studio.  It used to be so pretty I couldn't bring myself to just throw it away.

Time to repaint and refresh for the summer.

Again I painted the entire piece white to seal it and give me a nice base to add color.

Here is the close up of the butterfly painted shades of blue, green and lavender with a touch of orange.  I used Martha Stewart Metallic Pearl paints.

The feathers I painted green, blue and lavender.  It is all refinished and hanging on the patio.

Happy Crafting!

Week in Review

Here's a review of this week's posts.

Monday

Pretty in Purple Necklace

Tuesday

Vintage Market Finds

Wednesday

Crystal Necklace

Thursday

Glass Door Knob Wall Hook

Friday

Hidden Compartment Stack of Books

Happy Weekend!

Hidden Compartment Stack of Books

You might remember last December I bought this piece at thrift store on half price Saturday.

It was pretty beat up and the colors where all wrong for me.

The front book swings open to reveal a hidden area with two hooks.

Nice piece but again awful colors for my decor and lots of nicks and scrapes.

The first thing I did was paint the entire piece white.

Then I had to decide what color to paint the individual books.  I choose a soft gray for the outer books and pink for the front, aqua for the bottom book.  I also stenciled a few designs on the different books when the paint was dry.  Then I sanded to distress the stencils and edges.

All of the page areas I painted with a combination of tan and white to simulate paper pages.

Next I added pieces of lace and pearls with my hot glue gun and printed a vintage girl's picture for inside the frame.

Here is a peek at the inside.

Happy Crafting!

Glass Door Knob Wall Hook

I have such a weakness for vintage glass door knobs.  In my first house I changed all the cabinet knobs out for vintage glass knobs.  I love the older homes with glass knobs on the doors, too.

The real vintage ones are so expensive nowadays I have to go for reproductions, now.

I spotted this wall hook at Bed, Bath and Beyond the other day on the half price table. I loved the look but not the color,  

I decided to paint the black metal white and the wood a aqua and white for a distressed looked.

This was a quick redo.

Out came the chalk paint.  I painted the metal portion white then distressed it when dry, next I painted the wood portion with the aqua and then went over that with white before distressing.

That's it.  I let it dry, waxed the entire piece, let the wax dry overnight.  And in the morning I buffed it to a nice sheen.

Happy Crafting!

Crystal Necklace

Here are the crystals that I laid out before stringing.

I love the pastel and white crystals for summer.

And here is a close up of the focal beads.

I strung the crystals on beading wire and added a magnetic clasp to the back of the necklace.

The finished piece.

The white crystals look cool for summer.

Happy Crafting!