$4 Table Makeover

OK, this was a Goodwill score at $4…I bought it initially for my son’s new apartment.  He moved out a week ago and I thought since his new place was partially furnished that this would be a good addition.

It looks like it was a shop project…very sturdy, but the top is plywood and the edges had some gouges so I had to paint it.  I used wood filler and went over it several times with a sealer as there were some stains on the top.

I used a cocoa paint left over from another project and slathered on several coats to help cover any imperfections. I wasn’t happy with that so I painted the top white…

and I painted two stripes around the bottom using spray paint and tape.

It’s not perfect but neither was the table! 

Anyway, I have decided to keep this table for my spare bedroom (aka my son’s room).  I will need a bedside table so decided to keep this table for that room.

I am glad to have it done and I do like the way it looks.

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California Sun Yellow Table

Here’s my newest project…the table, not the dog!  It was a butcher block style chunk of wood that I wanted to use as a table top, it was given to me so I didn’t pay anything for it. 

I looked into metal table legs and they were pricey!  I found all sorts of wooden legs, but they weren’t what I was looking for.  Metal hairpin legs were what I really wanted, and I found some here and here but they were just too expensive for this project.  I’m saving those for a really cool table!

So, I had been thinking about this and was browsing at Hobby Lobby when I ran across this metal legged table with a wood top.  It was 66% off so I paid $18 for the table and couldn’t wait to take it apart when I got it home.

This was my first time to work with chalk paint.  My sister Sarah had given me CeCe Caldwell’s chalk paints in two colors, California Sun Yellow and Destin Gulf Green.  I used the yellow (obviously!) on this table.  I was a little nervous putting the second coat on because it took off some of the first coat…I read the directions about ten times and finally sorted out that I should have just used water as the second coat.

The colors are so vivid and fresh, I am definitely looking for a project for the green color.  I am definitely going to use just water for the second coat. 

I love the varied color…

Beautiful color!  And Milo approves, so it’s all good!

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Another beautiful braided leather bracelet

You may remember this braided leather bracelet I made.  When I got the cording for that one I also received some narrower leather cording from the same company.  I love bracelets…you can never have too many!!

The cording is really easy to cut and glue the ends of the cording into the silver end caps. I added a few beads I already had to the grey strand. 

There is one strand turquoise, one grey, and one a metallic teal color.  The color combination is really wonderful!   There are so many colors available in this fine leather cording, you can’t even imagine!

I’m loving the arrow through the heart clasp!

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Container planting and other flowers

Yup that’s an amaryllis sticking out of the top of my stacked pot planter. It used to be 3 pots stacked high…

Then this happened…an accident caused by a pug chasing a Great Dane.  It was quite a sight.  So now the stacked pot is only two pots high.

Around this time of year I stick flags in planters all over the deck.

I love bright flowers and easy to grow flowers.

Mom gave me this peacock décor for my porch planter. I love me some peacocks!

A hanging plant with three different kinds of bloomers.

I put a big shallow pot on a stump and put mulch around it (those same two dogs I referred to earlier keep digging it up) and it looks great by the willow tree.

I think every year the day lilies bloom earlier, this year they are really pretty and tall!

I found purple fountain grass at Lowes for $1 each so I planted four clumps of it in our “pet cemetery”.

Purple coneflowers come up in the yard like weeds.  Sometimes I just let them bloom before I cut them down.

Coreopsis blooms every where and the dusty miller has taken over as well. I need to clean out my perennial garden and start over next year. 

The house looks so cozy with the flowers and the grass cut!  Hope you are having a great week!

Some favorite quotes and playing with Picmonkey

Picmonkey is a great photo editing site…you can add all sorts of textures, text, colors, special effects to any picture you upload. 

Google images has a lot of paint chip type files and I have used a few of them for backgrounds for quotes that I like.

So, you can resize a square of color and “write” any quote with any font…so easy and fun!

Most of picmonkey is free but there is a plan you can pay yearly for which allows you to use more fonts and different effects.

A lot of fun to play around with, that’s for sure!  You can go to my Pinterest Speaking Words of Wisdom board to see more of my favorite quotes!

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Recycling and Reusing Containers

My niece saved a bunch of these baby food containers.  The lids fit tight and they are great for storing a variety of things.  I use them a lot to store my jewelry making supplies.

They come in two sizes and stack nicely.

These yogurt containers are great for pouring paint into for smaller projects, or Mod Podge when you don’t want to dip your dirty brush into the Mod Podge container (think glitter projects).  You get the idea…

I make a lot of pincushions and buy the nice pearl head pins in the little containers (I always buy them when Jo-Ann Fabrics has their 50% off notions sales). 

Anyway, they are also great for storing all sorts of jewelry findings and the lids stay on tightly as well.

The Mentos cylinder containers are perfect for storing various supplies like beads, buttons, hair elastics.  I keep them tucked in the top drawer of my sewing desk.

and in my jewelry supplies tote.

They are great for on-the-go projects.

Mandarin orange cups are the perfect size for paint or glue too.  I keep a few of them in the car and put my pug’s ice cream cone in them (he just gets a tiny cone!).

I found these vintage thumb tack containers at a garage sale and they are a great size for organizing all sorts of craft supplies. 

And of course there’s always the old school glass baby food jar!  We all know what to do with those!

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