Spray Paint is my Friend

Ok, so apparently, I missed the spray paint

bandwagon the first few times it went around.

I've JUMPED on now!

I bought this frame at the DI (goodwill).  It was originally $5

but all frames were 1/2 off that day.

Did you know the DI had sales?  Me either!

It was a little dinged up but structurally sound.

I bought some spray black spray paint and went crazy!

It covered all the dings and made the frame look brand new!

I was so excited.  I used to to make this

(ignore the black speck still having camera problems)

I made this wreath out of coffee filters.  I used a 12" styrofoam wreath

and 1.29 worth of coffee filteres (well, only about 1/2 of them)

I've done 2 now.  One with the brown coffee filters I tried to hot glue.

Not a good idea, it melts the styrofoam and the fingers.

This white one I used floral pins, you can find them

in the floral section, I think they were $1 for a ton.

So, I was making this project as a give away at a church function. 

It didn't quite turn out as planned.  I like it alot better in the pictures

than it looked in real life.  I think I'll try adding butterflies like this ONE on

Mary Jane's and Galoshes

Suprisingly, since I never procrastinate (insert sarcastic snicker here),

I was quickly running out of time.  I repainted the frame country white.

I didn't have any white spray paint, but I have a bucket of white in

the garage.  I antiqued it with glaze and attached a wreath:

It was a hit.  Sold for quite a bit of fun money at the church function.  I was happy with how

it turned out.  Now I'm on the lookout for another frame on sale

to try to finish the coffee filter wreath!

My $75 Kitchen Makeover

I hate winter. I would rather be outside working in my yard or playing at the park with the kids. During those long winter days, I dream up "projects". It makes my husband crazy because he's usually roped into helping with my "projects". So one of those cold winter nights, I decided my kitchen needed a makeover.

Before Pictures

Above the sink I have in vinyl "Topham" in dark brown.

I was most excited about painting my island a different color.

So, this project was completed with leftovers from other projects (fitting since it's the kitchen!). I used a cottage white left over from my front room project to paint all of the cupboards. I then painted espresso glaze leftover from downstairs bathroom over the top of them. I let it sit for a minute and then wiped it in and off.


After Pictures:


Some of the cupboards took a few tries to get it how I liked it.



When I painted the wall, I painted over the top of the vinyl. After it started to dry, I pealed it off to reveal white!






Ta Da! The only thing I had to buy the crown moulding, $12 and the knobs for the drawers and doors, $60. I probably wouldn't have bought that nice of knobs, but I was so proud of myself for saving money everywhere else, I figured I could splurge!

And my favorite part! The red island. This is the same color as my office, except it looks alot darker with the glaze on top of it. I hired my daughters as cheap labor to paint the bead board I had left over from the baby's room.

I'm super happy with how things turned out. I was hoping for a country cottage feel. It was a fairly simple project to complete and a perfect wintertime one. It wasn't exactly something I could finish during baby's nap time, but a couple hours each night after work and a whole new feeling in my kitchen!

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