Procrastination Central

So, Friday afternoon rolled around and I had to have 2 projects

completed to donate to the young women in my church

for a fundraiser.  I had to drop them off at 3:00

I started this about 2pm.  AHAH.  I'm so bad...

First of all, this is what I found at the DI earlier in the week;

CUPBOARD DOORS  They were $1-$3. I grabbed a huge stack

and then went back and grabbed some more

The bigger pieces are too heavy to hang on the wall

So, I had my brother cut out the middle:

I had this beautiful frame.

Painted my fav color, Cottage White

Antiqued with glaze - That always covers the crappy paint job. 

Today's paint job had a little 18 month old bum shape in the corner.  Oops.

I bought some chicken wire at Cal Ranch.  It was 100' for $15.  It will probably last

me FOREVER.

I cut to fit and stapled on the back of the frame.

I glued a few orange flowers in the corner for some color.

I used clothes pins to attach the pictures.

If I did it again, I would also paint or cover with paper the clothes pins

for a little more color. 

The girls were able to make $30 from it, so I was happy!

I also took this magnet board. 

I bought it at a yard sale.

Spray painted for a fresh look and

put in a new ribbon to hang

Add a few cute magnets and another $15 for camp!  Yeah

Spring is Finally Here!!!

Utah has had really crazy weather this year

Its taken FOREVER for winter to end.

I was more anxious than normal to get some flowers blooming.

That's what I love about planters.  Instant Flowers!

I bought this wagon at a yard sale for $1

It was a little faded so I SPRAY PAINTED it red.  Took 20 seconds.

I love turning misc items into planters.  I've been wanting a wagon for while now.

I love how it turned out.  I probably should have added a few low hanging flowers.

But that's the other great thing about planters, I can do it COMPLETLY different next year

without having to dig anything up!

Happy Spring.

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!