Top Projects of 2011

I am just shy of 100 posts, and have had a blast sharing all of them with you!
Below are some of your (and mine) favorite projects I wanted to again share with you.

Way back in late August one of my first posts to the blog was this recycled furniture project, the Antibes Green Vanity. It was one of the first times I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint as well.
Nothing like jumping into a bright green paint can to start off!!

It is a piece from the 1930's that came with a matching set I bought. I also have the full size head/foot board and a tall dresser that is in my line up of furniture recycling! The Vanity found a home next to my bed as a side table. My bedroom is really large, so the room can handle it. I have a small french chair that is on my 'upholstery list' that pairs great with it. You can click on the vanity to read the whole post as well as the paint combo's I used.

 

Above is the bed next to the vanity before I painted it. I don't think I will keep the set together, but I am thinking of redoing my daughters bedroom, so who knows...The dresser you will have to wait and see until I decide what to do to it!.

I really do love this piece and so did many of you! 

It was featured at these lovely blogs:

One of my favorite projects had to be the Chalk Paint Pumpkins!



I had so much fun just seeing if they would even LOOK good with ASCP on them and how much distressing and glazing I wanted todo! I still find it hard to believe that it was a post that was viewed over 1500 times and was featured on a few of my favorite blogs!:

 

Another one of my favorites is my Spooky Halloween Mantle.




I loved decorating my mantel! I spent very little money and got a great deal on everything I did buy. I thrifted somethings, painted others and used some found objects from around my house and was so pleased how it turned out. I already have ideas for next Halloween. I too was featured at some wonderful blogs:

Lastly there is my most viewed project, the Garage Sale Buffet/Dresser 

I redid and it became our lower level Media Center.

I bought this dresser for $10 and it was in pretty rough shape, but it is solid wood and has great bones. Below is what it started out as, but you can view the entire post by clicking on the photo above.

A few coats of ASCP in Old white, a dark Ebony stain on the top and the hardware got a new look with Rustoleum's Oil Rubbed Bronze Spray Paint.

I know it was a SUPER STEAL @ $10, cause when I was trolling thru some blogs, I found the EXACT same dresser that Sarah @ Thrifty Decor Chic  purchased for $160 and painted it a beautiful black. Now I know what it will look like if I ever want to paint it all black!

Thrifty Decor Chick

I was lucky enough to have it featured at these awesome blogs:





 I can't wait for the new year!
I have so many things lined up just waiting for me to get to and I hope you will join me as I continue
on with my blog! Thanks for being a follower, it helps me with not be such a procrastinator it gives me a platform to showcase my projects.

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Better late than never

I have not blogged for almost a week!

My laptop was acting up, my sewing machine will not let me use elastic thread for a project I had planned on doing for the Think Pink Party on Sunday, I was @ Girl Scout camp over the weekend and came home to continued issues with both the laptop and the sewing machine. And now I have come down with something and have basically been horizontal all day. 

Whew.

So here is what I was going to blog about last week, even though it is kinda irrelevant now...

Here are my kids Halloween costumes. I have never made them have always purchased them sometimes at no expense!

My Wyatt wanted to be a Minion. If you don't know what a minion is, it is from the movie Despicable me. I highly recommend this movie, very funny, cute & family friendly! Here is the inspiration for the costume:

and here is my little minion...

We had the yellow sweatshirt from last year, but the pants were another story. I searched high and low but there were NO overalls either new or used. My husband finally found a pair of 3T, striped white and blue, that he died with fabric die. Color came out more perfect than if we found "denim".

The fact that they were too short also worked in our favor, you could see his shoes better. 

Those I picked up at a resale shop for $3 and sprayed the white toe and border with black spray paint.

The patch on the pocket I got @ Michaels and cut it out before I ironed it on.

The goggles were glasses I bought there as well. For $1. I took the ear posts off and hot glued some elastic to them after I painted the outside of the lenses with Paris Grey Chalk paint. 

A cheap pair of black gloves and we have one adorable minion. He wore it to his trunk or treat at school Saturday night and my husband won scariest car!!

total cost: $9

For my daughter Morgan's costume I bought 3 yards of Muslin on sale at JoAnn's, and tore into 3" strips.

Picked up an off white turtle neck at a thrift store and stuffed it with grocery bags.

The long johns she already had. After stuffing them as well I proceeded to wrap them and use a glue gun to 

attach them. Then on Halloween she put them on over tights and a long sleeve shirt to keep warm. I then tied random pieces on the arms, , waist and chest so the fringe would hang down. I also tucked some in her snow boots that hung over  to hide the blue in them. 

I wrapped her forehead and chin with cheese cloth before I used the muslin so she would not itch. I also used some dark brown eye shadow on her eyes, some of her face and random places on the muslin. 

I think the off white gloves and missing front teeth finish this costume up nicely!!

total cost: $8

I hope you Halloween was as fun as ours!!

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