Turquise Table

So... I found this really nice table at DI recently and just fell in love with it. I didn't know where I wanted it for sure, but knew I wanted it turquoise! (Surprise, surprise) So, I sanded it down real good and used my new favorite Valspar spray paint and went to town on it! Ahhhh.....I love it! Finished it off with a couple coats of polyurethane and it is a beauty! I decided I like it in my kitchen just across from my new stools. They compliment each other very nicely!

This is the table I found at RC Willey last year that I wanted so super bad! The tag says $179 on sale! I think I paid $10 for my table and maybe $15 in paint! Score! Plus, I know it is EXACTLY the color I wanted it to be!

Turquise Stools

While Paul was at Summer camp with the scouts this year, I decided I needed a project to keep me busy and tired so time would go faster and I'd sleep better..... I have wanted some stools in my kitchen for a while now that I could paint to add some color to my kitchen. I found 3 matching, spinning stools at DI for nuthin', sanded them down nicely, and spray painted them turquoise. The color I chose was waay too bright, so I tried this one. It seems like it wouldn't have enough color to do much, but it was actually just right! I love this new Valspar paint! It goes on great and has such a nice finish!

 This is after I sanded them down for the second time. They were black to start, then that "too bright" turquoise... I thought they looked pretty cool like this, but not really my style

 This new color was amazing! I love it!

 I recovered the top with this fabric I've had for a while.....waiting for the perfect thing to use it on.... and put a layer of plastic over them so they would be protected. And the best part is... THEY SPIN! Fun! What a great find!

 Here's the final product! LOVE!

Cute Magnets

A while back I posted about my magnet board I made for my kitchen....it was in need of some color and cute magnets spruced it up nicely! I bought these wooden nickels and round magnets at Hobby Lobby. I used my circle punches to make circles out of cute scrapbook paper and mod-podged them on to the wooden nickels. Glue on your magnets, and you're done! Super easy and adds a lot of character!

 A closer look....Super easy :)



Craft Room Storage Shelf

I was lucky enough to win this adorable shelf at our Summer Extravaganza Treasure Trade! Lucky, lucky me! I decided to use it to store all my glass jars I store buttons and other embellishments in. It makes me happy when I walk into my craft room and see how cute it looks all put together!

 It goes along great with my big cube storage shelf my hubby, Paul, made for me! LOVE! My craft room is going somewhere.... not super quickly, but it is still my happy place all to myself! I am very blessed to have this lovely space...

Americana Decor

I absolutely LOVE Americana Décor! The 4th of July is my favorite Holiday and time of year. There is nothing more cheerful than red, white, and blue! Here was my mantle this year:

 My friend, Ami, and I found these wooden "Proud To Be an American" craft sets at a place called Wood Connection. It is a super fun store! We got together and made them and I am in LOVE with it! We mod-podged the different scrapbook papers onto the letters and the stained the sides of each with a dark stain and added some fun textured ribbons. LOVE!

 My daughter, Cali, really wanted to make something too so I got her this set of flip-flops and she painted them all by herself! The tutu flowers with jewels turned out adorable!

I love Summer! Hope everyone had a chance to enjoy theirs as much as we did!

Summer Extravaganza Treasure Trade Pics!

For pictures of the Summer Extravaganza Treasure Trade, I decided to just do a re-post from the Treasure Trade blog. Here are the fun pics! Enjoy!

 

It's about time! The pics from the Summer Extravaganza are now up! Yay! It was hard to decide which ones to post, so we did quite a few....Hope you don't mind :)

WELCOME!

Some of the décor....

Yummy Treats provided by our lovely guests...

Some of the cute and creative Trade Items!

Let the good times ROLL!

Some of the beauties that stopped by to enjoy our fun....

Thank you all for sharing this fun evening with us! We have made some memories to last a lifetime and hope you did too! -Plus a special Thanks to Ami W. for taking pics for us!

 

Love, The Treasure Traders:

Amy, Cami, Jen, Kim, and Natalie :)

 

.....'til next time!

Old Fashioned Bread Box

I was so excited when I found this old bread box at DI! These have been really popular lately so I was really excited to make it cute and stick it in my kitchen! I spray painted the whole thing white and then roughed it up with sand paper and stuck it in my kitchen! I loved it!....for a second, then realized it just wasn't me and it would sit there, unused, and taking up precious counter space. This made it a perfect item to trade at the Summer Extravaganza for something different! Yay! Too bad it didn't turn out to be all I had hoped for, but I'm hoping it made someone else very happy :)



Turquise Chevron Cork Board

For the Treasure Trade I also made this fun, cute cork board for décor. We had this old huge cork board just hangin' around and were just about to toss it when I thought, hey! Why don't I just paint it? The pins will still stick right into it just fine! I wanted to paint it turquoise chevron so I could hang it in my kid's playroom to hang all their artwork on (instead of in my kitchen, haha) AND it would be perfect as décor for the Treasure Trade! Voila! ...and just like that another project idea is born! I just used regular Valspar wall paint, since that is what I had on hand and rolled it on just as if I was painting my walls! My taping wasn't up to par for Paul so he did all his measurements to make this chevron look good! Haha! Thanks babe!

 Here it is all dressed up pretty for the Treasure Trade! :)