Beauty sign

I love painted wooden signs.  I'm gonna be making lots of them.  This one I've had in my mind for a couple of weeks.   It finally happened for real. 

 

Primed the wood, chose a font on the Cricut, stencilled the letters with black paint, used sandpaper to rough it up.  Hung it on the wall. 

 

 

 

 

So simple and fun!  Did I say I'm gonna be making lots of these wooden signs? 

Well, just so you know, it's true. 

Yippee!!!

 

Peace sign

My sister was over the other day and asked me to paint her a sign.  We had the wood all prepped and ready to go, just needed the words.  She remembered she had a sign once that read "peace to all who enter here."  That's all I needed.  We did some graphic stuff on the computer and then off we went to pick out a font on the Cricut.  Here's what we came up with:

 

 

 

 

 

We found this metal picture holder (it had 5 wooden hearts hanging by ribbon from the little circles) at a barn sale recently.  Sandy had the idea to hang it over the sign.  (It was supposed to come to my house.)  We loved it instantly!  Gonna be looking for more of these decorative metal accents from here on out. 

This little metal angel was hanging on Sandy's front porch.  The sign works either way, with or without her.  We like her hanging around.     

 

I love it when a few hours of work produces something you can use immediately to warm up a space.  This project was certainly one of those!

 

 

 

 

Little blue (table)

There are times when I am garage saling and come across the perfect little purchase that makes me tingle from head to foot.  I equate it to a runner's high, or when you make the first chair after inches of new powder have fallen, or when you bake to perfection your favorite banana bread all golden brown and lovely.   

I found 'little blue' last month at a local garage sale.  She was buried under other items for sale, so at first I only saw her legs.  Her beautiful, thin, chippy blue legs.  No price tag on her.  I didn't know if she was for sale or not.  I had to ask about her.  My heart was beating fast and furious; I was trying to keep my poker face on.  She was SO cute.   I was adding up the dollars in my head so I would be prepared when the price was announced.  To my very, very great surprise, she was all of $7.  Keeping my cool, I say, "Seven dollars?  Can I take a closer look at her?"  I stack all her load on something nearby, and take a look at her bones - good and solid and so awesome!!  "Yes, I'll take her for $7".  I could barely keep it under control!  I was experiencing a thrifter's high!!

 

Here's little blue all decked out. 

 

Here's another look at her, all prettied up.  Fall colors are creeping into my rooms.  Orange and blue are opposite colors on the color wheel which means this color combination is always a winner.  I love them together. 

Other thrifting finds: these two pictures are painted on wood with wood frames.  Chives and Lavendar.  They're cool.  They look like folk art to me.

 

 

 

This trio?   Metal votive holders.  Cute as can be!

 

 

 

I found this heavy cast iron finial (?) at a vintage/antique sale this past weekend.  Love the red patina all mixed with rust.   So cool!

 

My little blue table will bring many hours of decorating fun for me, especailly as we go through the holidays.  I hope you find a 'little blue' that takes your breath away on your next thrifting venture.  

 

 

 

 

Update on Sarah's bedroom makeover

We've made a few changes in Sarah's bedroom over the past month.   We found out fairly quickly that the shelves over her dresser were too short.  She had more books and little sentimentals that she wanted to display than they allowed for, so we changed them out for longer shelves. 


New shelves

Old shelves

Here are some cute little things she has on her new shelves.  She's an elephant lover, so they take up some serious space.

 

 

 

 

We also changed the location of her painted canvases to a smaller wall across the room. 

We did this so we could add a picture wall all-collaged-together.  We've been thrifting frames with cool details and edges.  Painting them white brings them all together.  Sarah chose her favorite pictures to display here. 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a quote from J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan. 

 

 

 

This little elephant picture was drawn by Sarah's cousin, Shiloh Krantz when she was in elementary school.  It was found when Shiloh was going through all her saved school pictures, projects, papers when she was getting ready for her high school graduation party in June.  She decided to give it to Sarah...(yes, the perfect kind of gift). 

 

 

 

This proves it was good, it was chosen to be part of the art show way back when.

 

 

 

The blank frame in the upper right is for a family picture that we're planning to take in October when my oldest daughter, Emily, drives home from Colorado for a week-long visit. 

 

So, as most things go, change is inevitable.  I like to change things up from time to time (way more often than my husband likes) and make them look fresh.  I can appreciate a picture, a flower pot, a bookcase, or a cushy chair all over again.  

 

These changes to Sarah's room look great and put a big smile on her face (mine too!).  And, when another change is needed, I'll be ready and willing.