garage sale coffee table

My mom scored this coffee table for 5 BUCKS!!! She was driving down her street and stopped to talk with one of her neighbors who was starting to pack up her garage sale when she spotted this beauty. So she asked how much and her friend said she was asking $25 for it but just wanted it gone at this point. She thought about it for a sec and asked my Mom is she would pay 5! Heck yes!!!
Her 90s Hunter Green and lighter oak top was just not doing it for me. I went to my stash of spray paint to see what I had...sitting right in front was a brand new can of Ocean Breeze I had picked up at Walmart for $2! PERFECT! I grabbed the can, a can of Minwax in Dark Walnut and the polyurethane in clear plus sand paper, and a few foam brushes and headed outside!!!

Here she is drying in the front yard!!! I am in LOVE!!!

I did a little experimenting {which can be scary}. 

I sealed the top of the table first while the stain was still a little damp and then the legs. Which left a perfect amount of brown on the Ocean Breeze. Toning it down just enough!!!

burp cloths

During my sewing excursion a while ago decided to "fix" up these cloth diapers by adding some darling fabric I found at JoAnn's on the remnant shelves. I got just shy of two yards (one of each) for less than 5 bucks!!

I even had enough of the brown, green, aqua and mustard fabric to make one of my girls a skirt!

lamp evolution

I have had this lamp for a few years and it has been in many different spots around my house. I picked it up from a lady who was done having a garage sale and she was just going to toss it. So, I did what any thrifty chicka would do and snatched it up. The shade was worn and the base was a pretty shade of gold and white crackle. 

I painted her black a few months ago and recovered the shade in the black and white damask fabric.

It was off white for a while, But, as soon as I found out I was prego with baby #3, a girl! I knew I wanted her room black, white and "Tiffany" blue. 

I had visions of this lamp gracing the dresser in all her frilly, girly, glory!

 She needed one last finishing touch....

 I used my trusty hot glue gun and a black feather boa (I picked up at the Grand Opening of JoAnn
s in Idaho Falls using a 50% coupon. for $4 buckaroos! SCORE!) to go around the top and the bottom. 

 Bottom layer...done!

Top and Bottom done! I can't wait to get her dresser all set up. Just the right amount of girly I was looking for!

demask album frame

Materials:

1. foamy, sparkely 'B"  1.99 and used a 50% coupon

2. Black and white demask scrapbook paper 0.95 cents used 50% off coupon

3. old record album frame. had laying around because the glass broke. 

Total cost: $1.47

I will post about the vinyl board tomorrow. 

Pottery Barn Kids at Down East for....

90% off

That's right gals, you heard me right! 

I got:

2 polo onsies

2 pink cotton pants

1 pair of white tights

for...are you ready for this total? 

$3.12!!! 

HoLy ShMoLeY!!!

Sneak peak at what I am working on this weekend....it involves this:

I will post it next week!

glass candle sticks and vases...

 I used the three candlesticks, tall glass vase, pink flower, tan flat candle holder and fleur de lis.

1. I used rust-oleum in oil rubbed bronze to spray paint the flat candle holder and the fleur de lis.

2. As those were drying I Gorilla Glued the candlesticks to the pink flower and glass candle holder and the pink glass knob to the bottom of one of the tall glass vases.

3. One the flat candle holder was dried I Gorilla glued it to the third glass candle stick.

4. Once all of the pieces were dried I placed the fleur de lis on the flat candle holder and placed the glass vase over the top of that. 

AND....

These look darling in my daughter's room. The pink flower holds her bracelets and I'm not sure what I am going to put in the empty one...maybe some mini decorated balls.
 

DI owl

I picked this little guy up at the DI the other day for 2 bucks. He is about 6 inches tall with lots of potential. I started with a butter cream color I scored at Lowes for .50 in the mis-tints section. Next, I wiped on some mixwax stain in walnut with a rag and wiped off with a different rag.

There, perfect!!!

Livingroom curtains

I have seen projects similar to this one but I don't remember which blog I saw this one on. So, I can't give credit where credit is do on the originality of this project. Mine of course is not an exact replica, rather my interpretation of a fore mentioned project.
2 canvas drop cloths purchased at Home Depot for $9.95 a piece and black and ivory damask purchased from JoAnn's with a 50% off coupon for $20.00
A 5 hours total of sewing...1st side took 3 hrs. I am a first timer sewing with the drop cloth and its huge. Keep in mind my living room is a work in progress, the blinds and all wood trim will be changing in the near future. So, without further adieu I give you my first major sewing project...
They were a ton of work, but oh so worth it to me.

Di trip

I love my new finds from the DI yesterday.
Owl: $2
Car: $1.50
Pink knob: $.75 (Had the Hobby Lobby price tag on it for $2.99)

mirror

This darling mirror I picked up at the DI (thrift store) has found a new home and out look on life.

DI #1

Curtain Rod: $8.00
Gold Mirror $3.00
Chair $3.00 (a last minute mind change I found sitting by the cash register

Dollar Store Finds

deals #1

I have been wanting to try the glass baby bottles but have shyed away from the outrageous price tag. I was at Target a few weeks ago and found this three pack on clearance for $2.98! Score
This morning I went grocery shopping to pick a few things up. Formula being on the top of the list I headed over to the dreaded isle. I had two buy 2 get $5 off (which are always a plus and making the purchase a little less painful) As I approached the spot I noticed they were on sale and had the 20% more cans too.
So, drum roll please...Normal price $18.99
Sale price $16.99
coupon $5 off 2
BONUS: when I got home I noticed $3.00 off each can on my next purchase!!!
Regular price for 4 25.7 oz cans= $75.96 + tax
Today's price for 4 28.8 oz cans= $57.96 + tax + $12.00 in coupons
Like paying $45.96!!
Savings=$30.00

Santa Baby

I snagged this darling little Christmas outfit up for my daughter at Fred Meyer for a buck!! That's right $1! There was a chocolate stain on the front of the onsie. So it was marked down from $18.00 down to $3.95 and then was an additional 75% off.
I figured if I didn't get the stain out I at least had a cute pair of pants for a buck. I sprayed some Mele-gel on it and lightly scrubbed it in. Let it soak for a few minutes and then threw it into the washer. First time through and it came out! I love my Mele-gel.

milk glass vases

Saturday I took my son trick-or-treating at a darling little flea market. He was excited to come away with a good chunk of candy. But, I was ecstatic to come away with the first three pieces of my milk glass collection and I paid, you might want to sit down for this, a wopping $0.30!!!! That's right ladies, thirty cents!
What a fun game I have come upon. Finding amazing things in unexpected places for unbelievable prices!! Woot woot ;)

I linked up here

for a goodwill goodies party. Go Check it out, there are some fun finds!

today's tjmaxx trip

I went into TJmaxx today just to get a kettle bell (for working out 9.99 instead of 49.99) I had found the day before. Got it and a girl can never go in there for one thing and leave without looking. I found these awesome looking candlesticks on clearance for 2 bucks a piece, a jar to hold my tea bags in for 2 bucks, a white tear drop shaped dish that will sit on my stove top for spoons while I cook for a dollar and a cool looking key mirror for 5 bucks. Another sucessful day! Woot woot!

my 1st thrifie day

made a trip to the DI on Wednesday and found a few keepers. I have been wanting a spoon and fork set to hang in my kitchen for years. Have only stumbled across a few sets and all were too expensive. Well, not today...these ceramic lovlies were sitting on a bottom shelf and only marked at $2. These little ladies will no longer be sporting their brown drab dresses. The perfect "little black dress" was waiting at home. The bowl which has the Target label on the bottom was a whopping 1 buck! which I saw the exact same one later that day while at Target for $14.99. woot woot! Darling little ceramic vase was $1.50 and the children's books were 50 cents and $1. I also found a trash bag filled with brand new yarn I picked up for my mom for $2.00. She met me in town to pick it up before I went home she was that excited about it. Needless to say I didn't get her home to make the shot. Oh, well some finds are just too good to wait for.
In my excitement to get the spoon and fork changed I didn't get an alone before, so this will have to do.

After:

kids table and chairs

Before:
These darling little chairs I picked up at a local flea market for 5 bucks including the table pictured below. Because they are for my little boy the flowers had to go. I spray painted them to match my dinning chairs.



After: