A Touch Of Sea Glass

I bought this chair at my local Goodwill...

It was in pretty good shape except for the worn out and faded fabric covering the seat. There were actually 3 layers of different fabric on the seat. It would have looked better with just some new fabric, but I couldn't resist adding a little paint.

I had some fabric left over from a lampshade project and I purchased an acrylic paint. The paint color is called Sea Glass by Americana.

Typically, I would paint the whole chair with the color and then add a darker color to the recessed areas. But, this time I wanted to try something a little different. So, I painted on the acrylic paint making sure it got down into the grooves...

 Then, using a damp rag, I wiped the chair down leaving the paint just in the grooves...

Just a touch of sea glass and some new fabric was all this chair needed!

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Spoon Plant Markers Revisited

 Now that Spring has sprung, it's time to get your planting started. And don't forget to dress up your garden with some beautiful plant markers!

For those of you who may be new to my blog, you might have missed the tutorial that I did last year on making plant markers using spoons. You can view that post HERE.

I am working on a new style of plant markers and hope to have those pictures up soon! For a little teaser...I'm moving on from spoons to forks! 
And, for those of you that love macrame, check out designrulz, for 20 plant hanger patterns. This will keep you busy for awhile!

Vintage Kitchen Vignet

The focal point of my kitchen is a display area 
above my cook top...

 I have it filled with vintage items that I have acquired over the years. And the best part is that I didn't pay a lot of money to create my display.

I paid $12 for this old scale at an antique store...

One of my favorite purchases...

this vintage waffle maker! I paid $2.50 for it at an antique store that was going out of business...

And, from that same store, I bought this beautiful old oil painting for $7...

The meat grinder was a gift from a friend...

The most expensive item in my display isn't even old! It's a reproduction grain box that I bought years ago at Scott Antique Market. I can't remember exactly how much I paid for it, but I think it was around $20. I love the color!

And, then there is this sweet little silver tea canister that I purchased at a yard sale for $1...

So, I achieved the look I wanted for under $50. That's a lot of "good stuff" for not too much money!

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Fabric Covered Magnetic Frame

For Christmas, my niece sent me this magnetic frame...

It is covered in fabric and has buttons with magnets on them to hold a photo or recipe...

Of course, as with just about every thing I see, I thought, "I could make that!"

So, I set out on a mission to find all the components to make my own version. I started my search for the metal at an office supply store. I was hoping they might have some kind of metal memo board. What they did have were these metal bookends...

It was great because for about $10 I got metal to make 2 frames. Plus they were already bent at the bottom to be able to stand up.

I cut fabric about an inch larger than the metal...

My bookends were curved at the top, so I clipped the fabric approximately every half inch so it would fold neatly around the curve...

I added Tacky glue around the edges of the bookend and folded the fabric around to the back...

I cut another piece of fabric a little smaller than the bookend. I used pinking sheers to give it a neat appearance...

Using the Tacky glue, I covered the back with the fabric...

I made a bow and glued it on with E6000.

I added a magnet to a button and my frame is complete...

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Making Something Good, Better

Michael's had these great magnetic calendars for $3.

 Yes, you heard right, $3!!!

 I love the vintage look of the pictures on them...

What I didn't like about them is that the magnets that highlight the day and month were left plain...

We can't have that now, can we?

That's nothing that a little glue, a few buttons, and some bling won't fix!

I printed out some sheet music from The Graphics Fairy website...

On the back of the paper, I traced around the magnet...

I cut out the paper making sure to cut larger than the drawings so the paper would wrap around to the back of the magnet. I clipped the corners so the paper wouldn't get bulky. On the inside section, I cut a line from the corner of the paper inward to the corner of the drawn outline...

 Then I glued it to the magnet.

 Then I folded the paper around the magnet. It looks pretty good just with the paper added to it, but why stop there?

For the sunflower calendar, I added old buttons to the magnets...

For the camellia calendar, I added vintage clip on earrings that I took the backs off of...

For the calendar with the berries, I covered the magnet with a napkin that had the same colors in it as the graphic on the calendar and then added some buttons...

Covering the magnetic frames made a huge improvement!

And, it was inexpensive. Everything I used was something that I had on hand. And, the calendars went from being good, to being much, much better!

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