Friday Finds

I am in a deep junk funk.

I walk the aisles of thrift stores and nothing appeals to me.

I am sure there is a cure.

 

But in the meantime I dabble in a little online  shopping.

From Janice (Curtains In My Tree blog) I purchased these cute Bitterman candy bags.

I thought they would make adorable tags.

And guess what Janice included in her package?

An adorable tag!

Here's the front.

Here's the back.

Be sure to visit her Etsy shop also named  Curtains In My Tree.

Small round-bottomed zinc pots.

Small flat-bottomed zinc pots.

Fifty zinc pots in all.

Thanks to  Caspar & Gerard's Antiques.

Go drool over their gallery HERE.

This is not an original idea, but a couple of years ago Chucks wired one of those round drying racks for a hanging lamp.

I hung zinc pots from it.

I had gathered items, bags, and newspapers for the thrift store.

I shopped for a bit.

Found this blue quilt for Chucks and Willie.

A red plaid Thermos.

A lovely china pitcher with pink flowers.

I bought stacks of books.

I bought a beige area rug.

I bought four cans of spray paint.

That's it.

I'm in a junk funk.

A deep junk funk.


See y'all!

CLOSED FOR SUMMER!

 Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA16

SHOP HERE! 

A Tray of Bliss Five Star Frou-Frou #52
 Shabbilicious Friday Party!! 

Quickies

Take a plain tin box. 

Take two buckets.

Paint with Americana Decor Chalky Finish in Escape - a lovely blue.

Let sit around for several weeks.

(Maybe a month or two.)

Drag out the numbers and letters stamps.

I thought a bunch of mixed nuts would look great in this box.

Did not have mixed nuts so added the pine cones.

The number has no significance.

However, Chucks (always helpful AFTER I finish a project!) suggested using a numeric code for "NUTS".

Wish I had thought of that!

This bucket has no handle so really it is a planter.

The secret code here is K8420.

Can you figure it out?

Little NO. 5  is surrounded by pumpkins and pine cones.

Reminds me of a bright blue autumn sky.

Three zinc pots painted last year with the Farragoz method.

I have been using them, but they are off to the booth.

Obviously I had to name them "1", "2", and "3" so they would stay together.

OOOO--EEEEK!!!

A scary floating dresser ghost!

No, just lazy.

The only pic I took of the before was the dresser on its side in the truck.

Just rotated it. 

Previously in the ghastly brown antiquing from the seventies.

I had big plans for it.

Some really spectacular.

Then it rained, rained, rained, rained, ...


So it was spray painted with Rust-Oleum Satin Granite.

Three light coats so it would dry faster.

Stuck a tag on it and off it went to the booth.

No image.

No stencil.

No stamp.

No decoupage.

 

Just a plain dresser.





Chucks is over my shoulder as I type saying I am so mean to say there is a numeric code on the bucket.

There isn't.


See y'all!

Use this discount code to receive 10% off your purchase at the Distressed Donna Etsy store:

DISTRESSEDDONNA15

SHOP HERE! 

Show and Share No. 283

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Vintage Charm #1 

Shabbilicious Friday

Feathered Nest Friday 

 

Zinc Pots With Christmas Tags

 Recently I bought a box of these zinc pots. 

 I removed what I needed for a project and then used these leftovers for a Christmas display in my booth.

Don't you love their patina?

The graphics for the tags came from 

The Graphics Fairy.  

Karen has so many it is hard to choose.

I went for the vintage looking images.

Tied the tags with a dark blue French seam binding and lined them up in the cupboard.

They were perfect for small toys.

And the bottle brush trees looked perfect perched inside one or two of the zinc pots.

I used a Santa image, a snowman image, and a Victorian girl image for the tags.

For once I did not distress them.

Can you believe that!?!

I think the Octagon labels make a great backdrop for the zinc pots.

Guess what?

They are available at Riverfront Antique Mall 

in North Augusta.

I am having a 20% OFF sale until the end of December to clear out for new old stuff.

See y'all!

See all the bottle brush trees at these posts:

Let The Bleaching Begin

Dying the Trees

Bottle Brush Trees on Corks

Bottle Brush Tree Joy

Bottle Brush Trees on Molds 




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