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Pastel Christmas

All three trees are finally up & decorated.  I have begun the wrapping and nearly finished it.

Favorite wrapping paper this year goes to this love paper.  White paper with velour black snow flakes.  Super cute and super cheap.  Found this roll of loveliness at the Goodwill Outlet brand new.

Little gold pow & doilies name tag

from left to right: Parchment paper from Dollar Tree, Blue paper w/white pine cones are Jaclyn Smith & Silver w/red snow flakes are Trim-a-Tree both from Kmart.

Parchment paper turned out really good. Can't believe I found paper already decorated for a $1.

I'm horrible at taking pictures of Christmas trees, please forgive the craptastic photo. Lavender tree has purple & gold bows though I believe next year they will be replaced with balls.  Blue tree has teal/aqua and silver balls and the pink tree is silver bows & balls.  This is Pinkys last year, she will be for sell if anyone is interested.

Lights off.  Oooh, they really are prettier in person. The blue is my favorite.  The bow tree toppers are all Jaclyn Smith.

Let me state for the record getting a decent picture of these babies hasn't been easy.  I have a few cats in the house, 2 of which are kittens.  Christmas has been a delight for them to say the least.  Oh oh and before I forget the drapes are new.  Found them at Goodwill for 6.99 a pair.  They are a JcPenny brand in a pretty damask cream.  Nice and heavy, perfect change for two reasons...Need heavier drapes for the cold (these keep drafts to a minimum) and it's basically a nice change from the floral Laura Ashley drapes we've have for Spring & Summer.

Out With the Old Pt 2

Tonight I will be sharing one of my new favorite pieces.  An old school desk, we did like it just the way it was however I thought it's color was a bit over stated considering the kitchens new paint.  Speaking of the kitchen I do have a very small part to share. This is sort of a before & after (I'll have to take a few more afters).
Paneling Hell:

We rent & it's far to expensive to get rid of this hideous paneling so we decided to paint it.  The doorway is a door to our landlords storage area, which we do not have access too.  If you've seen my hutch redo then you can see this wall is pretty well covered.

Now that I have that out of the way here is the school desk before in it's overstated appearance:

 

Here she is in all her bright pink glory,  not horrible but in definite need of a cleaning.  Again just a bit to over stated for the new wall color.

Here she is now:

Nice lighter, softer color to go with the new kitchen wall color dontcha think?  I made this blue by combining our living rooms wall color with antique white.  Also put baking powder in the paint so it would not be glossy.  Sanded it down nice & smooth.  I really in love with this piece now.  Please ignore the sewing drawers and kittah in the pic.  I was in the process of taking pictures for Ebay.

I'm not sure if I'm finished with her.  I feel like a stencil might be in it's future, only time will tell. Oh yes and there are plans for the hideous counter top.  ewww!

Busy, Busy Bee

Things have been a bit hectic with Thanksgiving and now Christmas right around the corner.  Not to mention all the projects I've undertaken as of late, leaves me little time to update let alone get on the PC.

I thought I'd share a couple projects I've finished recently.  I still need to take a decent picture of my finished desk but I just can't seem to get the right angle or the perfect lighting lol.  Anyways first up is this lovely jewelry "dresser" I redid:

This is how she looked before.  Very pretty but a bit dark for my taste. Found at the local Goodwill Outlet.


Here she is now:

excuse the last 2 craptacular pics.  However you can see the top of my desk (probably going to get a recover).  This was my first experiment with a DIY chalk paint (I used the baking powder idea). I distressed her only a little, I'm not a huge fan of overly distressed pieces.  The inside looks brand new, I don't know if this was ever used.  Oh she is a music box as well, so she plays a pretty little tune to go with her pretty new look.  Currently this little princess is up for sell on Ebay.

Next is this cute little lap desk/music stand/podium.  I'm not really sure what it originally was. When I bought it, it was a hideous green and had mom burned into it.

I kind of forgot to take a picture before I added the wood filler to cover the Mom.  However I did remember in time to show the pea green color.  Oh ignore all the other crap around, that's where I store all the furniture to be redone.  That's my desk in the sanding phase.
Here is the desk/podium now.

I had found this lovely "oops" paint at walmart for $5, it's a minty color & I think it looks great.  I don't understand how this is an oops.  Anyway I added a Fleur-De-Lis stencil over where the Mom was filled in.  I did not distress it because...well I didn't think it needed it.  This would be a great gift for a student or for a teacher as a lap desk. Also could be used a table top music stand or podium ?  She is currently for sale on Ebay as well.

Last little thing is a set of metal/brass rose wall scones.  I've had these for quite awhile, I couldn't decide what to do with them.  Finally I gave in and painted them pink.  See I feel like I use too much pink, but I can't help it not only do I like pink but I feel like others do as well.

Found at a local Goodwill, I couldn't resist the roses, they are so pretty.

Lightly distressed so you can see the brass a bit.  I think they turned out great (if you are a pink person).  They are currently up for sale on Ebay (though I admit it will be hard to see them go).

That is all the projects for now, I'll update on a few more tomorrow, plus I'll share the school desk I redid that I am completely in love with.