I am addicted to the rush of finding something cool at the Thrift Store. My pulse quickens, my palms get sweaty, it's ridiculous. This is the latest find:
Two bucks. Yeah, that gives me a little bit of butterflies. Mmmm.
This should have been a fast and easy makeover because all I wanted to do was to change the colour. A quick spray paint and I should have been done.
Here it is, ready for the spray, sitting in my new dual cardboard box system. The second box was set up vertically to catch flying spray (not that I've learned the hard way that I need this on a windy day or anything).
So, the candleholder got a first coat of black spray paint and was left outside to dry. And then it started to rain. Grrrr.
I always wondered what would happen if wet spray paint got hit with rain. Now I guess we all know.
So, the next bright sunny day -- a little sanding, another coat of spray paint, left it out there to dry, and,.................... then it started snowing. In case you're curious in a science sort of way, wet spray paint looks pretty much the same after getting rained on or snowed on. Double grrrr.
Also, just to add insult to injury, the second box blew over, and the cat peed in it. Yep. I'm down to a single box spray booth again. Triple grrrr.
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| He looks innocent, doesn't he. But he's not, he's a box pee-er!! |
Worth the rain and the snow and the urine in the end. :)
This is where I'm partying:
Rock 'n Share (The Shady Porch)
Link It Up Wednesday (Junk In Their Trunk)
What We Wore and What We Made Wednesday (Rae Gun Wear)
Wow Us Wednesdays (Savvy Southern Style)
Time for a Party (Fine Craft Guild)
Its a Party (A Creative Princess)
Taking Timeout Thursday (Mom On Timeout)
Freestyle Friday (Happy Hour Projects)
Shine on Friday (One Artsy Mama)
12 comments:
Oh it looks so pretty, well worth all the effort to get there!
Yeah, it was well worth it! Looks great!
I've been thinking about you, Terry, and need to e-mail you back. I'll make myself sit at the computer today!
Oh, and remember the time I told you about Gage hiking his stupid leg on something I was taking a picture of in the backyard? Wish I had saved the photo, would have made a great blooper!
Oh my goodness....rain AND pee! Yikes!
It's really lovely, in the end and I love the table it's sitting on too!
Terry, I love your stories. Because other than visiting here, I always feel like I'm the only one in the world who bad crafty things happen to. And that I'm the only one so outraged that I have to photograph it so people can be upset about it with me. ;)
Great find, though, I love it!
I love that you are like me. So many weird things happen to my crafts. LOL
I love it though, it turned out fantastic!
A box-pee-er? And he looks so sweet. Glad your candle holder turned out well in the end.
Traci
Awesome! Not the peeing part though - naughty.
well, it came out good. just amazing what a bit of spraypaint can do!
I am actually coming to your site re. the Follower linky blog hop. I AM FOLLOWING YOU *** WILL YOU FOLLOW ME BACK ? Thank you so much when you do.
There is also a link party on our blog, where you can feature 'your best creative work'. There are some great projects to see already, but we want to see your work!
This url is both to FOLLOW and to PARTY: http://www.FineCraftGuild.com/party/
Hope to seeing you around!! Have a happy, creative day!
I coulda guessed he was a box pee-er a mile a way. Oh, excuse me, a kilometre away.
I love the way the candle holder turned out. Very posh.
Hey Terry, thanks for stopping by and joining me! I've had you on RSS for a long time and added GFC. We've both had our share of animal issues this week! lol
Darn rain! Well it looks great now! Thanks so much for sharing on Mom On Timeout!
What a hilarious turn of events. But that last one definitely turned out so lovely...glad it was worth it in the end. Tee hee.
Warmly,
Lauren
The Thinking Closet
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