Recent Projects

I missed posting last week because I was feverishly getting ready for The Little French Flea Market last weekend.  Although I didn't get to snap photos of my space this time, I thought I would share some of my new projects that I took with me.

One of my fellow dealers at Aubergine Emporium did a grouping of glittered paint brushes which I instantly fell in love with.  While it wouldn't be fair to take my version to the shop, I put my own spin on them and took them to the flea market.  They were a big hit.

I found this cute wire shelf at a yard sale.  It was hot pink and I do mean hot!  Ya gotta love those teenage girls and their love of pink.  I toned it down with heirloom white and had my husband cut some scrap wood so the shelves were more solid.  This went fast too.

I found a new source for some specialty stencils that are very economical and good quality.  I will be sharing the source soon.  I did a lot of projects from this stencil, but never got them photographed.

I had a stash of tiny old bottles that I attached some simple vintage style labels too.  I sold quite a few of these.  This whole label thing might be my newest addiction.

My friend gave me some round mirrors.  I ran some fabric through the copier to duplicate my bird prints, attached them to a burlap backing and trimmed them out with some black twine.  What?  You don't have black twine?  I spray painted some green twine with flat black paint.  Worked like a charm.

One of my followers, 20 North Ora did some cute bottle brush trees with some spools and some tart tins.  Here is my spin made with some large wood pieces (you could use wine corks too) and some silver stars and a whole bunch of glitter.

Here are some bird statues I found at another sale.  They were a bronzy color.  I painted them white and silver and added glitter.  These are great for the holidays.

Last but not least is my Paris tray.  I did two of these trays in reverse mod podge and I have to say they were a near disaster.  In a future post, I will tell you how I turned the negative into a positive.  I love the result.

Thanks for visiting.  Tomorrow I will share a small wall cabinet that I did.  My inspiration was a gift tag of all things.



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Glitterfest Coffee Filter Rose

Last week I showed you Fran's beautiful coffee filter roses that I found at the Little French Flea Market.  She explained to me how she did them, so I thought I would play around with them a little this week and I came up with my own slightly different version, but it is very similar to Fran's.

 I started with white coffee filters because that's what I had on hand.  In fact, I had everything I needed to do this whole project.  I used the left over coffee my husband didn't drink and dipped the filters in it to give them a little more character.  Once dried, I folded each filter into quarters and cut a heart shape.  I used four filters gradually making each heart shape a little bit smaller.  The centers of the roses are a quarter of a filter.

 I used garden twine, but you could use wire too.  I unfolded each coffee filter heart and snipped a little bit more to accentuate the cuts so I would have more defined petals.

 Put a tiny snip in the center of each cut filter and poke the wire through the largest cut filter.  Dab some Tacky Glue, then place the next smallest filter, dab the glue, then the next smallest filter, and so on and so forth. Once you have placed all of your coffee filters (at least four of them or five if you prefer), dab some glue on one of your quarter cut filters.  Don't forget to stagger the heart shaped cuts so your petals end up mimicking a real rose.  Wrap the quarter piece around the wire that is protruding up through your filters to place the flower center.

 This next photo is the quarter piece for the flower center.  Wrap that around the wire.

I used one-inch cloth tape I found at Walmart that I found in the first aid section.  It's white and goes nicely with the coffee filters.   Once all your filters are placed where they belong, squeeze all your coffee filters up toward the center of your wire stem and press them up close to your flower center quarter filter piece you just glued around the wire.  Remember that each coffee filter got that dab of glue?  Once you squeeze it upwards, the glue takes hold.  Now cut a couple pieces of the cloth tape and wrap it around the filters and the wire stem.  Once the cloth tape is in place, fluff your petals back out. 

 Here I set the flower in a glittered silver nest.  Some of the roses got silver glitter sprinkled in their centers and some of the petals got outlined as well.  These are great for package ties or tie them on your tree stems.  You could even use them for napkin holders.  Give these a try.  They are inexpensive and easy peasy.  Have a wonderful day.

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Mondays          Le Chateau des Fleurs       The Graphics Fairy    
                                      Between Naps on the Porch Metamorphosis Monday
Tuesdays          Knick of Time       Coastal Charm  
                                      Boogie Board Cottage    A Stroll Thru Life   
                                     Cozy Little House Tweak it Tuesday
Wednesdays     Savvy Southern Style
                                           
Thursdays        The Shabby Creek Cottage    No Minimalist Here 
                                     Between Naps on the Porch Tablescape Thursday    
                                     Rustic Restorations Homespun Happenings
Fridays            French Country Cottage       My Romantic Home        Miss Mustard Seed
                                    Potpourri Friday     Common Ground
                                    The Charm of Home    Rooted in Thyme
Saturdays        Funky Junk Interiors

Sundays           My 1928 Charmer Sunday's Best

Glitterfest Starfish

This could or could not be Christmas.  One of our dealers at Aubergine Emporium made up a few starfish with jewels and they were selling like hotcakes.  I asked her if she would make some for my blog but she encouraged me to do the project instead since she is out of stock.  I glittered mine and kept the color scheme simple, clear and aqua rhinestones.  On one of the starfish I experimented with just globs of glue and then I glittered that.   The pictures don't do them justice.  They would be beautiful in a Christmas tree or on a silver tray just like I did here.  They have a very beachy feel (dah! they are starfish), but none the less they are quite stunning.

At first I put Modge Podge on the starfish and sprinkled it with the shiny white glitter.  For the first couple I did, I mixed the two-part epoxy and used tweezers to hold the rhinestones.  This was doable but not very easy.  I finally got smart and put a dollop of the Martha Stewart craft glue on the starfish and used the tweezers to place the gems.  This was a lot easier.  Tacky Glue would probably work too.  I embellished the centers with stray earings and broken pins.

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