Finally Got it Done!

Thought I'd show you my new zebra pillow cover I bought at Bed Bath and Beyond.

My bench that is…took me a while even after I had finished the stool that was my mom’s, I know I sure meant to but life gets in the way sometimes and we all know what that is like! So this morning as I was visiting your blogs and some of the parties out there today… I really got inspired. I had to find some project that didn’t take up alot of time though since I had to go to Sydney’s school and read to her class and I wanted the project to be done before then because later I work 5 to 10!
So here it is, so very easy to do for those that are new to this or just starting out like me:) It also looks so neat!!! I just used painters tap, black craft paint and a staple gun.

These are MY tools, Mr. K had bought these for me when we were dating and they are for women’s hands, I don’t know about you but I just can’t handle men’s tools, to big for my hand.

This is the staple gun and works like a charm and fits my hand just right!

Here’s what it looks like now, I paid $15.00 for the bench at a yardsale and $3.00 for the black ticking pillow, brandnew, at another yardsale!

I’ll be moving it to the diningroom soon!

This is what it looked like in the very beginning, from the 70’s era!

The first time I redid it which I did like but I’m sort of moving away from that style in small ways it seems…
 
and now♥

I read today in Sydney’s class it was Cat in the Hat day, I took a picture of her and her classmates in her 3rd grade class.

http://pinkpostcard.blogspot.com/2011/03/transformations-and-treasures-no-5.html
Well, I better get on my way to work, I hoped you enjoyed your visit and are having a wonderful, productive day where ever you are♥
Thank you so much to my new and old followers and all the lovely comments you leave on each post that I do, it means so much♥
I’m linking to Wow it Wednesday and Transformation Treasures  Thanks ladies for hosting!
Also linking to Beneath My Heart...The Best DIY Project of the Month

Rondell

Projects for 2010

Here are my favs for 2010, at first I wasn’t sure I had that many to show but find out I had more than I thought! I haven’t linked back to the original posts of them because it was just what I’m showing you now before and after photos and no tutorials.
This was my mom’s and I always had it covered in homespun and somehow it got put in the basement for a couple years.

 I painted the legs white and and covered it with a pillowcase that I had found at an estate sale for a $1.00!










I had made my mom this umbrella stand in the 70’s when I took ceramic classes, it too has been in the basement until I started to see some white owls out in blogland.

So I spray painted it white and love how it turned out with my willow branches in it !

Found this bench at a yardsale for $15.00

 Then turned into this with a couple coats of paint and covered the seat with fabric from JoAnn’s.

Stush made me this coffee table a couple years ago for Christmas…

I spraypainted it with Valsphar called Pebble and bought a piece of unfinished wood that I think you would use at a corner of a doorway or window and Gorilla glued it to cover of the star cutout.

 My corner cabinet!

That I painted white, seems like everything has got a coat of white, haven’t done any painting since the cold weather has set in but I’ll be ready to start again come spring!

We are leaving tomorrow for NC instead of today and will be back on Jan. 2
We had a great Christmas and my son and his girlfriend stayed with us plus a cute little house guest…Roonie (short for Art Roonie former owner of the Pittsburgh Steeler’s,) isn’t he cute? I just love his coloring, he is also Buster’s son. Tonight when I got home Stush told me Michael had called and as of that moment Roonie was being operated on, he had ate something and was so sick they took him to the vets and the x-ray showed that he had swallowed something big, Stush and I are thinking a toy of some kind. I hope he pulls thur Michael just loves him! I’m waiting to hear something, they had just left for Annapolis, MD yesterday!

I’m linking to Kim’s Boring and Better Party tonight.

Rondell