ANOTHER UGLY PICTURE FRAME

While shopping at the local thrift store I found this real ugly mirror:

It's actually not that ugly.  I just don't really like the black/gold combo going on.  I thought if I painted it white and distressed it then it would look beautiful on my living room wall which is a chocolate brown color.  I have a bare spot above a chair in that room that is screaming for some attention.  So I painted this bad boy white or heirloom white to be exact after removing the mirror and this is what it looked like. 

 I sort of liked it until I tried to distress it a little with some glaze in which it turned out hideous.  Evidence as proof:

 and another up close and personal just to clarify:

I hated how it turned out.  A little bummed and defeated I decided to spray it back to it's original black but no gold:

 I thought it was kinda cool?  I couldn't replace the mirror because it started chipping at the corner and I was scared to hang it around the kids.  So I just put a piece of burlap in it and hot glued an L in the center and now it has a happy home on one of my bare kitchen walls:

Eh...not that cool but I guess it was worth the $9.99 price tag and it puts something on my bare wall.

Jules

DIY PROJECTS

I have been MIA for quite awhile. I have no good excuse. I have tried lots of new recipes that I should have shared but I guess was being lazy. I have to share my newest EASY project. I found this plate at the thrift store. I am a sucker for old teacups and saucers and old china/plates.

I'm not sure what drew me to this plate.  I think I just really liked the colors and it is really feminine.  Sitting very close to this plate at the thrift store was this real ugly brass candle stick holder

I immediately snagged both and knew exactly what I was going to attempt.  So I got home and painted this little gem a ballet slipper pink.

I love how you can see the details so much better now that this thing isn't brass anymore.  I then used something called Gorrilla glue which is a really strong glue and I glued the two together like so:

And now I have my pretty feminine homemade cake plate that cost around 3 bucks!  Can't beat that.  Now I need to bake something and display it on my cakeplate!

And while I was painting I decided to paint another thrifty find.  I have been searching hi and low for a plain black or actually about 3 plain black wood candlestick holders but everytime I see one they are just to dang expensive.  Since I am Ms. thrifty thrifterson I finally found the shape of what I wanted but it was real ugly y'all...

See what I mean?  Anyway this baby went from geek to chic in about 2 minutes..

Well it was more than two minutes because I had to do about 3 coats.  Now I just have to be on the lookout for about 2 more just like it!

Jules