Birdhouses take flight..

...   ( yes I know ... Bird humor.!!!. yuckty yuck)

Two  very cool things happened today..  well actually 3 if you count these bird houses being so stinking cute..

#1.  My husband suprised me with an electric Miter Saw ..  he said he was walking thru Home Depot and saw it and thought of me.

 Now I know some of you are going..  "awwwww Lucky...  !!" and the rest are going   " Whaaattttttt????? "

Well for the bunch that are thinking how very cool that is..   I totally agree..  picture frames are going to be so much fun to make and all those things from the  Knock off wood blog that I keep wanting to try..  will be alot easier.. so this is really very neato....    For the rest..  ehhh  check back later..you'll see what I mean.

#2.. We had some very necessary laughter at work today..   Laughing at yourself is always so much fun.. ..
 
and #3  Look at how cute my  birdy houses are coming along.... I put a coat of rather neutral..paint on them and painted the stands and now tomorrow I get to do the fun part..  be decorative..and creative.. all that stuff we all like so much..

 I know I know, I was going to get up early on Saturday .. and paint ..
but,,,  .. I was bored and  since I was in the garage playing with my new saw anyway.. and the spray paint was just kinda sitting there handy.. ..  well, you get my drift..

Mostly these are painted with just regular craft paint..  like the Folkart little bottles.
( I found a bag of 10 at Goodwill for a dollar) .. I just slopped it on with a stencil brush,  nothing fancy.. and I painted the candle holders with the same paint.. Some of them are metal some are ceramic and a couple are wood.  the paint seems to work fine on all of them..
I washed them up with soap and water  first and then just globbed on the paint..  A couple I sprayed but mostly I painted them with the craft paint at my kitchen counter..

Doesn't this green one look like the Grinch lives in there.??.  like it should be in Who-ville.?? 

The Chalet of the Grinch... lol.. 

I can't wait to get home tomorrow and work on them ..  Won't they be cute with some sparkly beads  and "gingerbread" trim..?

Fliting from Goodwill to Goodwill looking for treasure.

Today I decided Goodwill is for the birds..  RRR...  well not really ..  I have been admiring the decorative Birdhouses at Hobby Lobby and so when I saw these little cuties at the Goodwill  I figured Why not?  It's much too hot to work in the garage so I need to find some creative fun in the house.

This weekend I'm getting up early and doing a little spray painting.. before it gets too boiling hot out in my garage and then I'll be back in the house to get out my decorative paint and paint brushes and all my cute little stencils and stamps.. I'm gonna have me some paint fun.. Check back to see how they turn out.

$12.00 bucks worth of good entertainment ..

these are going to be so cute.. !!!!!!!!

Great Big Dresser

One day I was late for work.. I had to turn around and go back home for some reason.. anyhow.. when I did I noticed a Yard Sale sign in my neighborhood.. and wouldn't you just know my truck just followed those signs all by itself.. ha...

From the street a couple things caught my eye.. in particular this big old dresser.

the guy said it was 40 bucks .. I said SOLD...!!!

Besides being the heaviest dresser I've ever tried to get in my truck.. it had been painted green at one time ..

This old girl was definitely in need of a makeover.. Look at how cute her feet are tho.. I imagine it dancing around with that broom when nobody's home .. it just has a Disney vibe....?? Each drawer had it's own skeleton key lock... what treasures could have been kept in there.. ?? ughh... I'm dying to know what someone could have kept locked away in those drawers....

Fortunately the person selling it was a bit of a DIYer and had already sanded off the green and done most of the hard work ... so for me it was a matter of finishing sanding the little edges and putting on some kind of stain.. This is really heavy and solid wood but still a veneer so.. my hat's off to the lady that took off all that green paint so carefully.. it was stripped but not damaged at all.. just dull looking.
I am a big fan of Minwax gel stains... they cover really well.. they look good and they are easy to use..

So here is the big old dresser with a coat of Mahogany Bombay.. and a couple of Goodwill lamps.. Next on my list are some better picture frames... isn't that a sad looking bunch.?.?? Well there's always tomorrow. and another Goodwill on my way from work. Hey.I have an actual excuse now to "shop". ( treasure hunt)

Especially for you Elaine. Here's My Goodwill Score today.

So everytime the girls at work ask me to look for something I always say..  no  I don't think I'd ever find one of those and then the very next day Sure enough.. I'm walking thru a Goodwill and there it is.. right there in front of me..  Just like the time I found that mini frig we use all the time for $12.99  you're my good luck shopping fairies....

 Without further ado...
I present my Goodwill find of the day..  and since I have but 1 follower.. this is written especially for you.. you know who you are. 

Look what I found..  for 12.99 with a 20 % off coupon.. making it a total of. $10.40   Are you ready .. are you really ready???     Oh yes it is... Oh yes..  it's the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Grilling Machine.

FAMILY SIZE  !!!! with all the parts, and I plugged  it in and it works.  ye-aaah....!!!!

But wait that's not all..    included absolutely free!!!! ...  yes!!!!..hold your breath for this one.....  it's a Salton Belgium Waffle maker in pristine condition... 

Score.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So now if you are really my blog follower you will be smiling tomorrow when I see you..??  if not well then it will be a marvy surprise..  I can't wait.