THE BIRTHDAY CHAIR antique white chair

I finished painting and upholstering that green vintage desk chair

I showed you last week. It was done for a special little girls birthday.

I have a lot of ppl ask if upholstery is easy,

my answer is usually always the same.

It is the tear down that is horrible.

You are dealing with rusty staples and tacks, and this chair had been

re-upholstered before, making it almost impossible to get all the old staples out.

I actually used an angle grinder to deal with most of them. (dont do this at home)

Sometimes you also find animal hair, grass, cotton, and burlap,

all of which are dusty and dirty. So this is not my favorite thing to do.

Once I get past all that and start to rebuild, repaint, and reupholster

I find it fun!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME whining

 

 

The flu came to visit, introduced its self to George, they chatted a bit and left him alone.

The next evening in the late hours of night it came back to have a word with me, I must have lipped it off cause the damn thing took hold of me and abused me in every way imaginable for the next 11 days, which brings us to today *MY BIRTHDAY*.

 My eyes are still weeping, I sound like a hyena, and Im regularly medicating myself just to

get to the next cat nap. I have not been able to work or blog, even sitting reading emails has

been difficult. Im afraid this was my bodies way of saying "you should have gone on vacation"

 

 

I do have another simple applique trick that I have been wanting to show you and the photos

have been sitting here waiting.

Think about all those decorative shower curtain hooks you see at thrift stores.

I twisted the metal hook out of the resin shape, some broke in half so I glued them back together.

Once glued onto your furniture project and painted they dont resemble shower hooks at all.

 

 

I do not recall ever being this sick.

Projects will slowly get back on track soon and so will the blogging

George has done a fine job of taking care of me

and I cant wait to see what brings home for my birthday gift!

Yes honey ... thats pressure!!!!

 

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MAKING THE PERFECT GIFT WITH CHINA siss birthday

For Birthdays and Special occasions I like giving hand made gifts.

Sometimes its a candle that George made, sometimes its something I made.

For my sisters Birthday this year I made her a gift using vintage china.

 

My sisters birthday runs very close to Mothers day so we celebrated

with everyone over a lovely dinner at her home.

 

 

My sisters name is Holly and she does read my blog so everyone plz say HI!

Thats her below with Scooby, aka my bro in law.

 

 

She likes Halloween as much as I do and she also enjoys being creative with her baking.

 

She especially enjoys making cupcakes, so I chose to make her a cupcake display platter.

 

 

I used a gorgeous vintage pink floral plate made in England and a modern glass pillar candle holder.

Both purchased second hand. I adhered the two together with a 2 part epoxy.

 The same kind of glue worked for the plate on plates I display in my kitchen.

 

 

Sometimes I love the design on the edge of a plate but the center is too plain, too scratched up, or simply too boring to use on the wall so I find a smaller complementary plate and glue it in the middle.

 

 

Neat huh! Yard Saling is my favorite place to find single pieces of beautiful china

and a lot of other great finds.

 

Last weeks garage sales brought this little table and ornate frame to me to be repaired and painted.

 

 

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