Cute shabby chic dresser perfect for TV

I love this dresser, I so wanted to keep it for my family room.
I told myself if it did not sale in one week I could keep it.
It sold, while another Lady was in the process of buying it.
I have never felt so bad! She wanted it along with the end
table I have for sale and was also special ordering these
little wood birds I sell. She was asking if I could match
the handle from the end table to match the handles on the
dresser. I asked her which one's she wanted and she convo'd
back, It's GONE! I went and looked and someone bought it!
I'm going to call my antique dealers tomorrow and see if we
can'r find TWO more, one for her and one for me! I hope
everyone had a great weekend!

New shabby chic furniture and some chalkboards!

Here are some items I just finished:

I have been given the Liebster Blog Award by Jenine from A Bit O' Whimsy! I'm very excited and honored :) The award is designed to recognize and promote blogs that have less than 200 followers, and there's 5 rules that go along with it:

1) Thank the person that gave it to you. Thanks Jenine!
2) Link back to their blog
3) Put the award in your blog
4) Present the award to 3-5 blogs with less than 200 followers
5) Leave a comment to let those blogs know that you've recognized their awesomeness!

So here are 5 blogs that I love and follow, check them out!

 Anne @ http://alittlefurinthepaint.blogspot.com/
 Jo @ http://toaprettylife.blogspot.com/
Theresa @ http://upanddoing-therese.blogspot.com/
 tbzdesigner  http://cominghome-tbzdesigner.blogspot.com/

Please go visit them and give them a follow!

Here's some pictures of my Granddaughter's bed I painted:

Have a wonderful day!

Diane
xo

Antique chippy distressed vanity and a painting

A finished design and a lil' painter.

She drew a picture of herself swinging on a swing.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Painted Furniture for a sweet little girl

Hello sweet friends,

I've been painting some furniture for my sweet little Ava's
room. Her Mother is redecorating her room and Ava picked
pink and zebra print. I'm still painting an antique twin sleigh
bed that will go with the furniture. Here are the pictures of
her desk/vanity and her nightstand.
I'm linking this up to Clydia's link party...

Go here:
http://threemangoseeds.blogspot.com/2012/02/features-do-it-ya-self-monday-link_27.html
to join the fun and see some amazing decor items!

I lined the drawers wth this beautiful print.

I also made her a sign to match her bed set.

I'm working on a few antiques for my store and hope

to have them up Tuesday morning. I will also post pictures

of Ava's bed as soon as I have that finished as well.

Thanks for looking at my blog!

XOXO

Shabby chic nightstands

I have two pieces of furniture done! I still
have three more pieces to finish and still
need to pick up the GORGEOUS antiques
I bought a couple of weeks ago. Here's
the finished pieces. You can buy them
thru my etsy store or locally in San Antonio!

Chasing my tail

Have you ever had one of those days where you

busted your buttah all day long to get nowhere?

Well, that’s what happened to me all day! I have

been painting for days trying to get 7 pieces of

furniture ready to sell. I went to glaze them late

last night and noticed all these tiny squiggly pieces

of thread all over the furniture. Home depot was

out of the rollers I use, so I bought some other kind.

Big…Big mistake! I have spend all day re-sanding

all that furniture to get rid of those squiggly threads!

I decided to take a break from that as I was a little

(a lot) peeved and needed to back away. I started

priming boards to make some chalkboards

for some antique frames. I get them all primed

and go to grab my chalkboard

paint and it’s the WRONG kind! I grabbed the

tintable can (sigh). I think I’m going to call it a

day and sketch some new designs… Here’s a

few pictures of what I painted and have to REDO!

Cedar Hill Ranch and The Shabby Apple Giveaway!

Yes, that's right... A GIVEAWAY! A really good GIVEAWAY!
A vintage dress by shabby apple! You will need to go to the
Cedar Hill ranch to sign up. Here's the details and links:

The shabby apple

Cedar Hill Ranch

Here is the link to Cedar Hill Ranch:

http://cedarhillranch.blogspot.com/

Anita is the owner of Cedar Hill Ranch and

has all the info to win a FABULOUS DRESS

by The Shabby Apple!

 Take the time to read Anita's profile!
What an amazing woman she is and
so talented! I can't wait to get to know her,
I will be a daily reader on her blog!

I need some help and some idea's!

Does anyone know how to make a mold? I would like to make a mold
out of this cast iron piece that went to an antique heater, I ripped apart
and made a manel out of a LONG time ago. I want to make a mold
out of the applique, I'm hoping I can make some out of the applique's
that are on the cast iron part I used to make my mantel. Now for some
isea's... I want to make something out of this piece after I make some
molds. It's pretty heavy and only has about 1 3/4 inches from the front
to the back. I was thinking of flipping it up side down and attaching
it to an old piece of wood and making it a mail holder for a front porch.
I think it would be so cute! Does anyone have any other idea's what
to make out of it? Here are the pictures:

The cast iron piece above went right under the

cast iron piece on the mantel, right under where

you see the bows and ribbon.

I know someone has an idea or two?