End Table Redo

I'm linking this to Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday!
I found this little guy at my new favorite thrift store...




I'm not liking the color, but I'm loooooving the lines

So I sanded him down



Sprayed him with a coat of white spraypaint, just for a base



And then painted him with interior paint in white. (Not pictured)

Then I took these stencils and using a silver/grey (grey,gray?) paint, I made him pretty




I bought a new bauble knob from Lowes and stuck that on there.



And now I cannot get enough of my table!!! I love love love it!! SQUEEE!

Fabric on Canvas

Just a quick and easy idea for old scraps laying around... I took an old canvas I had painted on back in college, some fabric I wasn't going to use for anything and my staple gun and just "reapholstered" if you will, the canvas.





Easy! Make sure you pull and staple really tight so you don't have any wrinkles in the fabric. How cute would these look in some sort of toile print!?!?

Sorry I've been MIA

So sorry I have been MIA for a while. I have had alot going on, but I do have some new projects coming up soon!

Check out ThrivingWhileSurviving!!!

Check out my cousin Lindsay's blog thrivingwhilesurviving.blogspot.com

She just started, but already has an AWESOME post about tips on how to remove nailpolish from clothing!

Run over, say hi, welcome her to the world o' blogging... and tell her Amy sent ya!

Fall/Halloween Decor

RHONDI at ROSE COLORED GLASSES
is having an AUTUMN PARTY

Just wanted to share my fall/halloween decor in my dining room, I know it's early for Halloween, so I tried to keep it more along the "fall" lines...but YOU KNOW it's soooo hard for a crafty girl to not be able to decorate according to the next holiday especially one as fun as Halloween!! I would also like to add that I got everything for the cheap, either at thrift stores or the Dollar Tree. The most expensive thing was the tablecloth that I bought for $5 at my favorite thrift store.

The Bar...




Side Table



Dining Table







(I love love love really old vintage books and I bought these today for only $1 each!!)


EEEEK! I can't wait to put more stuff up! My husband has laid down the law and said I'm not allowed to put up anything really "halloween" untill October *sits in corner and pouts* But I think this will do for now.

Easy Halloween Decorations

I was browsing the Dollar Tree today and found these frames...



The white one ended up breaking, but oh well...the rest of them I spray painted black and then framed cute scrapbook paper...



Voila! I'm sooo into the shiny black frames and bright cheery paper! I love love love them!

Turn an Old Book Into Something Pretty!

Okay really, I think this has been the easiest thing I've ever done, and I feel like I have a fuzzy memory of making these when I was a little girl.

I bought this book at the Goodwill for $1 specifically for this project. I have never read Anne Rice, so I don't know if this book is any good, but if anyone out there is reading my blog, and this is your favorite book ever...look away, it's gonna be a bloodbath..... Okay not really, but I will be destroying this book.




I bought this book because:

A) it wasn't hardcover

B) the pages were huge

C) It had alot of pages, I think it was over 550 pages.

All I did was I started with the first page, and folded it in half.



and then turned the page



Keep going



Keep going



Until all of your pages are folded




Now open up the book in random spots to kind of loosen the spine from the cover



Carefully remove the cover of the book without ripping the spine (you'll know if you ripped the spine if the pages all fall out one by one.) Use scissors if you need help.




Once the cover is off, the folded pages should push against eachother to spin out like this



If it doesn't, you may need to re open more pages to kind of loosen the spine a little bit more, and if that still doesn't work, use some craft glue to hold the spine together.

I stuck it on a pedestal (that I may or may not be painting a different color) that I bought from Goodwill for $3. It really serves no purpose. I just thought it looked cool on my bookshelf.