love love love you

Just finished this piece and wanted to share my newest design with you first.  Have a great weekend:)

Happy Friday

Happy Friday everyone! Just a quick post to show you what I'm working on today--I bet you can guess what holiday I'm getting ready for:)

New Year's Clearance!

I'm celebrating New Year's over at my etsy shop with a HALF PRICE CLEARANCE.  You can check it out here.  Have a lovely day!

lamp diy

How about a  lamp diy to start the year off right? And yes, I think I'll be making a reference to "the new year" for a few weeks, hope you don't mind:)

I learned long ago that when looking for a good lamp to makeover, you should #1 make sure it works, and even that can be fixed, and #2 look at the shape.  Shape is definitely what won me over with these two lovelies--something about being displayed next to matching ashtrays caused me to almost walk right by them.  I wasn't sure if they were glass or plastic at the flea market, but I thought it was worth the risk for $18 each, linen shade INCLUDED ( I know).

Here's another look at the lamp in all of it's green and black glory...

This diy project took me a few months only because when I brought them home, I stuck them in our junk room until I had time to work on them.  

Of course, after two months, I found the time.  I used Krylon Fusion spray paint because that's what google told me to use.  Some diy websites said to sand and prime but I'm not a perfectionist, so you know.

 I don't have any photos of me spray painting the lamps because I was home alone and couldn't figure out how to paint and photograph at the same time.  So use your imagination here.

 They turned out MUCH  better than I expected.  Who knew that spray painting lamps was so easy?!

They even have some brass goodness on top.

 

   Here are the two together.  I didn't know that I could love a pair of lamps so much! 

happy new year!

yes, I'm still here.  I unexpectedly needed to take November and December off because painting orders were CRAZY...not a bad crazy, but crazy none the less.  For those of you who run your own business you know that when business picks up, everything else slows down...especially if you're a one woman show.  But I LOVE it!   Here are a few photos of what was keeping busy...

here's one from November, but I think I would keep it out all year

I do a lot of custom quotes, here's two...

 

a custom color combo of the one you can find here.

a few custom names

 

 my bestseller this Christmas

 ...a lowercase version of it

 ...and a different color combo for a customer whose Christmas decorations are blues and whites...might be my favorite:)

 a custom piece for a customer's anniversary

another custom piece for an adoptive mom's baby shower...

and lastly, here's one that I just listed here

That's all for now--a quick hello and some photos:)  I can't wait for tomorrow's post where I'm going to share with you an easy-peasy DIY project. 

christmas sale

Since Black Friday and Cyber Monday totally stress me out (am I the only one?)

 

 Let's start early...

 

Enjoy 15% off every order in my my etsy shop by using coupon code: IBTGTR. 

 

Because it is better to give than receive! 

blessings

just finished this piece, you can find it here!

 

 

praise God, from Whom all blessings flow

 

praise Him, all creatures here below

 

praise Him above, ye heavenly host

 

praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost