2nd Vintage Jewelry Box REDO

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BEFORE , DURING and AFTER. My 2nd attempt at re-doing a vintage jewelry box. I paid $2.00 for this at a thrift store. The little heart drawer pulls reminded me of Brighton and there is a heart in the center of the tall door. I did not care for the white flowers on the glass doors. I don't like the combo of the hearts and those flowers.

I removed all the hardware and doors and taped off the mirror. I sprayed the hardware and the jewelry box with Kilz. I spray painted all the hardware in Antique Bronze. Spray painted the box with Krylon outdoor spray paint in Aqua. All the fabric is high end from fabric sample books that I paid $1.00 for (entire book). Some of the fabrics are: Kravets Chasing Circles in "spa" and Kima in "glacier". The glass was covered with paisley patterned paper inside a scrapbook clear page. The patterned paper is from the fabric sample books! Is is interchangeable by easily removing the glass from the inside. The "C" monogram is a metal scrapbook letter spray painted in the bronze like the hardware. That is a dead giveaway as to who I made the box for! Hint: she can fill it with PANDORA.

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Saturday Treasure Hunting PART 2

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After enjoying a wonderful lunch at the European Cafe' & Bakery my hubby suggested we stop at one of my favorite thrift stores. HMMMM.... of course I said yes before he could finish his sentence!!! We had spent almost all the cash we had at lunch. I thought they took credit cards and we only had $4.00 and change between us. At first all I found was the cute clay pottery floral/pink trimmed bowl. I don't recognize the signature on the bottom. But, it's a heavy little piece and in perfect condition. I don't know if you can see the tag, but it was 75 cents!

As we were leaving I spied a pair of lamps.... Very heavy and spa/tropical looking. They were $4.00 each and I saw the name on them "Pacific Coast". No clue about the brand. I took them up to pay the $8.00 and was told that there is a $10.00 minimum on credit card purchases. Quickly, I rushed back to the shelf that the lamps were on and added the aqua blue wooden nautilus ($1.00) it had the $12.99 Beall's OUTLET price on the bottom, and the lovely little set of wooden chinese bookmarks in the little red case ($1.25). My total on that thrift store trip was $10.25.

Back to the lamps! I looked them up online when I got home. I found 2 similar styles by "Pacific Coast" retailing $250 to $298 each! That added to the fun!!!

Saturday Treasure Hunting

Believe it or not, I only hit ONE garage sale today. There were not many in the paper today. But, one sale is all it takes to find some goodies! I spent $3.25 and got the Michael Kors brown blouse ($1.00), pink & white Chico's blouse ($1.00), food scale ($1.00), and the trio pumpkin halloween decoration (25 cents).

2nd Vintage Jewelry Box Redo

Found this vintage jewelry box at a thrift store for $2.00. These are my before pics. I'm planning a re-do. Can't wait!

My weekly thrifty finds

The following photos are of a LIME GREEN (yes, my all time favorite color since the 8th grade) jacket - $1.00 (1/2 off all clothing at a thrift store) , Persol sunglasses - 25 CENTS! , and a vintage jewelry box $2.00 (more photos and my plans in the next post).

Yes, I have more lime green in my closet than one person needs. But, I love this jacket.

The sunglasses have a story. I was checking out at the thrift store with the LIME GREEN jacket. There was a ginormous basket at the check-out filled to the brim with sunglasses. The sign read 25 cents. I peered inside with my right eye. Yes, that's correct. I skimmed the basket contents with my right eye. I reached in and grabbed this pair. I had my own sunglasses perched on my head. Mine are huge and kind of blingy, but I was in the mood for something different. I put on the basket sunglasses and asked the gal at the cash register if they looked alright. She was sweet and said they looked great. I bought them because they felt great on my face. I had NO CLUE what brand they were. They were in the bag and I thought I should check thru the basket to see if I liked anything else. I looked at EVERY pair in there and thought they were all junk. Later that evening, I was at home and pulling out my new treasures. I put on the glasses and saw the "Made In Italy" marking and the Persol name. No clue what Persol was, I decided to look it up. YES, that pair is going for $171.00 and that's with a 36% discount!

The moral of the story is to go with your first instinct and sometimes you only need to use one eye!

I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

Okay, I haven't blogged for 6 months! I have found new creative inspiration from stumbling upon the Southern Hospitality Blog. I was so captivated by the number of gals that post their yard sale, retail and thrift store posts on "Thrifty Monday". I've been reading all of these blogs for a week now and have finally mustered up the courage to join in!