Creations from my heart: desk

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

A Pretty Treasure....

Where have I been?

Here's a hint.....

It's summer time and summer means lots of baseball at my house. 57 games in the last seven weeks. When you have that many games there is little time for anything else! Boy have I missed blogging. This week brings the end to travel baseball, so I have some time to get re-acquainted with my computer and say hello to all of you who I have missed blogging with.

I'm always looking for a "wonderful furniture find" at the local thrift store. I know that my partner Sharon at the Tea Castle can work her magic and transform the treasure into something a little girl will love .

I had to take a picture of the price. Can you believe it?

The final cost was $9.99!

Now for the transformation.....

I don't do any of the decorative painting. I guess I could put the white coat of paint on the furniture, but as for anything else that is not my gift. Now I can sew, so I was in charge of recovering the chair seat. After I completed the seat, I decided to add a pretty PINK tulle bow.

Here's the pretty pink flowers that were added to the desk top.

Sharon found the perfect PINK crystal knob for the drawer.

The funny thing is the knob cost as much as the desk!

Sometimes it's the tiny details that make the project perfect.

Toot Your Horn Tuesday

Get Your Craft On

Trash to Treasure
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday

Make it Yours Day

Show and Tell Wednesday

Look What I Made

Works For Me Wednesday

Sharing Ideas Wednesday

Be Inspired

Whatever goes Wednesday,
Tea Rose Home Party

Strut Your Stuff

Get Your Craft On

Thrifty Thursday

Transformation Thursday,

Show Off Your Stuff,

Under a $100.00,

I Made It

Friday, April 23, 2010

The Pink Lamp Has a New Home...

My friend Sharon and "Huntington House" partner was gifted with a curb side find. She was excited about the her new found treasure and emailed me this photo. She had already primed the discarded desk when she sent me this photo. This was going to be our latest treasure which would find it's new home at the Tea Party Castle. It didn't look like much, but I knew that Sharon would work her painting magic.

Did I mention that she is a gifted painter? After she had painted, we added the tulle skirt. The tulle had a wonderful shimmer to to. Once we got the tulle on, we knew it needed a bit more "BLING".

We added two large bows and for the BLING we added a large rhinestone in the center of the bow.

Can you ever use to many rhinestones? I don't think so.

Take a look at the wonderful painting.

Sharon said it only took her about an hour to do this!

I just love the soft pastel colors.

I think you know by now that my favorite color is PINK!

Here's a close up of all the detail painting. Visit Sharon's blog "Great Paint for Great Homes",

and see some of her other wonderful projects.

Remember the lamp re-do from my previous post?

Well now the girly lamp has found it's new home.

It is perched on top of the new desk at the Tea Party Castle.

The desk was also given a crystal drawer pull for some extra Bling! I think the lamp and the desk are a perfect pair. I enjoyed working with Sharon on another project. It's fun to work with someone who is so creative. Once you start working together it's amazing what you can create.