UPDATED ARCHED WINDOW FRAME 2020

I picked up this arched window frame at a Vintage Market sale.  I loved the structure, but not the finish.  In order to make it look vintage, they painted layers of mustard, rust and white paint. I  really disliked the rust and mustard paint.  I lived with it for about 2 years and then decided to clean it up, so I sanded all the paint off.  It took about 6 hours of sanding but I think the final result looks so much better.

This is the result of a days sanding.

 

On the second day, I finished the sanding.

I liked the bleached wood effect is much cleaner.

I believe this updated frame will find a place in my new craft room.

I still need to find some vintage book pages, postcards or old family photos to add to the cross bars in the frame.  It will be a work in progress.

FOYER SIVER LEAF MIRROR

I gave away my foyer mirror and table a few months back.  I had a gold guilded mirror that someone gave me a few years back.  I wanted to silver leaf it so it would blend with my grey walls.

The first step was to place post it notes underneath the frame so the silver leaf would not attach to the mirror and give shadows.

This is the product that I purchased at Hobby Lobby.  This package cost around $9.00, but I used my 40% off coupon which brought it down to $5.00 with tax.  It included 18 sheets and I only used 8 sheets on this project.

When I had done similar projects before, there was an adhesive made especially for doing the silver leaf.  After some research, I decided to go with  an Elmer's glue product shown below.  Place the silver leaf sheet over the sprayed area.  Leave the sheet underneath the silver leaf.  Use a soft bristle paint 

stipple the silver leaf into the crevices.  

My intent was not to cover the entire surface of the frame.  This next picture shows the project 10 minutes in to beginning the process.

Apologizing for the next blurry picture. 

Notice that I did not silver leaf the complete frame. It would have been a complete waste of product.

As you can see, this area was really very small for a entrance.  The mirror compliments the Respose Grey paint.

There is still some of the gold showing through. 

A view from inside the office.

It only took 50 minutes to complete this project from start to finish.  That is so gratifying!

****If I had any lessons to learn about silver leafing, I would spray the adhesive and give it about 20 seconds before placing the silver leaf sheet over the area.

BAPTISMAL MOSAIC CROSS

 I have been creating mosaic pieces and usually one or more pieces will end up in a school auction.

One of my daughters had an amazing softball coach in high school.  Not only was she All American in the sport, but she taught the girls so much more.  She taught values  that would help the girls in their future endeavors.  

Let's skip to the present.  Coach Mary married a great guy and they had a baby last October.  The corona virus hit and the Baptism for their precious angel was delayed-until June of this year.

Not to digress, but when raising a child, there are so many people that join you in raising him/her to meet their potential.  I wanted the Baptismal present to incorporate this idea.  How was I to know that this particular coach would impact my daughter so much?

So, using various mosaics chips, a Baptismal cross was made for baby Charlotte.

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Sorry about it getting a picture with the grout!

REPAIRING POPUP PLASTER DIMPLES WHILE PAINTING 2020

It's painting time again.  Mr. Thrifty suggested that paint one of the bedrooms over the Memorial Day weekend. That means my job of prepping begins now.  Besides taping off the doors, windows and baseboards, I also patch the holes left from pictures.

We have had a problem of pop up holes in the dry wall plaster where the plasterer did not recess the screw.  As a result, there is a dimple in the wall.

First, Mr. Thrifty cuts out around the screw.

He removes the screw from the hole and places it right above the bad dimple. He makes sure to recess the screw in the new hole.

It takes two sets of spackling to completely fixing the hole.  Spackle, let dry, sand, re-spackle,

sand and paint.

It is a small thing, but when you see your walls freshly painted, you will be glad that you stopped to repair the dimples.



ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND RED PEPPER MANICOTTI

I apologize for missing my posting dates.  Life gets hectic at times.  Let’s get to it!

I made this recipe  for an elderly Italian couple in our parish.   The lovely wife wrote back, “that’s a keeper!”

 

Mr. Thrifty loves Italian sausage and red pepper recipes. I found this manicotti recipe and tweaked it a bit. This recipe feeds a generous 7 helpings. 

Follow the easy instructions.   

I DID SALT AND PEPPER THE FILLING  

Great meal to deliver to friends. 

SILVER PLATED COFFEE POT WITH A FLORAL BOUQUET

Just wanted to share a pretty sight of a bouquet in a silver plated coffeepot.



FEBRUARY 2020 THRIFT STORE FINDS

I originally wrote this post back in February. This was my last junkin’ haul..

On a recent trip looking for projects, I picked up a slew on items.

The first two included a urn for $2.00 and a chalk artichoke for $1.00.

At the next shop, I found this wall organizer for $5.00.  It would look good painted out and maybe something one of the girls could use in a future apartment.

I could paint the artichoke like the one I found for a quarter at Goodwill years ago.

This group of glassware came to a total of $6.12.

This candlestick was $12.00 and will be used in a later posting.

The turquoise vase would also be used in a later posting.  It was $15.00, but I couldn't pass it up because I loved the color.

The final item was this embellished wedding veil.

 I know you might ask yourself, why would I buy a wedding veil?  The cost was $5.00.  That is why I bought it.

 Stay tuned to see the projects I have in store for my February thrift store finds.