Productivity Plus...

After meeting friends for coffee, I settled down and got some things accomplished - I painted 7 little metal pails - four red, one creamy yellow, one palest pink and one jade.  I'm going to stick a plant in each one - the red ones will have a small American flag. 

I painted a metal magazine rack a wonderful turquoise and pulled the seat and a gazillion tacks out of a little sewing rocker.  Now the rocker is ready to be a garden rocker or maybe I will paint the rocker aqua and upholster the seat with white background with red cherries oilcloth.

I bought this book/magazine rack with stenciled star, moon and sun on the outside.  The stencils didn't do a thing for this dainty little piece.  So I matched the paint and just sprayed both sides a couple of times to cover up the childlike pictures. 

I love the Cabbage Rose Wallies and they seemed to be perfect for this little project.  I'm not usually a yellow person but I like this yellow...but it will be for sale in a few weeks.

Creamy Yellow Book Rack
 with Cabbage Roses...

I hope someone likes it enough to take it home and put wonderful gardening books in it!  Both sides have dividers so maybe the other side could hold romantic decorating books or a journal or photo albums or...

Take care,
Bonnie

Junkin' for Bird Cages...

We went to a fun sale today – it had rained but was fine when we were shopping.  We found so many fun things from The Vintage Pixie’s barns and building.  Mary is going to do mostly custom orders so she is purging her treasures!  Scott, her hubby, was fun to deal with and is one of those priceless ones!!!  I met her on Facebook and she's been at one of our sales.  I had been to her sale a while back at her house but it was more frou-frou then...today was good junkin'!

I’m on a bird cage hunt and I found two at her sale.  One was exactly like one I had found a couple of weeks ago and was merely decorative. 

All painted and ready to be embellished -
can't wait to show you finished project!

The top left cage is my very favorite but
look at all the small stuff that awaits
a plant or paint or some special touch!

The day began cloudy and rainy and ended up another perfect evening!  If this kind of day was for sale, you’d have to ask a million dollars.  Hardly any bugs and a cool breeze and the sun sparkling everything up!

I'm pondering if I should stay home tomorrow or go to one or two of our city-wide sales in the area.  I bet I know what I'll do!!!

Have another great evening and take care of yourself!  I sure love my life!

Bonnie