Red Goodwill Chair

There is nothing I like more than finding a good bargain. At least once every other week I will use my lunch break to go, as I call it, "goodwilling".

My husband and I were looking for a chair for our bedroom and I found this little baby for $3.

I immediately saw the potential in this chair fell in love.

I decided to paint it red to bring a little color into our bedroom.

I chose to use Krylon's Dual Paint and Primer in "Banner Red" for this project. I used the high gloss formula.

WARNING: Wear gloves while spray painting unless you want to spent half-an-hour removing red paint from your index finger.

I sanded down the chair in a few places to give it a "worn" look and set it outside on trash bags.

The rest of the project is pretty self explanatory. It took me 3 cans of paint and a lot of time, but I love the final results.

Happy crafting!

Circle Scarf

My cousin Zoe insisted that I make her Christmas present. She didn't want anything store-bought, she wanted an original gift.

So, I decided to make her a circle scarf with fabric depicting her favorite bird: cardinals. I free-handed the scarf by making my own pattern, but here's a circle scarf tutorial from burdastyle.com that teaches you how to create a similar type of scarf.

Happy crafting!

Painted Wooden Snowflakes

Hello everyone! I am so excited to launch my new blog so close to Christmas!

Here is my latest creative endeavor: painted wooden snowflakes!

I wanted to bring some color into my kitchen for the holidays, so I spiced up my white cabinets with red wooden snowflakes.

My inspiration for this decor came to me while standing in the check-out line at JoAnn's. These cute wooden snowflakes were only $1 apiece and just beckoned for me to buy them.

After I chose 5 snowflakes, I ran to the back of the store and picked out a paint color. I chose Americana's acrylic paint in "Santa Red". Very fitting, huh? This is a very simple craft. It took me about 15 minutes to paint all 5 snowflakes and an additional 15 minutes for the paint to dry. After they were dry, I stuck them to my cabinets using Command removable adhesive strips.

Happy crafting!