Dresser before and after....

I moved to Arizona at the end of June, and I was using one drawer of my husbands bureau, and keeping the rest of my clothes in the closet. I was feeling a bit lost without a dresser. I had never redone a piece of furniture before, but I wanted to give it a try. I found this fantastic dresser at a consignment shop in Bisbee, AZ. I love so much of their stuff there, and could go crazy sanding and painting furniture, but I have no where to put it!! Here is the before picture:

After a little bit of sanding and filling a few areas, and a really good washing, I painted it a blue color, and added new knobs. Here is the after:

I couldn't be happier with it. You can't tell from the picture, but I did a faux denim finish on it, so the brushstrokes show, but it's intentional. You can see the white primer underneath in many places, but it looks very natural. I love it love it love it!!!

Have a great evening!!!

Learn Something New

I just signed up for Shimelle's Learn Something New Every Day class. It starts tomorrow, and I've been debating all day what format I want to use for this fun class. I finally settled on a small binder (still debating about what my cover will look like), with 6x8 pages. I'm determined to use some of my older paper, so no matter how much I like this paper (that's why I haven't used it), it's time for it to be used!!!

I gathered all of my materials, cut my papers, and stamped a 'To Do List' stamp which will serve as the base for each day. I stamped the dates for the month of September to hopefully keep me on track with this class. I have it all gathered in a red bin, so everything is in one place, including my cutter, scissors, and my adhesive. Class starts tomorrow, and I'll be sure to share my daily scrapbook pages. Here are a couple pics of my materials for this class (I even threw in a little fabric...I couldn't resist).

Getting into the Fall Mood

Wow - I have been away from scrapbooking and stamping for so long. I finally have all of my supplies unpacked after two moves over the past 8 months, and I'm so excited to get back into it and share some of my newest creations.

There was a chill in the air this morning, and I can feel that fall is not far away. This tag I made will be a great little addition to a gift package for Halloween.



Happy Monday!!!