Goodwill Hunting; From Trash to Treasures.

Hello!  I hope this post finds you well.  Recently, I have been on a Goodwill trek.  Rummaging through the tacky, the smelly, and the strange, I have found my treasures.  Want to see?

My first find was a coffee table.  I posted a picture of it in the previous post, but here it is again (saving you some finger energy).

Coffee table, $9.99.  Paint, glaze, sandpaper, clear coating, was more than I wanted to spend, $50.  I got too much paint for this little guy, but hold tight and you'll see what I did with some of the left overs!  Ok, so I deglossed the table with this magic stuff.

It's amazing!  You rub it on, and let it dry for 10 minutes and BAM.  Gloss gone, and ready for action.

After that magic show, I applied an antique white paint to the table top, a grayish blue for the base, and used Valspar's Translucent Color Glaze in Mocha on the top to "antique" it, using a "wipe on, wipe off" technique.  I let the glaze cure for about one week, then took some coarse sandpaper to it to give it that roughed up look.  Lastly, I used a protective clear coat on the table top to seal the deal. Tadah!

See that teapot? Another treasure for only $5.99!  

My next find was a small table that I thought would be a great addition to our living room.

A steal for $7.99.  I painted it with the left over antique white from the coffee table (ps there is still a lot more left over...).

I let the paint dry for about a day, then I used the mocha color glaze on it with the same technique used for the coffee table.  I let it cure for only two days (I got impatient!), sanded it, sealed it, et voila!

I heart that little one.  What do you think?   

There is a site called "Pinterest" (can I get a What What?!) that has so many ideas of crafts, style, decor,  food, and gee golly anything you can think of.  I saw this idea of a 3 tiered platter deal that I just had to try.  All you need is a set of 3 different sized cake pans, 2 candlesticks, paint, and gorilla glue.  In search of this craft's necessities, I fell in love with some silver platters (3 for about $18) that I found at good old GW, and decided they would take the place of the cake pans.  I found a spray paint that I wanted to use for the candlesticks (2 for $2 by the way), and went at it.  

Oh.  My.  Goodness.

It was the biggest mess ever.  There are no pictures of it, sorry.  Apparently, my candlesticks were coated in some super mighty paint that repels any and all things.  The spray paint just looked like water washing over it.  It wouldn't stick.  Plus, I had it all over me.  And still do.  That's when the paint thinner came out!  I stripped those naughty candlesticks until they had no choice but to be covered in the paint of my choosing.  The silver platters needed a little cleaning, and colgate did the trick.  That's right, toothpaste!  Just rub it on with some warm water and rub off the yuck.  After the candlesticks dried, I glued them to the platters, and let them dry overnight.  

I am so excited to put yummy things on this!  It can be used for other things too I guess, but food is so much better.  Don't you agree?

That about sums up my crafty expo for you today.  Come back soon!