4th of July long weekend

(I'm sorry I don't remember where this picture is from - but I love the cabin-y feel!)

House:

• Clean!
• Strip bench
• Wood putty and prime bench
• Put together ad for yard sale
• Finish 'dressing table' shelf

Craft:

• Work on Berry Clapotis
• Finish typing in recipes for H's wedding gift
• Finish embroidering napkins for H's wedding gift
• Finish pinning out stars for garland

Blog:

• Pictures of linen cupboard
• Wedding gifts teaser photos

Fun stuff:

• Get together with friend from Pennsylvania
• Read!
• Season 6 of 'The Closer' on Instant Netflix

*facepaw*

Don't you hate it when you're happily working on a pattern (that you've knit before) and somewhere about 1/2 way through you realize, "Hey I forgot an integral step (dropping the stitches) the creates the whole look I'm going for!"

Yeah, me too!

Put a coat on it...

Everything is better with a coat (or two) of paint. The black coasters below were originally pewter, but that's not really where I live so I painted them. I don't have a good spray painting location, so I painted them with some "Black Licorice" craft paint into which I mixed some gold glaze. Once everything was dry, they got a lacquer coat to seal. The mum-shaped coaster was a thrift store find that I painted in my trim color "Popcorn White", then sealed. I plan on using this one as a ring dish. The little footed vase got the black/gold treatment too. 

I stripped this utensil drawer, then painted it same butterscotch yellow as the paper I used to line it, then distressed the edges with a dark green. I screwed in two tiny eye hooks and hung it in my craft room. My collection of small doo-dads is now safely out of the cats' paths of destruction.

Seating area so far

This is where the CatMan and I sit to watch TV. Usually the futon is covered with a dropcloth and there is at least one cat holding court on it. I shooed them away so I could get this picture. If you look in the mirror above the futon, you will see Jack stalking away in disgust. The mirror is actually the white one from my previous post. I slapped a little green craft paint on the frame and then sanded it for an aged finish which I think nicely complements the splotchy glass. The other pic is a watercolor of Hickory Run State Park which is known in PA for its immense boulder field.

The green bench is next up on the refinishing docket.

Little projects

 

 I "Etsied" some knobs for the linen cupboard project. The ones I found were 2 parts: a knob and a back plate. The back plate is too big for the cupboard, but perfect for the white ceramic knobs I have on our closet doors. A quick spray paint session later and I have a finishing touch!

Here are few other items on the project docket. Stay tuned!

I wish I was...

But I'm not...