Wednesday, April 6, 2011

PAINTED "SILVER"

Happy Day all!  I found a wonderful container for flowers at the thrift store some time ago.  I didn't use it for the longest time.  It just sat in a cupboard til one day I looked at it and thought "hey, I should throw some paint on that!" 

It has a silver plate on it and I love it's little "legs".  My current obsession seems to be for sea shells, so I thought it would make a nice container for part of my collection of shells.  I find I really like the aqua interior as well. 

You can paint anything these days.  Even if it is metal, plastic, whatever.  Now I look at things in a whole new way.  I LOVE PAINT!  I should probably add that I love a transformation of things (and people for that matter!). 

I also found a candy dish with a lid that was such a good deal at a garage sale last summer, that I bought it without a clue as to what to do with it.  (no candy in a dish for me sadly)  Again I thought... seashells!  It looks great in my jam cupboard that is in our bedroom.  I love how it looks.

Hopefully, there will be some garage sales this weekend and I can write the first "Garage Sale Safari" post for this blog.  Here's hoping the weather co-operates!

This post linked to http://www.abeachcottage.com/ linky party and http://www.somewhatsimple.com/ and http://funkyjunkinteriors.com/

8 comments:

  1. Painting is so much fun and these turned out great! I'm a new follower from BC's Good Life Wednesday. Hope you're having a great week.

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  2. Your white sea shell bowl looks like a sea urchin painted white (and blue on the inside?). I have yet to do that to a bowl, but I can't believe how much it transforms them.

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  3. Thanks so much for your comments! Sally, thank you for following this blog and welcome! Yes Grace, paint really does wonders... the inside of the container I painted is acqua. I just love how it looks with the white on the outside.

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  4. Hey Maya! Thanks so much... I really loved your post today too.

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  5. Just shared your "super bowl" on my facebook page..., having fun playing with words..., you might get a kick out of checking out this post:
    Super Bowls

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  6. Oh.. that white bowl is the cutest.. Very pretty! Hope you'll come visit me at Colours Dekor..
    Have a fab weekend!!

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  7. Thanks Patricia! I will check out your blog!

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