Inexpensive Outdoor Furniture

I know the holidays are approaching so who's thinking about outdoor furniture, right?  Well, maybe you should be if you like getting a good deal.  I'm not really talking about the end of season discounts.  I'm talking about cheaper than that.  Really!

Did you know that people are looking to get rid of their "old" outdoor furniture this time of year?  Yep.  I found this Martha Stewart Living set for free a few years ago.

Little rust and a few rips from sun damage but nothing a little spray paint and new fabric couldn't fix!

See what I mean!  

So, why am I telling you all this?  Well, because Hometalk.com asked me to curate an outdoor furniture board for their website and you won't believe all the great ideas I found and now is the time to grab some deals.  Check them out!

So many great ideas for outdoor furniture that won't hurt your budget.  AND, if you're on the lookout for some great pieces now, you can simply put them away to work on at your leisure.  You may even have some pieces already around your house (like the microwave cart turned outdoor bar cart!)  So, by spring, you'll be pulling out some swanky new (to you) outdoor furniture.  

While you're checking out the outdoor projects, be sure to look around the Hometalk.com website.  It's loaded with great ideas on almost everything for home and garden.

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!

Angie

Vintage Truck Doors Logo

Have you ever been to Roosterpoot, Tennessee?  No?  Me neither.  Probably because it doesn't exist except to my brother maybe.

Well kidding aside, it isn't a real place but my brother is and he owns a real 1950s model Ford truck.  He owns a few vintage trucks and he has one in particular that he wanted me to paint a logo on the doors.  No stress there!!  It's just the doors of your vintage truck!

It seems the "thing" to do in the old hot rod truck world right now is to create a vintage looking logo on the doors...even distressing and aging the logo.  Well, that's right up my alley so I agreed to do it.

I won't go into lengthy details on how I did it because, really, who's ever gonna need this info.  BUT, I thought you'd enjoy seeing a snapshot of the process and the finished doors.  I think the design process took the longest.  I used Photoshop and arranged the lettering and rooster design.  After I printed it, I enlarged it so that I could make a stencil for the doors.  Here's the first layer (candy apple red) on the door.

Ok, that was the hardest part!  Putting that first layer of paint on the door.  It was somewhat forgiving in that the doors were painted in a flat black so any goof ups could be sanded and repainted with flat black.  Thankfully, I didn't have to do that.

Next step was to begin adding the white detail to the lettering and image.  So far, so good.

More detailing by adding the yellow and black paint.  Looking pretty good!

Got everything painted!  The next step my husband almost couldn't stand to watch.  I took sandpaper to the whole thing and began distressing it...heavily.

I r-e-a-l-l-y liked the finished distressed look.  I think it gave the rooster even more attitude ;)

It took me a few weeks from start to finish.  I called my brother to let him know they were finished but that I wouldn't send him a photo as I wanted him to be surprised when he saw them for the first time.  Well, that didn't last long.  He lives about 3 hours away so the soonest he could come was about a week out.  I broke down and posted a photo on Facebook for him to see.  He loved them.  

And, after he got them back home, I asked for a photo with them on the truck!  (I knew it would be great!) 

Here's what I got:

Oh well, I was very thankful for the photo I did get.  I'll try to grab another one when I'm home at Christmas.  If I lived closer to him, you better believe I'd be using his trucks for some killer photo shoots!

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!
Angie

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Make a Snow Globe Picture

I love snow globes and making your own is really easy.  I made several years ago using old mason jars and found objects.  You can see that post HERE.

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They are kind of addicting to make.  So after having made several with jars, I decided to try something new this year.  I came across a plastic shadow box frame at the thrift store and thought it would be cool to make into a snow globe picture!  It worked!  

Here's the things you'll need to make your own:  a shadow box frame with glass, a few small found objects for your snow globe scene, scrapbook paper for the background, glue, loose plastic snow (found mine at Hobby Lobby), and some tape to seal the back.

My found objects are 2 triangle pieces from an old building blocks set, a small plastic moose from the dime store, and vintage punch out letters that spell S-N-O-W.  You could use anything from small Christmas village trees and people, children's toys, gumball machine toys, whatever :)

Arrange your objects in the box and glue them in place once you're happy with it.

After you have everything glued in place and the glue has dried, attach the back of the frame leaving one side slightly open.  Pour a small amount of the loose plastic snow into the opening, checking often to see when you have added enough.

Finish securing the frame back and then seal with washi (or other light tack) tape.  This is just in case some of the smaller particles of snow slip out of the back.

That's it!  You're finished!  Easy peesy and would make a cute gift for teachers, co-workers, etc.  Think about what you could put in them...the possibilities are endless!

This would be an easy and inexpensive craft to do with your kids or grandkids!  I'm going to be hunting down more shadow box frames.  How about you?

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!!
Angie

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Turn a Wine Rack into a Standing Gun Rack

Back in July when I attended Haven, a blogging conference, Home Depot gave out these wooden wine rack kits.

Well, it was a nice gift but I had a metal wine rack at home and didn't really need another one.  So, the kit sat.  For months.  Until, I began planning for Thanksgiving.  When we host Thanksgiving every other year for my in-laws, it always involves skeet shooting in our back field.

My daughter shoots competitively for an area high school team and this past year I noticed they have a standing gun rack at the range.  AND, the top of the rack looks very similar to the wine rack.  The light bulb went off!  I would turn the wine rack into a standing gun rack to use at Thanksgiving.

Here's what I started with:

The Wine Rack Kit (thanks to http://www.attemptsatdomestication.com/ for the photo.  I forgot to get a before.)

I didn't need the two side pieces from the kit but I did use 6 32" pieces of 2x4s and several scrap pieces of wood for reinforcing.  I also used 2 3-inch hinges, a latch, and a simple handle.  The last two are optional.

I began by adding a scrap piece of wood to the backs of the two rack pieces.  I applied carpenter's glue to each piece before screwing them together from the back.

Next, I cut a notch in the end of 2 2x4's in order for the top rack piece to sit flush.   These were also glued before screwing the pieces together.  This was done on both ends of the 2 rack pieces.

After the sides are done, mark the inside measurements on to another 2x4, cut to length, and attach with glue and screws to the bottom of the sides.  You should have a box shape for each side of the gun rack when completed.

Stand the pieces back to back and mark where you want the hinges to go.  Attach them to the inside, between the two pieces.  It should look like them when done.

 View of the top

View of the bottom

Now, break out the wood filler and fill like crazy!

Wood filler has dried and the first coat of paint applied.  I used Rustoleum 2x Ultra spray paint in hunter green...because, you know, this green is for hunters! :)

Oops!  I almost forgot to mention!  See that wood piece across the back at the bottom of each side?  That was more scrap wood that I attached to keep the butt of the guns from slipping through.  Just cut to length and attach with screws.  It will also help reinforce the bottom structure.

Ready to see it all done and ready for use?!

I did add orange felt to the inside of the rack.  It took just one $.25 piece of felt :)

And, the handle and latch.  These are optional but they do make carrying and storing much easier.

Well, one project closer to turkey day!!  What special plans do you have?

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!

Angie

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A Gift FROM The Hostess

This year we're hosting my husband's family for Thanksgiving.  During my pre-turkey day planning, I've been thinking through the flow of the day.  We always have lots of fun as there are usually 25-30 of us.  From the preparing of food, eating (of course!), shooting skeet, playing games, and just sitting around talking, the plans for all of these activities are coming together.  One thing I thought would be nice this year is a gift to give those sweet guests that always help with the clean up.

So, when Royal Design Studio offered a chance to promote their Fall and Thanksgiving line of stencils, I jumped at the chance.  The gift I'm giving my clean up helpers this year is an apron and gloves, so a stencil was the perfect way to beautify them.

I chose the Petal Play Floral Damask Fall Stencil from Royal Design Studio, a basic plain apron from the craft store, and aqua/white rubber gloves from Home Depot for this project.

Using the stencil is very simple...even one of this size.  Royal Design's stencils come with registration marks, making it easy to repeat the pattern seamlessly.  I used acrylic craft paint in Robin's Egg Blue for the apron and Krylon's Ocean Breeze spray paint for the rubber gloves.  NOTE:  The spray paint will peel if the rubber if stretched tightly but the top of most gloves are plenty big and do not need to stretch in order to put on.  Since I brushed on the acrylic paint, there was no need to tape off exposed areas.  I did however use Frog Tape when spraying the cuff of the gloves.  Clean up of Royal Design Studio stencils was easy for both methods as well!

So here they are finished!  (Modeled by my youngest!)  

Of course, I can't just hand my helpers the apron and gloves.  They need cute packaging.  Mason jars...always great for s-o-o-o many uses.

I laid the apron flat and then folded it up into a rectangle, making sure the string are tucked inside the fold.  Next, I laid the gloves on the rectangle of the apron and rolled everything up together.

Tuck them inside the mason jar, add a burlap ribbon and wood slice tag (see tutorial here).  

Well, that marks one more thing off the Thanksgiving prep list!  This is a quick and inexpensive project.  Easy to squeeze in before turkey day!  

Thanks for stopping by and God bless!!

Angie

I was given a free stencil to review in exchange for this post but all opinions are mine!

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TWIRL AND TAKE A BOW 
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