Pink Princess Chandelier

Oh my goodness, wait till you see

what I went and did now!

I bought this chandy off of Craigslist

last week.  FULL of crystals..

and yucky gold.

Originally I was just going to clean

it up a bit and bring it up to my booth..

But, once I started cleaning it,

I started to unravel the rust too..

and not the good kind.

I ran up to Walmart with the intention

of standing in front of the spray paint

shelves and hoping a color would jump

out at me... like turquoise, or something...

(That's what color I was hoping would

make my heart sing anyway..)

Nope, no turquoise.. instead..

Princess Pink!

Here's the before, once more..

And, here's the after!

Man oh man, did she clean up purdy!!

Over 75 crystals...

YUM!

I think it's perfect for

your bathroom, entryway

or

your little girls pink princess room!

From that...                  To this!

~ Sherri ~

PS.. This fabulous chandy is for sale.

It's currently just "hanging around"

in my booth.. LOL

Really great steal at only $155!!

Linking up at:

A Diamond in the Stuff

My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Ruffles n Raspberries Booth

I went up to my booth yesterday

and finally remembered to take my camara along!

If you're ever in the Wildwood, FL area

please do let me know, I'd love to meet you.

I am vendor #20

The mall is located at:

Traditions Antique Mall

3107 E. State Road 44
Wildwood, FL 34785

Located off I-75 Exit 329

Here are the pictures

I'd like to share with ya'll..

Hope to see you soon!!

~ Sherri ~

Table and Chairs ~ Before and After

Last week I picked up this table and chairs set

off of Craigslist.

It's a gorgeous drop leaf table

with 3 leaves and 5 chairs!

What's not so gorgeous is

the water marks, stains, chips,

and the fuzzy blue fabric on the chairs.

EW

I started to rip the chair covers off

to find there was a previous fabric cover

underneath the blue as well.  It was a really

ugly tapestry colored almost black.

Not only were there 2 layers, the covers

were stapled, nailed AND glued! Sheesh!

I am now sporting a few blisters,

a broken nail, and a few cuts on my hands..

All in all.. it was sooo worth it.

Check out the afters!!

Painted white, of course..

Recovered the chair seats

with some beautiful

yellow, blue and white toile fabric.

Shabbied her up..

LOVE that it can be converted

to a drop leaf breakfast table too.

So cute!

(I still need to paint the 3 leaves

that came with the table..

but, for now, I'm taking a break!)

~ Sherri~

Princess Aubrey is Here!

I really wanted to share with you

my excitement of the day..

I'm a Grandma x2 as of 10am this morning!!

I am proud and pleased to introduce you all

to my brand new baby granddaughter..

Princess Aubrey!

Mom and baby are doing great.

I get to travel to Michigan this weekend

to finally meet her..

and hug her..

and kiss her..

and spoil her..

I can't wait!!

Let the pink and ruffly

shopping begin, hehe!!

~ Sherri ~

Antique Buffet Before ~n~ After

A few days ago I showed you the

antique buffet I bought from a local

antique store...

I was so excited to get started transforming

her over to shabby goodness, I could barely

contain myself.. LOL

Here is the before picture:

Gorgeous, right?!

Well, wait till you see what

magical white paint can do!

We added a shelf to the bottom

so I can display my vintage

(and new) quilts.

I can't wait to go hunting for more

and fill it up!

I just love the antique mirror

that came with the buffet.

It's aged so beautifully!

It was pretty tough getting sandpaper

inbetween all those curves..

but, SO worth it!!

LOVE the key holes on the drawers!

From that..    To this!

~Sherri~

Linking up at:

Creating a House of Grace

Uncommon Slice of Suburbia

Antique Buffet

Happy April Friends!

March was a great month for me..not only because I sold quite a bit in my booth at Traditions Antique Mall.. but, I received a phone call from a wonderful Lady who called to let me know she bought the antique vanity I had in my booth.

She was soooo sweet and encouraging, it was a such a nice thing for her to call me and let me know just how much she loved it.

That phone call made my week.. heck.. my entire month!

I'm so happy that there are other Shabby Chic lovers  out there,

and even better, like what I do! :-)

Thank you so much

to each and every one

of you who have encouraged

me along the way.

I am loving every minute of what I do,

and am so lucky to be able to share with others.

~

Yesterday I went out to the

Webster Flea Market to do

a little "shopping".. I didn't find much..

So, off I went to various thrift stores

and antique mall driving the hour + ride home.

I didn't have the greatest of luck,

until I arrived at the last antique mall of my day.

I shopped around for a bit, weaving up and down the isles..

then.. this.. in the WAY back.. there she was...

(Can you hear the angels singing - like I did?)

(Picture taken with my phone

inside the antique mall)

Standing all glorious and beautiful

like she was just begging me to take

her home.. so, that's just what I did!

Here she is in my garage.. YAY!

I took the drawers and the

fabulous patina'd antique mirror out..

(You'll have to wait until

it's all done to see the mirror.. sorry!)

As soon as I got her home, I couldn't

wait to start painting!!

Sneek peeks!

As soon as she's done

I promise to come back

and show ya'll!

~ Sherri ~

Sharing at:
Faded Charm Cottage

Sleep Tight

Ok, so.. bear with me as I try

this new blogger layout thing.

I'm really not a creature of change..

I like to stick to what I know.

I'm still not even very impressed with

the new Facebook layout... now this?

ARGH!! LOL

Hopefully when I'm done writing this

and I hit "Publish" it'll look like I meant

to have it look that way!

Here we go!!

I was quite inspired and facinated with

the signs over at My *Pink* Life blog.

She has made some really awesome

signs out of wood.

I picked up 4 of these wood slats

at a store that was going out of business

near my house.  I'm pretty sure they

went to a bookcase...

I gave them all a good bath.

Let them dry.

Then, painted 1 coat of white on.

I typed out the letters in Word.

The printed them off.

I then used carbon paper

to trace the words onto the wood.

After all that.. I then used a small

paintbrush and black paint to

paint the words onto the wood.

And, came up with this:

Close up:

~ Sherri ~

PS: I just hit publish and

looked at my blog post..

Guess the change isn't so bad..

I can't tell the difference.. hehe