"spiffing" things up!

Happy Friday to you!

It has been a busy week...

catching up at work after being off for two weeks

and playing with the grands!

And that...plus cooking...is about all I've done!

But the week before I went to Tenn, I got some projects done.

I wanted some throw pillows for my hope chest, but

I wasn't sure if I was going to make them or buy them.

When I went on the get-away with my friend, we stopped at

a few yard sales. At one of them, I found pillow forms for $1! 

That pretty much made up my mind for me!

Before shopping for fabric, I decided to look through my "left-overs". 

As it turned out, all I had to buy was the two embellishments!

A friend gave me this clock when we were doing our remodeling.

I already had the clock I wanted to hang on the wall, so I decided

to lay this one on the coffee table. 

 I liked it there, but it was light green...not really one of my colors.

I have been looking at it for a year and finally decided I

would like red better.

So, I went to the garage and found the can of paint

 I used for the hope chest.

Two coats later...

Voila!!

 

I haven't really put much thought into decorating the sofa table.

But I bought the milk glass candle holders...$10 for the pair

and that got my mind working.

I already had the ivy, the family picture, and my daughter had the

bird cage and was happy to get it out of her way.

I found the red bird at Hobby Lobby...marked down from

$14 to $4.75 and snapped it up!

I was happy with the results!

My daughter and I are going to a fun art class tonight

where you bring home a finished project.

So, if it's as easy as they say and the results are as good

as they say...maybe you will see mine! :-)