Thrift Store Make overs...

Good Evening everyone..

Just a little posting tonight for you..

We went to a couple of thrift stores this week and I thought I would show you a couple of little make overs..

The little white shelf with the two drawers cost only 99 cents plus tax..

I have needed a little shelf in my sun/sewing room..

And this was just the right size...

The doll was the same price and I could kind of picture them together.. As you know I love making dolls but when you can buy one all  made for that price then I buy them  and redo them..

Anyway, this is how they turned out..

All I had to do with the shelf was to sand it some and then paint it with black acrylic paint..Rubbed up the edges a bit and then a coat of water based sealer..

Ta Da... all finished..

As for the doll....

As you know I like the primitive style..

I took off the doll's hair and lace collar and buttons and bows ...

Then I dipped her in a bowl of strong tea along with a piece of cheesecloth..

They spent a few minutes in a 200 degree oven..

Just needed to add a little painted nose and some rusty colored yarn hair..

The cheesecloth made an apron along with a wood star..

And she was finished, too..

On the shelf I just put an old pin cushion, a couple of old bottles of buttons and a little sewing machine...

All done... smile...

Do you look for things to make over when you go to the thrift shops?  I find wood pieces and dolls the easiest things to make over..

Black paint does an easy redo of a shelf or what have you..

Dolls might be a bit more complicated but if you  get a pic off the web you can get some ideas for them .. It is not that hard really..

Oh, I thought I would show you this rug I am working on for my sun room also..

I bought it at the thrift store for $5.00...

Just sewing some prim stars on each edge..

I will show you it when I get it finished... OK?

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