Is it hot enough for all of you?? It's in the 90's here!!
I am so very honored to have my post on my End Table Transformation be the most viewed post over at last week's Make It Pretty Party hosted by Kathryn at
The Dedicated House!!
Thanks so much , Kathryn!!
This is a fairly new party but loads of fun and inspiration so please check it out and join up to party!!
I was lucky enough to catch this sweet butterfly on my Cone Flowers that other day.....
And back to the 4th of July....This is my youngest son, Jim, enjoying watermelon!
Here is a close up of his plate!!Yep, he DID eat all of that by himself!
LOL!!
That's my Baby Boy!
Yes, those are paper plates. Shame on me but I had to go to work the night of the 4th!!
Am I forgiven?
Last week, Joe and I went to a local Antique Shop and I came across this peach and black cameo necklace ........
It was 75 % off and was $3.00!
I also remembered that I bought this lingerie bag awhile back. I hope you can see the stitching....
And here is the necklace and the bag on Minerva!
Now on to some projects...
A friend of mine asked me if I could use 2 bird cages that she didn't want. Needless to say, OF COURSE, I COULD USE THEM.....
Here is one of them before I got out my spray paint....
I painted it yellow and now , finally, I have a bird cage that I was able to use with an antique bird cage stand that I have had for some time now....All the others I had were too heavy and they would tip over....
The paint I had matched perfectly with several yellow pieces I had bought on clearance in Michael's....
This is my little Tea Table in my Guest Room....
The small yellow bird cage on the table came from Michael's....
So did this yellow dress form and bird....
I just love pink and yellow together....
I haven't made up my mind as to what color I will paint the other bird cage.....Maybe pink......
At the same antique Shop where I bought the cameo necklace, I also found these......
I have been looking for old sewing machine drawers and these babies were only $5 and $7 !!
I put a primer on them and I will show you what they look like soon ....I also decided to paint this shelf that I had for some time.
You can see that I paid $2.00 for it at a flea market....
Stay tuned for the "after" pictures.....Now you have seen many pics of my patio in the back yard and may have wondered why I did not extend the awning the entire length of my house.
This is why......
We left some space open in case we had to get up on the roof......Let me rephrase that...
In case, Joe had to get up on the roof!!
He had to hammer down some flashing ( spelling???)
I was standing down below to catch him if he rolled down the roof!
I thought you would get a good laugh out of that!!LOL!!!
This old metal box was where milk bottles were placed when a milk man would deliver them to a home.
I have had this for years , using it for my garden tools and I decided that I would re -do it so I spray painted it with Rustoleum Primer....
I will also show you this at a later date....
Then I got to thinking about how faded my brick in the back yard looked......
Here, it looks white in places....
That was after Joe sprayed a weed killer in the cracks and the white did not wash out.....
He will not be using that weed killer anymore.....
These pavers have been here for almost 20 years and were really looking a bit ...well, crappy if I say so....
So I wondered how they would look if I spray painted the bricks with the primer .......
So far, so good......
So I decided to spray paint the whole thing with the Primer......And here is how it came out......
What a difference......
I used 3 cans of Primer.....
It now matches the steps that I painted with the same paint that I used to create my faux brick patio floor.....
So what do you think???????
Then we bought another sheet of vinyl privacy lattice. We attached the lattice to our chain link fence several years ago but I want to block the sun in this one corner of the patio.....
We hooked it onto the fence, the awning and to hooks in the siding of the house.Much better now......
Now I can sit there and my one neighbor who is behind me ,several doors down , can not see me sitting there.....
I am very happy with it....
And one more project that I did...
Before I refinished this hutch in my Den, I always had a string of lights in it.
These are LED battery operated lights that I bought at Target for 75 % off at Christmas time.....
I used 2 strands with 2 battery operated candles on each shelf.....
I like the way it looks at night with the lights on.....I will not be posting on this blog until next weekend when I post for the annual
WHERE WOMEN CREATE party over at My Dessert Cottage.
I will be working in my Craft/Sewing Room all week to get it presentable to take pictures of it!!
I am posting over on my Christmas blog, A Debbie-Dabble Christmas, celebrating Christmas in July along with some other bloggers. These bloggers are posting amazing things from craft ideas to recipes to great Christmas books to read and movies to watch!
The Hall Mark Channel is hosting a Christmas in July movie Marathon starting July 14 th at 6 am and running until 8 pm on July 15th. Be sure to set your DVR!!
I hope you will stop over and visit with me and then click on the list of the other bloggers on my Side Bar who are playing along with me to see what they have to share for Christmas in July!!
Joe is going back to work on Monday after being off for 9 weeks! I will now have to get used to him NOT being home.....
I am linking up to these parties:
Pink Saturday
Masterpiece Monday
Blue Monday
Mod Vintage Mix Monday
Metamorphosis Monday
Tabletop Tuesday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Tuesday Garden Party
Bunny Hop Party Every Wednesday
What's It Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday
Outdoor Wednesday
Rednesday
Sizzle into Summer Party
Home and Garden Party Thursday
Share your Creations Thursday
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday
Vintage Thingie Thursday
Cottage Flora Thursday
Open House Party Thursday
Transformation Thursday
Inspired Creations Linky Party
Tuesday Garden Party
Bunny Hop Party Every Wednesday
What's It Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday
Outdoor Wednesday
Rednesday
Sizzle into Summer Party
Home and Garden Party Thursday
Share your Creations Thursday
Delightfully Inspiring Thursday
Vintage Thingie Thursday
Cottage Flora Thursday
Open House Party Thursday
Transformation Thursday
Inspired Creations Linky Party
Homemaking Link Up Party
Fertilizer Friday
Home Sweet Home Friday
Show and Tell Friday
Potpourri Friday
Vintage Inspiration Friday
Thrifty Things Friday
Simple and Sweet Fridays
Anything Goes Linky Party
Hot Fun in the Summertime Blog Party
Please take some time to visit these terrific hosts and all those joining in on the fun!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!
Hugs,
Debbie
Thanks so much for stopping by today and every day that you take the time to visit with me!
Hugs,
Debbie
32 comments:
Hi Debbie! Thanks for stopping by and for your nice comments.
Love the birdcages you aquired. the patio looks so pretty! Great idea for the lattice. Nice little nook for reading. I like when my hubby is home, but after awhile, it's nice when he goes back. lol
Hugs,
Debbie
Love the birdcage, cameo and the butterfly photos. I have a birdcage that I found thrifting. I need to paint it. Love the yellow you chose.
Energizer Bunny is at it again! I don't know where you get your energy, but I would love to get me some !!!
As usual, all your projects are wonderful... I'm thinking of spraying some of my path way pavers - the top ones were older and faded and it bugs me! GREAT idea!
gena
Wow, you are a busy gal and everything is looking wonderful. Love the look of your bricks now, I didn't know that could be done, thanks for the tip. And that yellow cage is adorable matches perfectly with your other yellows. Darling little area. You are so clever, wish you lived next door to me. Hugs...Lu
Debbie you have been a very busy girl!! I love all your projects...I am stopping by from Pink Saturday!
Enjoy your weekend..xo Tami
First, I am glad Joe is doing well and who would have thought to paint pavers! Genius! I wish I had a neighbor giving up bird cages! Great deals at that antique store!
Carol
Hi Debbie...all these projects in one post!! You make me feel quite lazy! Joan
Hi Debbie, You are one of the busiest ladies I know and everything turns out so wonderful. Love what you did to the pavers and your birdcage is darling.
Great buy on the sewing drawers. They are on of my good sellers but getting harder to find priced right for resale.
Love your porch area with the lattice. So cottage cozy!
Looks like the 4th was lots of fun at your home.
Have a great week and happy creating.
XO CMD
The projects just keep coming! Love how your pavers turned out and those old sewing machine drawers have amazing potential. Joe will be happy to get back to work...tee hee.
Happy Blue Monday!
I've heard of spray painting brick, but have never seen it done - what a great fix, and a perfect match, too! Pretty backyard you have!
Debbie,
I loved your shots of the echinacea and the butterflies, and well as your brickwork. Some great projects.
Yael from Home Garden Diggers
Hi Debbie: You've some very lovely projects this week--I think the spray-painted pavers are a really clever idea, and they blend in very well with your new patio floor. Take care, and have a wonderful week!
You have so much going on it is amazing
But I have to say my favorite is the one that cracked me up which is your son and the watermelon!
He looks like he'd fit right in with one of my boys that's for sure, lol! :)
Go Pens / Go Steelers / Go Pirates :) And YINZ have a real nice place there when you REDD up and take your pictures :)
Hi Debbie!
You always have so much to share. It's like dropping by for a real life visit!
I hope for your sake (and Joe's) that he doesn't roll off the roof! Both of you just got all fixed and you need to stay that way!
Thanks for sharing all these pics at my party this week.
xoxo Bunny Jean
Wednesdays Bunny Hop Party!
Everything looks great! I love that bird cage! Thanks for sharing at the All Star Block Party.
Holly
Hi Debbie, lovely post! Thank you for sharing the great ideas and all the loving touches you've added to your home. Can't wait for the reveal on the little shelf, there is one just like it in my basement waiting for just the right inspiration. I can't tell whether it wants to be white, pink, aqua or maybe even black! Staying tuned for yours...that is after a visit to your Christmas site.
Wow! Flowers and the 4th and birdcages and shopping and decorating and killing weeds and painting the patio and painting sewing machine drawers... I can't believe how much you have going on! Glad you are getting everything done and have time to blog about it!
Hi Debbie,
You know how much I love your Secret Garden in the backyard! As the old saying goes, "Good fences make good neighbors." Sometimes it pays to have just a little bit of extra privacy. The "priming" you did on the faded pavers was brilliant -- just the right amount of color added without being too bright and it looks so natural because it's slightly uneven, you know, where some of the primer may have soaked in a bit more or a smidegeon less may have been sprayed over a spot. Way to go, Girlfriend! I hope you are able to enjoy your Secret Garden. In SE Wisconsin we had four days of blessed relief from the unrelenting horrible monster heat and humidity, but it's coming back. Already today much more humid (I feel it instantly, I just cannot breathe right in this kind of weather) and high of 87 today; tomorrow 97 and by the weekend we may hit 100 again. Wisconsin hitting 100 - again! We had several days of it in a row already. Unprecedented. My wish for you and yours are to stay cool, hunker down with your perennials and annuals (I know you are giving them excellent care), and emerge once again when the temperatures and dew points/humidity get back down to more rational levels for the Midwest!
Hi Debbie,
Thanks for visiting, always love hearing from you!
I love all your projects, You amaze me. Love the birdcage vignette, very pretty! Thanks for sharing on Simple & Sweet Fridays.
Jody
Hi Debbie! Wow, all your porjects are turning out wonderful! You two sure are hoping over there getting things done! Thank you for sharing at TTF this week. I hope you have a great weekend!
Hi Debbie, Your patio is looking great. I really like your chest with the lights and your very beautiful transferware. Loved seeing your butterfly pics too. Great job!
Love your vignette in your guest room. Thanks so much for linking up to the Hot Fun in the Summertime Party.
That's it Debbie! I'm coming over to shadow you. lol. Thank you for the sweet shout out about my little party. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
I'd just like to go shopping at your home...HAHAHA! You have the greatest stuff... I just love it....
Thanks so very much for sharing this at the ALL STARS BLOCK PARTY!!!
Carri
simplydonewright.blogspot.com
I love the yellow birdcage! Your post is perfect for Beverly's birthday Pink Saturday next weekend! I love pink and yellow together! Your home is wonderful and your creativity genius! :)
thank you Debbie for linking up to this weeks garden party over here at Fisthail Cottage! You certainly have been busy...love that pathway! xoxo, tracie
My goodness, Debbie! It's a shame that you have nothing to do with your time but sit around eating bon bons while watching soap operas! LOL! You sure have been a busy gal! And, what beautiful projects, too. I like the birdcage and the lattice. What a stunning yellow vintage plant shelf! I'll have to keep my eyes out for that shape!
Oh, Debbie, I just don't know how you do it all! I so admire your energy and zest! Love your post of projects and finds...so many cute things and ideas. Love the sewing machine drawers! Thank you for sharing your projects and posts at Potpourri Friday!
Good morning Debbie, My this post is chock full of goodness! The birdcage looks wonderful yellow; that broach - what a lovely find and with the bag -both look great on Minerva. You were inspired to paint the brick - looks perfect. I appreciate you sharing with Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
Hi Debbie,
Love your redo's, especially the bricks. What is the color u used?
Keep up the good work.
Minica
Minica,
I hope you return to read this as this is the only way I could find to answer your question. I spray painted the bricks using Rustoleum Primer.found at Lowe's. There is no color name for it other then Primer. You can see in the picture of the can that it's cap is a rust color. That is the color of their Primer. I hope this helped and I hope you return here to see I answered your question!
Hugs,
Deb
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