Christmas Gifts

Here are a couple of things I did for Christmas gifts. I painted the frame for a friend's teacher gift; it was just a plain Hobby Lobby wooden frame. The jewelry box was a thrift find. It was completely white, and cute enough the way it was but Kendall wanted to jazz it up a bit for her friend it was going to, so I got some cute scrapbook paper and cut to fit.

Round Table Before/After

You might recognize this table from a previous post. I found this very weathered and dirty table for close to nothing....kinda obvious why! I knew it had potential though. it was painted kelly green, but I wasn't sure what to do with it , so to the attic graveyard of furniture it went until I could think of something. Then my sister said she wanted a night stand for my nephew, so I thought that would work perfect for a boy's nightstand. I first cleaned it really well,removed those weird knob things (what were those!?) then sanded it down and put wood filler in all the chips/gaps/holes. I primed it the sprayed it red. After letting it dry a few hours I added a black glaze, going in opposite directions. I am hoping he likes it!

Candlestick Before/After

I did another post with the match to this candlestick (it was the blue pumpkin) This one I did pretty much the same thing to but mod podged a small off-white candle with some scrapbook paper and burned the edges.