~*Trash~To~Treasure*~

Hello Dear Friends! My trash~to~treasure pile is growing! We have a few new thrift shops near home and it seems I just can't stay away. Plus, we have been working on sorting through things we have stored around the house for a garage/barn sale planned for next weekend... how does one accumulate so much? As we are sorting, it seems there are items that just call to me wanting to be saved. So, they too have been added to my re~do pile. I took a picture of only SOME of what is waiting to be made over. Piled on the basement floor...



Would you believe my stash or 're~do wanna be's' has doubled since this photo was taken just last week? YIKES!

Well, here is one that is actually finished and sitting on the kitchen counter now...

before...


This tea box was $3.99 at our new Goodwill store. I've been on a tea kick lately and needed a spot to store it. So it just HAD to come home with me.



I gave it a quick rinse of warm water & let dry. Then I removed the TEA label... it was just plastic anyway. Next came a coat of flat black paint followed by a quick coat of a flat red. Then I grabbed the electric sander to give it that olde instant age touch. The shoe polish was next... to stain & wax it. I thought it still needed a label... so, what better way for me to add one than than to stitch one? I grabbed a small scrap of linen and some brown thread... and within minutes it was finished. (oh, okay... several minutes) I stained the label with my walnut mix and dried it in the oven. Then using some plain carpet tacks that I sanded the heads on... attached the label to the lid... and 'voila...

Tea anyone?

after...


You know, if I was organized enough... I could have a Tuesday blog day called 'Trash~To~Treasure Tuesday'. I've got enough pieces to keep that active for many, many, many weeks... hummmmm... I'll have to think about that one.

Wishing you all many warm smiles and a happy start to your week...

Betty