Good Monday evening, everyone!
I know, Christmas is over...
but some of my projects are still hanging on!
Before Christmas I showed you this chair that has been in my family for ages...
(it was my Great Aunt Anna's)...
it has been in very sad shape for as long as I can remember ,
then it was in the fire, and stood in water in the basement...:^(
The post to see the "before" back in December can be revisited here ~
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Here it is!
After looking at the inspiration photo again, I may need to sand it a little more...
I'm pretty happy with it, though. So glad I gave it another chance...
It looked so awful, it would have been pretty easy to throw it away!
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I'm sure the little birdcage in the photo (below) is an antique,
but I just happened upon mine in Hobby Lobby,
and it was 50% off ~ :^)
Until I spied it, I hadn't planned on doing the project just yet,
but I took it as a sign that I should...
so I grabbed it ~ (there were a lot of styles; some fancier...
but this one looked the most like the actual antique)
~ and went back over to the ornaments to find the perfect color!
This color was interesting, I thought ~
not mirror-bright silver, but a darker, more pewter-tone...
However...
Now I wish I'd gone for that pop of pink or maybe red...
Oh, well ~ in just a few months Hobby Lobby will have Christmas decor again!
BTW, the bird cage was originally a dark cream...
I sprayed it the "Jadite Green" color,
which is actually Valspar Satin "Leafy Rise"
and then lightly sanded the metal here and there...
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Here is the original Pinterest photo from Suzanne Duda; I thought it was so pretty!
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And, here are some more vintage Valentines for you...♥
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From 1910...such a beautiful little face...John Winsch cards are so lovely!
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More gorgeous Winsch ladies, from 1910-1911.
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So cute!
The car ~ and policeman Cupid ~ is another Winsch, the one above it is unmarked.
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More sweet kitties...
That kitten that the little boy is holding could be a baby Cyrus!
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And last but not least, the little love-struck girl and her kitty, "Fluffs"...
(Poor Fluffs was crying on the card in my previous post...)
Poor Baby! Choose Fluffs, little girl, not that boy!!
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Told you so!
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Have a great Tuesday, all!
Love,
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