Monday, June 21, 2010

Our Inagural Post!!!!

Welcome to That Looks Like Craft! After reading, drooling over, gaining inspiration and ideas from tons of blogs out in blogland I finally decided to create a blog dedicated to my crafting adventures! My garage is one huge heap of projects in various states of completion so I should have lots of material to keep this blog running for a LONG time!
My first project is going to be a quick and easy one! Every Saturday my friend Suzanna and I sacrifice sleeping in to scrounge through other people's junk. Sometimes we find great things and other times we find....crap. This past weekend was a slow one. After two hours we had only spent 5 dollars combined and were feeling quite low. I love garage sales as much as the next person, but I also LOVE to sleep! If I am rolling out of bed at 615 a.m. on a Saturday, I want to find some good junk! En route back to Suzanna's car, we stopped at a few final sales, and this is were we found our treasures that made it worth it! Among our treasures was this beauty!I got this foam piece for only $1.00! It had a few bumps and bruises, but I knew when I saw it that it was getting a fresh coat of paint.

Here she is up close. You can see a few of the gouges in it. The lady who sold it said she has always gotten compliments on it, but it was too banged up to use anymore......NOT in my house! After her new paint job I felt she was a little too bold. I couldn't put my hands on my glaze so I just watered down a burnt umber paint and painted the surface.

You can see the watered down paint sat on top of the coat of spray paint. I got a cotton cloth and rubbed it into the groves and then wiped off the extras.

Here is the center portion before I wiped it off completely. Lots of little nooks and crannies! Here is after I wiped it down. I left a good bit of brown on there. I wanted to tone the blue down and leave a good, rugged finish.

Here is the finished project. I have not put a finish coat on it yet. I am going to live with a while to make sure it is just how I want it. When I do finish it, I will use a satin finish on it.

I'd say the change is quite a difference! I was so tempted to paint it black, but I really think I like the blue! What do you think?

Here is her new home. I got this dresser from a local thrift shop for only 20 bucks! I am still trying to decide if the dresser will meet with a paint brush or not. For now though, I need to finish decorating this area. I want to get some tall pieces to go in the iron pitcher and I have a tile project to go on the stand......

Here is a teaser for my next project:

I decided to link up with a few craft blogs! Check out everyone else's fantastic projects in the links below!



27 comments:

  1. i tried posting a comment, but i dont think it posted so im gonna say it again...i LOOOVE it! and i am so glad you are doing this blog!!!!

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  2. Wow! I love this blog already. I knew I missed a good thing. The blue is really gutsy, I like it.

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  3. LOVE IT! You are so talented! Can't wait to see more

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  4. I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love the blue, too!

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  5. Great refinish job! I can't wait to see how that dresser turns out!

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  6. Thanks ladies! I am really excited about this blog! I am enjoying each project and can't wait to post the next ones!
    Elizabeth and Kathryn, I just got finished browsing your blogs, they were new to me! Now i have 2 more blogs to check out each day!

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  7. it looks so pretty! of course, i love blue, madly and deeply. fantastic job on the finish!

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  8. Ginger,
    WOW!! You did a super fantastic job and I love the color you picked!! Welcome to blogging and please stop by to visit me when you have a chance!!

    Debbie

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  9. wow! i LOVE IT! i think blue was the perfect color!

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  11. I'm redoing my comment because I deleted the old one due to a typo - ha!! It's been a long week :) Here's my comment again:
    Oh it totally makes the perfect statement now! Great transformation!! I am happy to be your newest blog follower! check out my blog and join the fun! :) Have a great weekend!!

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  12. I love the blue, I think it looks awesome with your dresser. Great job and what a fab find!

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  13. Welcome to blogging! What a beautiful piece and a great deal at $1! Thanks for linkin' up at the PoPP.

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  14. What a lucky find!! Love the way it turned out!!

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  15. I really love your choice of color....again please add my link:) Have a great weekend. So glad you participated.

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  16. Ok, I think I need to buy that from you! I love it and I love the color, it's perfect:)

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  17. Wow, you should be really proud of yourself - your blog rocks! The design is as awesome as the projects! I'm just a few posts ahead of you!

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  18. This is gorgeous! I love the color!

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  19. Congratulations on the new blog. I look forward to reading more and seeing your projects.
    and I think you made a very nice color choice.

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  20. I love this! It looks much more expensive than $1 ~ you rock. Your blog is beautiful and I will be following. I recently moved and need to get going on a few decorating projects.

    Come say hi!

    Pat

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  21. Welcome, welcome to this fascinating world of blogging. Your blog is so fancy. You should have seen mine when I first started. I had no idea what a blog banner of background was at the time. LOL... I love what you found and made over. Was it part of something else I wonder? Come on over for a visit and see the sweet old planter I found and the best part was, it was already made over and I didn't have to do it.

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  22. Nice piece of work! I love the blue! Seen your post @ Debbiesdoos. Just became a follower.

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  23. That's really pretty! Great job! Your newest follower!

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  24. Great job! You won't believe this ... I just bought 2 of those at a thrift store for 2.00 each! :o) I even blogged about it. :o) But with bad weather, I have only painted one.
    Have a great day.
    Sincerely ~ Trish

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  25. Hi Ginger, great to meet you and all the best with your new blog! Hope to see you every week at craft Schooling Sunday!

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