Map Mania

 With the witches tea behind me, its time to dive in ... the Reclaimologists' Boutique is this Friday and Saturday ... Yikes!

So I spent the day Saturday working on projects ... mostly stuff that needed paint or a bit of tweaking.  To the left is a sewing stand, now painted and restyled with a map.

 The chair above was solid and already had great old paint, but the seat had split and the middle sections, unsupported, were hanging down ... new brackets on the bottom, and a little bit more in the red department ... and now its ready to go!

This child's chair need its joints glued and some new paint!

This old game box was just charming, and I loved the design, so it was flattened and slightly reconfigured to fit this great fat frame, that I had painted and distressed!

 

The map table above, was actually, well, a map table in a former life ... but when I got it the base was missing.  By switching out the attachment assembly (thanks dear) I was able to attach it to an old gumball stand ... isn't it awesome? (Oh and note the map interior on the box on the red chair.)

Last of all, is my favorite project.  It was a nicely made wood box, probably done by a wood working student in high school.  I painted it, distressed it, lined it with old maps from a nice old atlas and added the compass feature on the top, using a great graphic I found at my 'go to' place, Graphics Fairy.  Thanks again Karen! To find out how I appliqued it in place go to this blog post.

 

So if you are local, be sure to come by and see these, along with all the other goodies I am upcycling, or should I say reclaiming for the boutique.
 

Reclaimologists and Other Crafty Chicks Fall Boutique October 25, 10 to 8 and October 26, 9 to 6

 

at the old Food for less building just off the freeway at the Spanish Fork Highway 6 exit ... or if you prefer to use your GPS  its at 784 E Chappel Drive in Spanish Fork.

 

Please stop by my booth and introduce yourself and mention this blog post ... and I will have a goodie for you!!

Fall Flea.o.logy with a White Twist.

 A week of flea.o.logy prep behind me, and a night I slept around the clock to recover.  Just thought I would share some of the goodies I have been working on.  This set of chairs sold to an elementary school teacher whose room is decorated in Suess!

 I shared the trophies when they were just white, here they are with their embellishment.

 Above is the cupboard I've been rehabbing for a couple of weeks, a lot of work, but very happy with its chalk paint and new glass in the doors, thanks to my glass specialist, Jeff!

To the right is  a fun reinvention that came together for me.  Its a birdbath and I made it  from the bowl of a light fixture and an old metal plant stand ...

 

Another chalk paint project was the 1930's table and four white chairs ... I actually really enjoyed the waxing part, kind of strange, but the smell is great!

 

 

 

Sorry this pic is blurry, but I forgot to take a picture of another reinvention and had to crop and enlarge it.  I was fiddling with my old rusty bed springs, trying to think of another fun way to use them ... saw and insulator and wondered if it would fit.  Yes, the small size does ... a bit of garage sale junk and another fun insulator in the middle and a candle chandelier is born!

 

And here are all the goods before the sale starts!!  I will be sharing some of the other 40 booths in a future post ... we have some very, very talented dealers.