Yes, we barked too soon when we said Mom was finished with her projects.  While looking for something in the basement, she discovered this estate sale shelf her cousin had given her.

Mom  said it needs a new purpose and we said she needs to change the calendar month.  BOL

The little drawer that flips down is cute too or does it go like this?

This way the drawer lifts up. Maybe the drawer is the top and not the bottom.  It’s going to be fun.  What do you think?  Which way should it hang? ~ Indy and Lucy

It’s another ‘project’ for the Scottie office. Stay tuned. ~ Indy and Lucy

Remember the Shadowbox project.

Mom finished it yesterday.  It contains her Agatha Paris pins, some vintage wooden,  celluloid ones and a camp pin.  It is going to hang but right now she put it on the dresser for a picture.  How do you like it? ~ Indy and Lucy

Mom had thought about this idea but could not decide exactly what it would be. Remember this cream shadow box.  It is now going to house the black Scottie pins.  The material for the inside is a cream linen which will definite showcase the other pins as they tended to disappear into the black velvet.

Just the outside frame will be red; the rest will remain cream.  It’s color blocked.  Dad is taking it to the glass shop today to have a piece cut for the front.  It was missing when Mom got it.  Shadowboxes can be found at Michael’s, Hobby Lobby, or any framing place.  Check out estate sales for old picture frames too.  You can repurpose them into many things.  Mom saw several of them grouped into a towel rack on DIY.com; it was pretty neat.  She has two frames she picked up last spring; she wants to turn one into a magnet holder…Scottie magnets, of course. 🙂 ~ Indy and Lucy

There are several reasons Mom likes to paint with chalk paint:  no odor so you can paint inside, vintage look you can get with waxing,  and dries in 30 minutes.  There are all kinds but she uses one called Annie Sloan.

This  wooden frame has two parts.

See the groove to fit frame within frame.  You don’t have to paint the back; it’s a Mom thing.

Here are your supplies: paint, brush, wax, old tee shirt for applying wax and panty hose for buffing..

This is a buffing brush that fits on the end of an electric drill.  You really don’t need it for a project like this  but she bought it when she refinished the coffee table so she uses it.

Step one is two coats of paint.

Apply clear wax and then the dark or you don’t have to put the dark on at all.  Mom wanted to deepen the red and give it an antique look so she did.  If you get too much dark wax, put clear over it and it comes right off.  Mom does little sections at a time.

See how the wax gives it a texture.  This is easy enough to be done in an afternoon.  Good Painting. ~ Indy and Lucy