Before.....

What do I do when the house is a mess and the laudry is piling up and the dogs need fed and the child needs runned (I do know that is not a word...but it is slang at our house for "needs to be taken places" and I'm sticking with it) around and the yard needs mowing....I spray paint. Yep. I used to toll paint....everything. Now I spray paint. It's so much faster and I am really all about immediate gratification. So I dropped Jo off at "Behind the Wheel Training" and headed to Good Will. It is an interseting place and it doesn't smell half as bad as the Salvation Army. I found a
few things that could use my attention.
I have been very drawn to owls lately. For some odd reason....they remind me of my Mom.


I got some really ugly, and I do mean UGLY picture frames. I wish I was better at taking before pics....but I'm not. This one was the worst.It was a faded fleshy salmon color with faded green and blue at the top.This was the pic behind the glass. ick!!

It really needed some help. So I took it home and took it apart. I'd like to tell you that I cleaned it with a toothbrush....but aside from cleaning the glass....I just started spraying. I LOVE the way the black looks. I put some scrapbook paper on top of the sad old flowers and put the (clean) glass on top. I screwed it all back together and put an initial middle of the circle. It is for my friend (TBA). I do hope she likes it. The best part is she can change the paper to whatever she likes. I am making this little beautyinto something similar....but since I am still searching for the perfect size letter, I can't tell you who it is for. I found a few more frames and an unpainted tray. Here are their before and almost finished states. I am very excited to get these finished. As for the house that is falling down around me.....house???? What house....all I see are projects!!!


And I really show you what they all look like when they are finished!!!