Yippee for the Flea!

The Flea market this past weekend was a HUGE success. Not only was it profitable, but it was loads of fun!! It was a SUPER hot Southern California Sunday too, which made for even more of an adventure :)
The way it works is, you can start setting up your booth as early as 4:15am (ha ha. NO). You must be in your booth setting up by 6:15am, or you lose your space all together. The flea market actually opens to the public at 7:30am (but there are all kinds of early birds and vendors wandering around and getting in the way). We got to our booth around 5:45am, and most of the vendors were already half-way set up, if not all the way done. Needless to say, it was GO time! We got our booth set up, we moved our U-haul to the parking area, and we let the fun begin!!! Sadly we were too busy to get many pictures, but here are a few so you can get the idea :) (click on the pics to zoom in and see all of our awesome goods).

And as previously mentioned, if you click to zoom on these next two pics, you will see signs that have my favorite word on them "SOLD."

And these 3 cuties came to visit us and had a little picnic in the shade.

Lisa, Kristin, and I made lots of sales, met tons of nice people, had a bunch of friends and family come to visit us, and we had a wonderful time!!!! We definitely want to do this again!!!

Done and done!

I finished up my last few projects for the flea market today. All that is left to do is carefully pack up the small stuff, load it all up in the truck, and SELL it!! Ha ha! I am definitely looking forward to doing it, but I'm also looking forward for it to be over :)

Here is the before shot of a coffee table my sister bought a while back. She got it for $15 which was a great deal, but it was a little bit damaged on the edge. Hmmmm, what to do??

I thought this would be a good project to try out Kwikwood for the first time. A lot of people have had great success with this product, so I thought I would give it a try.

Well, unfortunately, I didn't have success using it. My hubby said it was because there wasn't enough surface area for the kwikwood to bond to. Who knows!! It never really hardened, even after waiting for 3 days. Then, when I felt like it might be hard enough to paint, I was able to just pull it off with my fingers. Annoying. So, my sweet hubby cut the entire rim off for me. It definitely made the piece a bit less elegant looking on the top, but it was the best we could do under the circumstances. Here is the after shot (sorry about the glare on the top).

Another project I finished up was another one of my sister's pieces. It's the chair that came free with a desk she bought for herself on Craig's List. It got a nice coat of gray spray paint, and a pretty hounds tooth seat :)

Fresh and ready to be SOLD!! Ha ha!

Finally, a simple makeover on a pair of nightstands to match the girly desk I did previously. Simple, clean, white, and refreshed. I don't have a before pic, but they were the standard cream with gold detail. Blah.

Mark my words. I will not paint, stain, poly, wax, mod podge, or staple gun anything else for the flea market! Ha ha. ALL DONE!
Happy Friday :)

We better sell stuff!

We better sell some stuff at the flea, because there is NO way my hubby is going to let me keep all of this!!!!

Ha ha! Doesn't it look crazy!? SO many projects getting finished at the last minute. It's madness!!! I finished 2 today. First one done, I refinished my grandma's rocking chair.

Before:

After:

It's hard to tell because of the glare, but it is now a pretty Paris black with light distressing on the edges. WAY better than before I think!

Second was one of my sister's projects. She's in the beginning of her pregnancy and at the end of her bout with Shingles, so she happily passed along some of her projects to me. Here's the before pic of her Queen Anne style chair:

Here is the after:

She's now refreshed and ready for a new home!!!

That's all for today :)

Happy "hump" day people!!

Final push for the Flea :)

Happy Tuesday!!!
Well, this is the final week of prep before the flea market. We have never gotten a booth at the flea before so I am both excited and nervous about how it will all turn out (fingers crossed that we sell sell sell). So, this week you will most likely find me out in my front yard finishing up some last minute projects or in the garage tagging my stuff. Down to the wire for sure!

Yesterday we spent the day outside and it was a beautiful sunny day. The kids kept busy by "washing" my car (look at Hayden's face...she's concentrating).

 These really pretty planes kept flying low and doing tricks over our house which made it extra exciting for the kiddos.

Oh, and check out Hayden's choice for summer footwear. Ha ha! ONLY to be worn around the house :)

Ok, back to project mania. My mom had these hideous old-school serving trays in the goodwill pile. These definitely belonged in the donate pile in their original condition. BUT, give me a few minutes and BAM! Revamped into something sell able :)

BEFORE:

First one AFTER:

Some triangles cut out of pages from my thrift store atlas, a sharpie, some grey spray paint, mod podge, and spray poly did the trick :)

Second one AFTER:

Hopefully these guys will find new happy homes at the flea!

The other project I finished up was this:

I sprayed the chicken wire gold for that extra glam look. This pic above is me in kindergarten, and below is my mom, grandma, and great aunt "back in the day" enjoying some dessert.

Ok, gotta get back to work now :) Have a great day people!!

Frenchy side table for the flea :)

I've been working on a few small projects for the flea, as July 3rd is rapidly approaching. Here's the before of this pretty French side table that I got at a thrift store for $10.

I wasn't too sure about how the leather panels on top would turn out, but I figured for $10, it was worth some experimenting. Here's the after:

The leather panels took the paint just fine. I did some mild distressing along the edges although it's hard to see in the pics.

(please disregard our dead grass. My hubby sprayed it to kill all the crab grass and other weeds to get ready for fresh sod. Uh-oh, I 'm going to have to find somewhere else to paint very soon).

Oh, and Noah was dying all day to check something off of our summer list so we had a fun pizza picnic last night. Check!

Happy happy weekend :)

Pretty enough to re-sell!

Happy Saturday friends!! I'm getting ready to head for the hills to ride horses in LA for my friend's big 30th b-day, woo hoo! If I'm being honest, horses kind of freak me out. They're just so big and unpredictable, but I'm so excited to have some girl time and celebrate one of my best friend's birthdays!

Remember this girly desk?? Laminate. Gold trim. In need of a bit of love??

Funny story about this desk actually. The lady who I bought Hayden's dresser from on Craig's List, saved my number and called me to see if I wanted to buy the matching desk. Why yes, yes I do! Ha ha. It has really pretty girly lines and is a solid piece of furniture. It just needed to be spruced up a bit and that's just what I did.

I know it doesn't look like a dramatic change because it went from white to white. But, I filled in some deep scratches, primed and painted it a fresh white, and I sprayed and distressed the hardware. Now she's pretty enough to re-sell. I flirted with the idea of keeping her for my new crafting desk, but I feel she is too feminine to be in our den in the middle of our home. She belongs in a girl's room as a vanity or in the perfect shabby chic home. Plus, I need WAY more drawers than this, and I'm picturing what the pretty white desk top would look like after a few sloppy projects. ICK. So, she'll come to the flea in July and hopefully find a great home.
Happy Weekend everyone!