Thrift It, Gift It, Face-Lift It Challenge

Back in July I was recruited by Tania from over at The Little Vintage Cottage to participate in the Thrift it, Gift it, Face-lift it Challenge.  You can read about our first posts here.  The idea was to receive a box of thrifted goodness from one of our blogger friends and then re-purpose the items into something else.   Thrifted items and re-purposed junk??  Hell yeah, I'm all in!!

Here's what I received from Vicky from over at Life on Willie Mae Lane.....

So let's take a look at what I came up with.

First I took the yarn tassels and cut them into pieces.  Then I paired them with my business cards and some handmade price labels.  

They are now hanging on the furniture as price tags on my items at the consignment shop...

 Next I took all the wooden bases and painted them in shades of blue, white and gray, finishing up with a little distressing and a quick wax...

I took 2 of the fluted mini tins and nailed them to the top of the bases, added some candles and I have a set of candle holders....

The rest of the mini tins got pounded flat with a rubber mallet.  Then I pulled out my stamping kit and stamped Peace, Hope, Love on them.  I punched a small hole at the top and threaded in a piece of cord.  There you have it - Christmas ornaments!

I painted a couple of them with a little blue for a beachy feel...

Here's a close up of one of them....

Next I grabbed the silver pie server and the wooden knob.  The knob got painted yellow and white to match a board I grabbed out of my stash.  The pie server got bent and screwed to  the board...

My husband was always tossing his hat, keys and sunglasses on the kitchen counter.  Problem solved!  This now hangs in the hallway next to our door.

And now for my favorite piece - the cloche.  I painted it in shades of blue, gray and white, distressed it and then waxed it.  Ahhh, my favorite combination of colors.  Then I filled it with my favorite shells and beachy items that belonged to my Grandma.  I love the way it turned out...

What do you think?  I have it on a shelf in our front room.

The only item I didn't use was the wooden/brass colored disc.  I just wasn't feeling it, so I put it in my stash box and eventually it will get re-purposed into something.

I want to thank Vicky from over at Life on Willie Mae Lane for sending me such fun items to work with.  The cloche was on my wish list, so I was extra thrilled to get that.  And I want to thank Tania from over at The Little Vintage Cottage for throwing such a fun party.  Be sure to check out the other blogs involved to see what everyone else came up with!

Vicky - Life on Willie Mae Lane - Life on Willie Mae Lane

Kimberley - Seaside Ave. - Seaside Ave

Donna - Distressed Donna Down Home - Distressed Donna Down Home

Cecilia - The B Farm - the b farm

Tania - Little Vintage Cottage - Little Vintage Cottage

Go forth and thrift!!