Nap time awesomeness!

Woot woot! Lookey here folks...Member this little oak night stand I got this weekend while hittin' the yard sales....

Um'..you member him right? Lookin' all bever clever and such...Well, here is what I managed to pull off while this one....  

CHEEZY right?, I know...

Finally took a nap! Here is his new and improvedd 2011 look.....

Annie Sloan OLD WHITE

Thank you Annie Sloan!!! I may bitch over the price of this paint, BUT Hey.... if I can paint, wax and distress this in under two hours and still have time to catch a snippet of the New Jersey housewives...Hell, that makes us buddys in my book! Gotta run..ma' lady beckons *Muah* 

~Meliss

Oh Honey, I am BLESSED and HIGHLY favored!

WOW!!!!!!!!! The yard sale gods smiled down on me TO-DAY!Wanna help me drool over ma' stuff!?

teehee here we go.....

OK. Seriously I bummed $17 off of the hubs and took out $20 from the ATM and here's what $37 dollars bought me this fine morning...3 vintage Pyrex nesting bowls, a milk glass bed side lamp,milk glass goblet,bubble glass creamer and sugar, vintage flour, coffee and tea tins,an old rocking chair, oak night stand  table, a huge old picnic basket,an excellent condition of vintage nursery room wall accents from the Dolly toy co., a Marston pottery Circa 1950 deviled egg tray for 2 dollars!!!,2 vintage card table cloths Annnnnnd a precious little SKUNK! Oh how I lurve skunks!! You Guys, this is by far my BEST Hunting day to date =) I am in HEAVEN! My husband just wants to know where all this crap is gonna go?! hahahha..I WILL be doing a flea market FOR SURE! I have just too many goodies here & I'm cool like that...I can share tha' love...Maybe I'll see you guys out there! I'll keep ya' posted! 
*Hugs*
`Meliss

I am coming clean....

OK Guys,

I have a confession and I would like any other addicts out there, to come clean with me RIGHT NOW!..........I. AM. A. TUTORIAL.FIEND!=) 

Me, in my bed.....
KIDDING!

I'm sorry but I AM. If you have an awesome tutorial, I am so dag gone A.D.D, I will run out like THAT DAY, go buy all the materials and attempt to make it! Right then and there! Screw dinner, baby's bath, kids practice..I'M CRAFTING DAMN IT! hahahha...Am I thee only one?...Surely you've let the kids eat oreos for dinner right?...cuz' your busy cutting fabric or hot glueing??..Well, I am here as a beacon of truth ladies. I have. and I'M PROUD! We only get one go around here people, let's do what we love, when we darn well want to! whew...I got a lil' Oprah on ya' right now didn't I? LOL!!!

Well, in honor of my addiction..I found this fab-o tutorial on making your own faux mercury glass over at april moffat design and I wanted to share!  So here ya' go...http://www.aprilmoffattdesign.com/craft-tutorials/mercury-glass-tutorial/  Now I gotta get outta' here and go get some glass from salvation army...See ya!

XOXO

IT'S Friggin' HOT!!!!!!!!

OK PEOPLE. I know that many of you live in other states that get crazy ass weather..but I'm sorry. This is miserable! It's not this kind of hot....

It's THIS Kind of HOT!....

Yeah, that's what I looked like Saturday afternoon, after hittin' all the estate and yard sales...(Yes, it's hotter than a witch's ass BUT it hasn't stopped me from Junkin'!) teehee

So, As I try and cool down...I will take some shots of my newest,latest,and greatest! I am SERIOUSLY contemplating being a vendor at some local flea markets...If I don't start selling these treasures, I may just qualify for HOARDERS!.... :O Stay tuned.

Smooches,

Meliss