Metamorphosis Monday - Black Magic In A Can

I'm joining Susan from Between Naps on the Porch for Metamorphosis Mondy.

One of my favorite and must have decorating staples is spray paint. It's simply amazing what you can acomplish with can of spray paint. One of my favorite colors of spray paint is black, I call it "Black Magic In A Can".

Here is one of my magic spray paint projects. I found the fan at the Salvation Army Thrift Store. I knew the moment I saw it I had to have it, I never doubted myself for a moment. Didn't have a clue what I would do with it but I knew that for $4 I would figure it out.

Everyone who saw it told me not to paint it, they all thought it wouldn't look good if I did. But I didn't like the original color, it just looked so dingy and after some thought I realized the style is perfect for my bedroom. My bedroom is done in pink and black, so I decided to paint it a glossy black and the minite the paint hit the fan I knew I had made the right choice. Everyone who saw it afterwards agreed and were amazed at what stunning difference the paint made.

And this is where it lives now, over my bed.

I also bought the pink beaded pillow at GW for $3 and I made the pink and black pillowcases myself.

As you can probably tell from the picture this room needs a new coat of paint. I've given a great deal of thought to the color I want it to be. I like the pink and black color scheme but I don't like this shade of pink on the walls. I thought of going to a richer more rosy shade but last night it I had an epiphemy, I think the perfect color for these walls would be a light to medium dove grey.

I also plan to change out the collection on the shelving. The dolls where given to me by my son for Christmas, he would buy me a different one every year. The maker Geppeddo went out of bussiness before he finished buying the fairy tale dolls so I finished it out by buying the rest off of Ebay. I still love them and will keep them always but I want to freshen up the room a bit so I'm going to move the dolls to a new space in the house.

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My Creative Space

So I shared the redo of my creative space so I thought I would share some of the things that have been going on in my space. Actually they've been going on in the livingroom and out on the deck but you get the idea.

These are some crochet projects I've been working on.

This is a tablecloth I've been working on for over 3 years now. It's made of motifs about 4 inches wide. I have about a third finished, I would have been completely finished byt I get distracted by other projects.

This is one of the projects that distracted me. This afghan is a Christmas present for a relative, not saying who but if you're kin to me and you already have one of my afghans then it's not for you ;o) It’s done in worsted weight yarn.

This is a piece of lace pillowcase edging I've been working on, I plan to use it along the edge of one of the shelves in my sewing room. As you can see I haven't worked in the tails yet. The shelf is long enough that I will actually need two to go all the way across. I started to do one long piece but changed my mind, I figure if I do it in two pieces I can always use it on pillowcases if I get tired of it as shelf edging. The edging is made of #10 cotton thread.

This is a piece I did awhile back. I really like the way it turned out. It’s crocheted of DMC embroidery thread because that’s the only way I could find all the colors I was looking for. I’m thinking of doing another in #30 (much finer than #10) all white or white accented with a second color and then frame it.

And this is a highchair I picked up at Salvation Army for $15. Jenny Lind was very fashionable when my kids were babies and I wanted one so bad but they didn't come cheap. But now I have one for the grandkids :o) As you can see it was in bad shape. It had to be taken apart and completely re-glued. I sanded it down and put one coat of primer on it. It needs another sanding and another coat of primer, then I'm going to put two coats of a creamy white oil based gloss on it. I think I'm going to accent the spindles with red or possibly a combo of red, baby blue and yellow.

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