WELCOME TO SWEET TEA N" SALTY AIR, COME ON IN!

Hi there if you've been following along you seen me create a spring mini garden but spring one minute and hot cocoa the next! Well maybe not that extreme but it's a tad colder. I have some pretty Petunias that I put off planting for now. Well just put those aside and let them soak up the sun for now.

So I took 3 shelves that I had sitting idol and gave them some black paint and sanding to distress them. I had an empty wall in the dining room that I had to jazz up a bit.


The rooster dishes are the last of a set that I have had for many years, A gift from my mom. I have a set of the gold ware but no one likes eating off of them they say that it has a metallic taste to them so I just use them for decorating.
Two straight scalloped shelves and one heart shelf that is holding a little bleu creamer and sugar that was handed down to me.
That's my silly rooster sitting on the ladder back chair, every year here in Ft. Myers Florida they have a huge craft sale and that is where he is from. I have changed the dining room color but can't seem to part with the fruit border.


The little yellow vintage girl was my grams, along with the vintage blue vase.

I PUT A LITTLE SPRING IN MY STEP!

Hello there, happy you could stop in! I have been up to a few projects the last couple of days, it has been so much warmer the last few days that I think I have come down with spring fever, I know it's a bit early but I could not resist. Today I will be freshening  up a big flower bed with red mulch. Our grass is green for the first time in years during the winter it usually turns brown unless you water daily or have a sprinkler system.  So I created a small little garden retreat that includes a crafted sign, a crafted flower garland, two huge painted cans with plants, a crafted wreath, and best of all some plastic fencing that I found someone throwing away (why I don't know), and of course my iron vintage garden bench that was gifted to me by two very nice ladies! 







I propped the "Sunshine" sign on the bench along side a watering can that I previously painted.

Cans were painted a light summer green with cranberry accents using out door paint. Please don't ask me the name of the plant but it's simple and very easy to grow. in beds it spreads and makes good ground cover. The leaves are a vibrant cranberry and green color.






This garland was simple and adds a hint of color . I cut out big flower shapes and gathered them in the middle with a bit of hot glue. Then just lightly painted on a splash of color and added a button in the center. I attached them on to a piece of cording, simple and colorful!




A gift from a sweet neighbor this little rooster house hanging lantern holds a tea light, I hung it on a garden hook.




I aged the white plastic a bit with some black  paint just lightly brushing the edges with some black out door paint.








 Did I mention that I cut all the grass, pulled the weeds , who am I kidding I love every minute of it riding the tractor is really my favorite! And of course a pitcher of lemonade was in order.


Thanks so much for coming by Sweet Tea N' Salty Air for just a bit of Spring inspiration!

THERE IS JUST SOMETHING SE*Y ABOUT BLACK PAINTED FURNITURE!

Hi there , thanks for stopping in today. I decided to paint my bakers rack. Black, it  just looks so very sexy, a phrase my daughter used and I tend to agree with her. I crafted some homemade chalk paint using some regular paint and added a little baking soda to achieve the look I was going for. Once painted I sanded it to distress it some and some furniture wax. Lets take a look....

AN EMPTY GAIN DETERGENT BOX CAN BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL THING!

I there , thanks for visiting Sweet Tea N' Salty Air. The weather here is cold and damp and rainy... well I guess it's southern New England Weather.  I recently went to Michael's Craft store, my favorite place to get lost in. I happened to see these very cute cardboard boxes. Nicely decorated but the prices were very high just for a cardboard item. I had been saving the huge Gain detergent boxes thinking that I could use them for a craft and that exactly what I did. This pretty Michaels inspired box will hold little Natalies special trinkets as she grows up .

PLATES HUNG UP AND THE THRIFTED SIGN HAS A NEW LOOK! LAST OF THE SATURDAY THRIFT STORE FINDS

Hi there, I see so many of you have snow..... I'm so jealous! I miss that snow, I miss that snow so much I am thinking about living in Alaska in the future. Love the cold weather! Keep warm and drive safely.


I have redone the sign that we have bought on the thrifting adventure and I have hung those pretty plates. Plates on the wall are a beautiful thing, it compliments a room and somehow completes the décor.

I gave it a coat of vanilla ice cream paint , worded it and gave it some sanding. The holes that were drilled I used some scraps of material and tied up some shabby strips of color. It's a lil bit country with some vintage love!




The plates are a great contrast against the cocoa walls. I guess its time for us to plan another thrifting adventure.


Thank you so much for coming by!

THRIFT STORE HYDRANGEAS # 2 and 3 ARRANGEMENTS!

Hi there , today I will share the next 2 arrangements with the 3.99 Hydrangeas bought on the thrift adventure. So if we break down the  3.99 price it's about 1.33 per arrangement.  So I decided to craft a wreath, it's time for a new one! I crafted the wreath itself a few years ago, so I made some shabby bows and painted a small birdhouse and put it all together.

I used the remaining flowers in my vintage milk pitcher.for a decorative pick I cut some hearts out of vintage pages and added burlap in the middle.


Girley insisted on being in the photo along with the clothes pin she carried up. Thanks so much for stopping in can't wait to share the sign and dishes in the next post!

COME SEE WHAT I MADE FROM THE 3.99 FLOWERS FROM OUR THRIFT STORE ADVENTURES!

I there I am excited to show you what I have made from those 3.99 beautiful hydrangeas. I actually made 3 very pretty arrangements each with a little touch of personality. Over the next couple of days I will share the next two, for today this is a little vintage style....

 I took out one of my huge tomato cans and gave it some red and ice cream color craft paint. When it was dry I did a little sanding for that aged look. I added a small bow out of some scraps and some rough edged burlap around the rim. I only used 2 of the picks  and the other 5 I will share the next two days.
I used some upholstery scraps to craft some handles. When you buy good quality silk flowers you can dust them of by just putting some regular salt in a big brown sack put the flower in and close and shake, that will leave your flowers dust free. You can spray some scented oil also.


I had saved a plastic milk container so I cut a Heart out of it and painted it with chalk paint so it can be used as a Valentine pick.


So I have figured out that each of my arrangements have cost me $1.33! not bad I did not make any other investments, I used scraps of stuff from my craft room.  Don't forget to stop by for the second arrangement tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping in today! You can find me at any of these fun parties!