All of this in One year

I have been working on this post for two days and blogger keeps messing me up by deleting my content! I guess I can use this as the most frustrating thing in 2011 lol!

I cannot believe this year is coming to a close. It was a year that began with a lot of ideas of things that I wanted to do. Never did I realize that this blog was going to direct my vision.

I just wanted to share some of the amazing moments this year.

My favorite furniture project was my Audrey Hepburn Dresser I got to combine my love of art with my painting furniture!

Your favorite furniture project was my french piano bench!

 My favorite and most exciting thing was a redo with The Lettered Cottage for their HGTV Pilot shoot!

I met so many amazing bloggers this year and became very close to some that I have not even met!

Your all-time favorite project was my Utensil Drawer Organizer! It still cracks me up since it is made from paint sticks!

 My favorite craft project was my Ticket Sign! It led to me opening up an Etsy Shop!

This is a Golden Ticket but the most popular is the original one in my Etsy Shop!

You favorite craft project was my Dessert Tray Chandelier!

 

Last but not least one of the most exciting things was getting to showcase all my furniture and artwork in a store! La Vie En Rose Cottage in Nashville Tennessee!

I couldn't have done any of these things without all of you so thank you so much! For more exciting posts stay a while and take the journey with me by following me into the next year!~

Hugs, Deneen

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Trash Chandelier turned Dessert Tray

I started with a trashed chandelier. I bought five tea cup saucers and a vintage plate from Goodwill.


I began to take a part the chandelier cutting all wires. and unscrewing the pieces that I didn't want.

I got rid of what I didn't need and kept some things I thought I would use in a different way. I turned the arms of the lamp up and that became the "legs" of the piece.




I kept this screw and used the bottom piece as a pedestal. This screw holds it together.





I decided on pink to go with the vintage feel of the plates.Then I sprayed the brass away!





I used pearl beads and wired them to each cup. There were three screws in the cup. I removed the two side screws and that became the wholes to thread the wires. The front one I screwed all the way in and painted over it so I didn't see a hole.

I washed the plates and used E6ooo glue to glue it to the cups and the center cap.

I used books to weigh the plates down to get a strong hold.



I glued more pearls around the pedestal base.

Love the look and will use this so much I know! Makes a great Mother's Day gift too! I love this outside the box project!

For little cost I have a beautiful dessert stand that I can use for any occasion. I think it would look good as a cupcake stand too! My daughter and I already had a tea party using it! Yes we still have tea parties and now that she is home from college we can have more of these fun days!