A beast to a beauty

  I love garage sale-ing. I love going through people's things and finding something I KNOW can look good.

I found this dresser at a garage sale. It was your typical UGLY brown boys dresser from.....let's say from 1988.

It even had those horrible handles that should be outlawed!

I got home and was so excited to show it to the hubbs. He immediately wondered why I even brought it home! This thing is a beast! It weighs a ton, but it's built very well with dovetailed drawers.

But he's not complaining now :)

I chose to paint this Duck Egg blue, a chalk paint by Annie Sloan. No sanding, priming, etc. I put only 1 coat on it and it looked amazing! After it dried, I waxed it with a clear wax.

I distressed it using my 5 in 1 Purdy tool.

When you open the drawers, there's even a sweet little surprise inside! They are lined with scrapbook paper that looks like vintage newspaper articles!

I just love this piece so much!

But of course, there's no such thing as a perfect DIY project.

The hardware on this piece gave me so much trouble :(

It was an awkward size so I decided to fill in the holes.

I then found these for half price at Hobby Lobby.

They only look like they have 2 holes, but it's the best hardware invention ever...they only have 1 center hole!!!

So other then hardware, I could turn pieces over pretty fast. But I guess it would be TOO easy then!

I hope you like it! It's for sale so click on the store tab for more info.

I'll leave you with another Before Meets After.

A real beast turned into a beauty!

After looking at this post, I realized the color looks really off. It's more of a light turquoise color!

And don't forget to enter my giveaway for a necklace from Crissy's Crafts!

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Necklace Giveaway from Crissy's Crafts!

  I am excited to share with you a giveaway from Crissy's Crafts!

Crissy has a blog and sells her creations on her etsy shop.

Crissy loves to make things out of recycled materials.

Would you believe that candle holder is made out of recycled cans??

Another thing Crissy makes out of recycled cans are the AdoRAble necklaces and earrings!!

Crissy has so graciously offered to give away one of her cool can necklaces seen above! Don't you want to win one of these?? I can think of about a million outfits to wear it with AND what a cool conversation piece!

Here's how to win...

(you must be a resident of the US for shipping reasons)

1) Become a follower of Before Meets After. Leave a comment telling me so and where you would wear this cool necklace! (if you're already a follower, just leave a comment telling me where you'd wear the necklace!)

2) Become a fan of BMA on facebook, come back and tell me you did!

3) Become a follower of Crissy's Blog (where you'll find ALL kinds of craft tutorials) come back and tell me you did

4) Follow Crissy's Crafts on facebook, and leave a comment telling me you did.

So there are 4 chances to win!!!

Good luck!

The giveaway will close on Wed. July 6th at midnight! I will announce the winner the next day.

PS....I FINALLY listed my china cabinet for sale in the store! Check it out :)

Happy Anniversary!

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful hubbs! 

I have learned a lot about myself in the 2 years we have been married....

He is my rock, while I am the spaz.

He is laid back , I am the control freak! 

He is a night owl, I am a morning person.

He knows exactly what pushes my buttons, but he can make me laugh so hard I snort!

He is such a compliment to me....

So today I get to spend the day with the hubbs....and no DIY projects are allowed :)

Happy Monday! I have lots to reveal this week!

Photos from Lindsey Turner Photography

Moss letter wreath

  I've seen these moss letters all over blogland, so I decided to give it a try, but with a twist. I've seen fellow bloggers hang them on mirrors, but I didn't have a mirror, so I put it on a wreath!

This project took me no time at all.

I gathered my supplies and went to work!

Most of the stuff I had lying around, I just had to buy the sheet of moss. I would HIGHLY recommend buying the sheet, and not the clumps you have to glue piece by piece!

I started out by spraying the W with the glue spray and just laying it on the opened moss sheet.

(if you're wondering what the white is, it's just the paper backing I was too lazy to peel of all the way!)

I cut around the edge of the letter, leaving a slight gap. 

I didn't even fold over the edges because I knew they wouldn't be seen! But if you hang this on a mirror, you might want to do that :)

When I flipped it over, there were some spots that need a little extra attention. This is where the moss was thin or fell off. I just cut another small piece, used the spray adhesive, and you'd never know!

I knew I wanted to put this on a wreath I had lying around, but I like to change things up, so I didn't want to permanently attach it to the wreath.

I used a staple gun (yes this time I made sure the staples were small so they didn't come through the front like in my other project!) and stapled floral wire to the back.

I then took more floral wire and looped through that and wrapped it around the sticks on the wreath. Then when I get bored of it, I just have to unwrap the wire and the wreath can be used for something else!

You can't even see it when it's hanging up!

I looped some left over ribbon around the wreath to hang it.

And now look how cute it looks on the door to my garage!

There was only one downfall to this project...

My hands looked like this for days because of the sticky spray! I have a love/hate relationship with it :)