Etsy Labs: Open Craft Night!

This week Etsy Labs hosted open craft night, where you can go in and work on any project that your little heart desires.  I really didn't come in with much of a game plan, so I just threw some fabric projects that I have been working on and headed over.  I met my two girlfriends, Lindsay and Colleen, and we all worked on stencil projects.  It was a great time as usual and was so nice to be surrounded by such creative minds!  Looking forward to next week!

Going Green!

Found this beautiful green buffet table on Design*Sponge today and I am loving it!  I think this might be the perfect color to paint my new service cart/soon to be bar!  Updates to come soon!

Design*Sponge

Pretty in Pink Chair Makeover

My goal for yesterday was to makeover my sad little chair that I bought last Saturday and turn it into a beautiful accent chair for my bedroom.  I already had the paint, primer, and fabric, I just needed the motivation to get going.

This was a fairly easy project.  I just had to rip off one layer of old fabric, which I did with a flat head and a hammer.  At first, I tried with only the flat head and ended up stabbing the inside of my hand, fun stuff.  But once I got going with the hammer, it was easy peasy!

After that I wrapped an extra layer of fluff to give it a little more cushion and then stapled my beautiful pink damask fabric in place.

I then painted one coat of 1-2-3 Bulls Eye Primer and one coat of white semi-gloss paint.  I wiped the edges slightly to create a sort of antique look.

The  project was a lot of fun and I just love how my chair turned out!!

Fantastic Finds of the Week!

Well technically this covers the last two weeks, but who's counting!  I recently found ANOTHER awesome wood service cart, very similar to the one I found last month.  I paid just slightly more for this one, a whopping $9.99!   I found it at a Salvation Army in the Upper West Side and together we made the long hall back to Brooklyn via train.  I plan to turn the cart into a bar and replace my microwave stand in the kitchen.

This week I found an awesome chair for $10.oo at Junk in Williamsburg.  Luckily this one was much closer to home, so travel time was minimal.  I plan to repaint and recover the chair and use it as a decoration piece in my bedroom. Ive already found a beautiful pink damask fabric for $8.oo at Belraf Fabric, to use for the cushion re-cover, so I will be working on that this week.

Updates to come soon!

Office Chair Makeover by Jenny

Recently, my friend Jenny from my hometown Jacksonville, FL, turned me onto DIY blogger Kate's Centsational Girl weblog.  Kate takes pieces of furniture that seem absolutely hopeless and turns them into something fabulous!  We haven't been able to get enough of her blog and she has been a huge inspiration for many of mine and Jenny's latest home projects.

This past week Jenny and her mother Jeanne created an amazing office chair transformation out of an old Mid-Century Modern dining room chair. I thought it turned out so beautifully, that I had to share the before and after!

Jenny was inspired by Kate's One Fair Chair post, where Kate took a French Style chair, repainted and reupholstered it and made it into a beautiful office chair. Jenny did some thrift and antique store hunting in Jacksonville and found the set of four dining chairs for the amazing price $60.

Jenny's price list breakdown:

$15- chair

$7- paint (Rustoleum's 2x gloss black)

$3.50- piece of fabric
$5- chair foam (that stuff is ridiculously expensive!)

all the fun of doing this- priceless ;)

$30 for a new office chair, not to shabby!!

A big thanks to Jenny for sharing her beautiful transformation with us!

Just Posted on Etsy! Milk Glass Casserole Dish

Today I posted this great Fire King Milk Glass Casserole Dish on Etsy!

Milk Glass Casserole Dish on Etsy

Thrift Finds!

Found these great items at the thrift today for a shockingly low price! Looks like this week is off to a great start!

Just Posted! Vintage Hobnail Milk Glass Vase

Yesterday I posted this beautiful Anchor Hocking Hobnail pedestal milk glass vase on Etsy.  Its a really nice sized vase, measuring about 9.5" tall.  This vase filled with flowers would make a lovely center piece for your dining room table!

Hobnail Milk Glass Vase on Etsy

Etsy Labs: Swap-bot Valentines Matchbox Edition

Tonight I went to my second ever craft night at the Etsy Labs.  Rachel Johnson of Swap-Bot was there and showed us all how to make the cutest matchbox Valentines.  Swap-Bot is a online service that organizes group swaps for people who enjoy sending and receiving fun crafty items via snail mail.

Rachel was so sweet to craft with, she even brought us tasty little snacks to munch on while we crafted.  We all had a really fun time socializing and thinking up cute little ideas for our matchboxes.  I made two little matchboxes to send to my mom and sister in Florida, hope they like them!

You can go to www.swap-bot.com to find out more about swapping and to download both of Swap-Bot's matchbox templates and make some of your own!  Also check out Rachel's post about last nights event!

How to make a Valentines day/Love Matchbox from thepixelprince.etsy.com on Vimeo.

Colleen and I

Rachel