Vintage Life Preserver

i've been wanting to do this project for some time...i searched and searched for a tutorial on how to do it...mine didn't exactly turn out the way i wanted it to...i had planned on adding some wording but with the way i did it i didn't have enough room left...

first i took a green foam floral form...say that fast...i spray painted it white but it didn't fill in all of the little holes so i went back and used a brush to paint over it..it took a lot of coats to fill in...

i bought 2 dog toys from the dollar tree...you only need 2 because each toy has 2 pieces of rope knotted together..they are VERY hard to get apart...it took me quite awhile to get the knot loose enough...

i took some denim that i had saved from some cut off jean shorts and made some strips..i just made a seam down each side and hot glued them on...i then took the dog toy rope and hot glued those on...this wasn't the easiest project...it took tons of glue and the back looks horrible...

here it is finished on my mantel...i really do love it but had my heart set on it saying something...

here it is hanging up...i still have some more things to add...things are coming together! 

CREATING LOVE AND JOY

Ashley

Linking Up To:
504 Main 
One Artsy Mama 
The Little Giggler 
Kammys Korner 

Bathroom Remodel

i've been busy!! i wanted to share with you what i've been working on...this is a bathroom remodel...i'm not quite finished with it but i will post what i have done and explain how i did it...

first of all, let me start by saying that this bathroom is in a 1979 liberty mobile home...its a little different than a normal bathroom... 

this remodel was done on a very strict budget...it was meant to be a quick fix for a vacation home without having to spend tons of money...

this house was not occupied when we looked at it...very basic white walls that had been sprayed with a gun...there was white over spray on everything...

as you can see, the vanity cabinet was in sad shape...paneling, wood trim, white doors...over look the floor...its pretty bad..2 different floor coverings...

shot of the cabinet white i was prepping for paint

i picked brown...not my first choice but this was oops paint that only cost me about $2...i'm on a very strict budget so brown was the color...

before and after...i need to paint the handles...thats on my to do list!

this wall had a piece of paneling cut and screwed onto the wall! it was covering a small hole...instead of repairing the hole, they just covered it with a piece of wood...how lazy is that?

the same wall after paint...i also picked this color based on oops paint...for around $2.50

before and after...i believe the towel holder was $2.99

wall where toliet is...i removed the towel bar for now

couldn't wait to post!!

little fish that i got at old time pottery

shower curtain that i bought at kmart...shelf said $19.99 but rang up for $8...YAY for me!!

bathmats and toliet cover that i paid $9.99 at old time pottery...

 for around $25 i revamped the bathroom...still have some things to do but pleased so far at the progress that i'm making...i will add more pics of updates...

i still have to redo the floor..another project for another day

CREATING LOVE AND JOY

Ashley

Linking Up To:
At The Picket Fence 
 Kammys Korner