So You Think You're Crafty Week 2..Thrift!!!

Hey there--I'm hanging out in Utah with my family and realized I still needed to post my SYTYC projects. Hope you enjoy them...

To be honest, thrift isn't really my thing...{can you hear my husband yelling a loud "NO KIDDING!"} I just enjoy being able to make things so I don't always pay attention to the final cost. That made this challenge at first very daunting but in the end especially rewarding. I came up with something that I LOVE and didn't spend a thing!!!

How's that for a freebie?

It started with a phone call from a sweet friend and a delivery of this:

We had already saved it once, thus the pink covered cork board where the screen once was, but it was in sad shape. Three of the corner pieces were broken and it was barely staying together. So I completely took it apart, cleaned it, cut it down a bit, and then with a few treasures from around my house,re-made it into a "country-esque" serving shelf for my back patio.

It's perfect for holding books and a drink, or even a side dish or two this summer when we get to eat outside. There's even a few hooks along the bottom that could hold a few small lanterns for a romantic late-night snuggle...

All I can say is HOORAY for THRIFTING!!!

I'm In!!! Did you guess which was mine...

Thanks to your votes, I get to officially play in Season 11 of So You Think You're Crafty!
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!
I love taking part in these comtests, they provide a fun challenge that I just can't give myself.
The season doesn't start until April but I have the list of themes and will be anxiously working away on some fun projects.

Th auditon process is crafter's choice, here's what I choose to do:

My audition project was quite literally staring me in the face. Every time I sat on the couch, it just sat there, seeming to say, "Please help me to be pretty!"

It's was small train table that my kiddos had long outgrown. I couldn't stand the idea of tossing it and one day had the brilliant idea to convert it into a coffe table/ottoman thing--great idea, wrong approach. Long story short, my plan failed and I had since been staring at this poor thing:

The {new} plans all came together when my sweet neighbor rebuilt a section of her fence and had all these beautiful aged cedar planks heading for the trash pile.

I asked for a few (yes, she looked at me like I'm super crazy!), re-painted the table sides a smokey black, and used the planks to resurface the top.

It's sealed with several layers of polyurathane to prevent slivers and keep the cool aged coloring of the wood. I love it! The wood adds such warmth to the dark coloring.

{I think she finally feels pretty...}

It makes me smile every time I see it now and even better I can look at it and know that it sealed the deal for me to play along with some other really great and crafty ladies!

I'll let you know when the season starts cause you're not goig to want to miss it!
An really, thanks again for your votes!