Dollar Store Finds!!

So on my lunch today I decided to visit the Dollar Tree and the only scrapbooking store in town (that is closing :( insert tear here...) anyway I found a few neat things, but of course they are from the dollar store so they needed a little work!  I found these little guys who needed a little help.

So I thought I could just paint them black and they would look 100 times better.

Better, but not amazing.  So I decided that I would glaze/white wash them to add some highlights back to the scrolly parts.  I mixed some antique white craft paint with water and used a paper towel to paint it on.  I then took an old diaper (no I didn't use cloth diapers but they did make amazing burp rags) to wipe the white down.  I had some issues with some areas having too much white and it was streaky and blotchy, so I then took a washrag, got it damp and wiped down the blotchy areas and it worked great.  After I was done with all of this I still thought they could use a little something else so I got out a sanding sponge and and roughed them up down to the original color and this is what I got!

I am in love!!!!  And here are few of the other things I got today that I am hoping I can work on at lunch tomorrow...I would have done it tonight but I had to put together the new shelves for the laundry room that I got today, I will post pics later, I am very proud of them!

Not the most amazing frames, but they are decent enough and for a dollar a piece!  And I have some cute ideas in mind for the little buckets, more to come later.  It's 12:15 and the alarm goes off at 5:30 so I think I will go to bed, Happy 9 o'clock Dance of Joy!!!!