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I feel like I haven't written a new post in ages!  We were at the house all weekend and barely came up for air long enough to go to our town's community day (which was fun!).  We primed and primed and primed some more. I used to think wallpaper was alone in its evilness but now I know that its evil twin is actually paneling. 70's brown grooved paneling. But now it's primed and will soon be painted and I actually believe I heard the house begin to purr.  This house is filthy with a capital YUCK. I took down a sconce and when I turned it over about 30 stink bugs fell out. They were all fried. I told Jim to dig out the old FOR SALE sign because we were outta there.  But I think the house is happy we are tending to it now.

Girl cannot live by priming alone so I took some breaks to finish up a couple of projects too. I found these crates in the recycling center at our apartment complex. Someone had books in them and just left them in the area. So I grabbed 'em!  They are super sturdy and I knew I could find uses for them.  I grabbed some stain that the previous owners left in the basement and got to it.




I wanted them to look vintage and worn so I didn't sand or do anything else other than stain. I printed out some vintage crate labels I found on Google Images. Then I dyed them with some coffee. I didn't even use a fresh K-cup but rather I just ran the water through twice and so the second cup was my dye.





Then I cut and Mod Podged them to the crates. They are a tad small but I really don't care.  I also wanted them to look faint and old so I ran out of ink in the printer printed them on the draft setting. I ripped the tea and coffee label so it would like like it was coming off.






When they were dry I sprayed them a clear polycrylic spray and that was it!  I am going to use one to hold baking stuff in my pantry and the other to hold towels in the bathroom.


And of course I keep a fresh sunflower in my baking supplies.
Doesn't everyone??











I have one more stained but I don't want to decoupage a pretend label on it. Not sure what I want to do so I'm holding onto it for now. We'll see!  The best part of these crates is that I paid exactly $0.  Here's the breakdown:

crates--found
labels--printed
coffee--reused K cup
stain--left behind by previous owners
polycrylic--was my mother-in-law's who was cute and crafty
I didn't even pay for the sunflower. It came from my sister's garden.

I hope to get back to posting most days. Sorry I have been a little MIA.  I'll have some house pics coming up!  Yippee!

Cheers!
Jenny


23 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh, i LOVE this! They look amazing.

    Jenny
    www.simcoestreet.blogspot.com

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  2. Just got your comment -- thank you! -- do you know what "no reply commenter" means or how I fix it? Thank you!

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  3. Wow those look fantastic!! What a great job!!! And a great find too!
    evie @ brown paper packages

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  4. I really like this! What a fun way to make something look very vintage & unique!

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  5. LOVE these. And those brownies onthr last post look amazing too! Following your blog now, thanks for your comment on my Pumpkin Macarons!

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  6. I don't believe it....is that my mother's rolling pin in one of the crates??? With the green handle??? I love it!!! Lots of wonderful pies and cookies came from that rolling pin!

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  7. I love them! They turned out really nice.
    Rachel
    adventuresofadiymom.blogspot.com

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  8. saw this on running with glitter...love how the crates turned out!!

    www.dresdencarrie.com

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  9. Those look really old. You did a great job!

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  10. Love them!!! Great save! I especially like the teas & coffee one. I am a lover of coffee:) At first I was sad to see you weren't going to drink your coffee, but them it was good to hear it was a left over run :)haha I am your newest follower from show & share. Hope you can visit me sometime:)

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  11. These look so great! I really like the labels you chose!

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  12. they certainly look vintage to me!! Stop by to enter my giveaway!

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  13. This is awesome..Love it..I would love for you to link/share to my Pinspiration thursdays linky party happening now pweease..(I see soo much I'm loving) TY. http://theartsygirlconnection.blogspot.com/2011/10/pininspirational-thursdayspin-it.html

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  14. I love how it came out. So beautiful! I might try.... But I am not sure I can give up even a drop of coffee! :)

    ~ Meredith From A Mother Seeking Come find me on my blog, A Mother Seeking...

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  15. These turned out so well. Thanks for linking to Things I've Done Thursday.

    Melanie
    bearrabbitbear.blogspot.com

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  16. These.are.beautiful!! So vintage. I love them. New follower coming over from Everything Under the Moon. Stop by and give us a visit some time :)

    ~Nikki
    http://everything-underthemoon.blogspot.com

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  17. These are so pretty and look authentically vintage. Great job!

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  18. Absolutely gorgeous! Love your labels, too. Nice touch.

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  19. Hey I really like these! Love the labels you used & the "old" look to them! Nice find & good work!

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  20. well now i'm really jealous! love the crates and your craftiness!

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  21. I love what you did with the vintage crate too,..amazing transformaiton on that...it's just precious :)
    Big hugs,
    Queenie

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