Thrown Away Thursday- Holy Tape Batman!

I’m all about using tape to fix things up, but never on furniture! In fact, I don’t know what the previous owner of this desk was thinking but I think it’s safe to say he/she was obsessed with tape!

I am not kidding, it was everywhere! The good thing is I only found one part that was actually in need of some glue but other than that, it was in great condition. 

Since my surgery was rescheduled for this Friday, I wanted to get one Tossed and Turned Tuesday done for you so I managed to squeeze this in (somehow). So don’t forget to come back to check in on me. Hopefully this time I won’t have any stupid horror stories…geez!

See you Later,
Rita  a.k.a. the narrow throated creative girl

My Name is Rita, and I’m Addicted to Nightstands…We Love You Rita…

I’ll be guest posting for Tami at Curb Alert later this week and as I posted my before and after pictures of a night stand I painted, it got me thinking…”How many nightstands have I done??” Sheesh. 

Let’s take a look at some of the ones I’ve tackled in the last couple of years.

Let’s just stop there and call it a day, shall we? That only skimmed a few of the folders I have of photos. I think it’s safe to say I have a problem. HaHa.

I’ll let you know when my guest post is up and you can read what I have to say on using clear vs. dark wax. I love both actually but it’s more fun when you get to see the difference.

Hope you’re having a FANTASTIC Tuesday! Now go out and find a nightstand and paint it
Rita

The Surgery That Wasn't :(

Hi guys… it turns out I haven’t had my surgery yet so I wanted to quickly update you on the fun fiasco I endured this weekend.

FRIDAY…I got to the hospital at 5 in the morning. I was prepped for surgery, eventually wheeled off and good to go.

Then…I woke up… to a lady I vaguely remember saying….”Rita…Rita…we canceled your surgery”. It was in that voice you hear on the movies when someone is talking in slow motion and their face is a blur and you can’t make heads or tails of what the hell is going on or where you are. Yep… It was one of those moments.

I sort of remember being wheeled back into the room and someone saying they were going to call my family. Again, everything is hazy and I don’t remember much at all at this point.

Come to find out the surgery was cancelled because they couldn’t get the tubes I needed to breath down my throat! Imagine that, the one skinny thing I have is a skinny throat! They tried for a little over an hour before giving up and calling it quits.

I was told I could leave the hospital after drinking water, eating a cracker and using the restroom. The hardest part of that whole process was eating and drinking. My throat was as raw as could be and I even had a small cut on the corner of my mouth where I assume they tried to open it further than it would go. Saying it sucked was the understatement of the world! Granted, I can be a wee bit dramatic, but holy crap was I in pain. I couldn’t talk, eat or drink. Not to mention that Anesthesia was all in my system so I was nauseous and dizzy.

Eventually I made myself eat a couple of bites of the cracker but had to soak them with water to get it down.
After leaving the hospital, I was out of it for the rest of the day. Sammy tried to get me to eat mashed potatoes but I stopped after a few bites because of the pain.

That pretty much summed up the weekend. I ate what I could and sucked on lozengers all weekend. In fact I’m down to my last two!! Oh but I did manage to lose TWO POUNDS since Friday (Rainbow colored glasses people).

I don’t have a new date set yet, but as soon as I do, I’ll let you know.
Thanks again for thinking of me and my 'almost' surgery. I appreciate you all and Happy Belated Mother’s Day!!

Rita

Blog Makeover!!

So first of all, shout out to Chris over at Hubby Jack’s Blog Attack for my make over!! WOO HOO!! I needed it, that’s for sure and yes, you will notice I decided to add a fun photo of myself  on my side bar, over yonder. I like to be mysterious and all, but if I wait to actually get thin before taking a decent photo, you’ll never see me.  Darn those jeans in the back of my closet!! 

Anywho, I won this make over and LOVE IT!!! The colors speak to me and say “yes…finally…she got it right”

So what do you think? 

OHHHHHH!!!  and I have a button…yes…I DO…I have  an awesome button that you can add to your blog. I love it. And the fact that this was done on Friday is the icing on the chocolate cake!

Again, thank you Chris, I love it!
And to everyone who voted- I appreciate you!!

LOVE,
Rita

What I’ve Turned Into

Nope, I can’t seem to stop collecting more stuff than I can handle!! I have more “non-furniture” items in my booth than “furniture” items…eek! The good thing is, it’s actually kept me afloat while my furniture is not selling, but it’s also really addicting and I’m having a tough time stopping myself from collecting more and more.

Welcome to my crazy nick knack, tchotchke, retro/vintage world…enter at your own risk!

Crazy Awesome, Right?!

I guess, I figure that since I see stuff like this sell, not to mention the fact that I run across the same stuff ALL THE TIME, why not sell it in my own booth. On the plus side, it helps when furniture sales are low (like now) but the bad thing is it’s very addicting. I want to all of this stuff…NOW!! I’m surprised I haven’t started to sing “I want it now” by Varuca Salt on Willy Wonka…oh wait…I did do that once!

See what I mean, I need help, I need to be stopped!!

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A week away from surgery(yuk) and I’m working like crazy to get things ready for me being out. This includes training my replacement whom is WONDERFUL….she’s a talker like me and we get along great. I’m sure it’ll drive my coworker crazy because she was probably looking forward to the break from me...haha…I LOVE IT!!

I’ll also be working at my “real” job on Saturday and Lula B’s on Sunday, so I doubt very seriously that I’ll be working on furniture this weekend. Not like it’s selling anyway. Not that I’m bitter about it!! NOT ONE BIT!!

See ya later, Rita!!

French Linen Coffee Table

MAY 10!!

Well the date is set for my surgery. I’ll be out of commission for a few weeks but I’m sure I can find something to talk about in the mean time (I always do). Don’t worry, I’ll keep you posted on what’s going on.

In the mean time, let me show you one of my finished “French Linen” projects.

I found this coffee table at a yard sale the other day and picked it up for $5. It’s not one of my normal purchases but as much as things are NOT SELLING right now in my booth, I thought this would be a good change up from my little nightstands.
I’m hoping anyway.

Here is what it looked like before:

Nice finish…right?? yeah I didn’t think so either.

Here it is in with my new French Linen paint!

I wanted to keep the light color so I opted for light distressing and used a clear Minwax finish over the whole table.  I’m still dying to try a dark wax on this color, so keep your eyes out for that next.

Sorry this is a quick one, but ’ve been low on the energy level these days as well. I’m crossing my fingers that gets better too.

Thanks for all the well wishes!
Rita

The Good, The Bad, The WONDERFUL

I think it’s time I come clean about me, my life, my kids, and my furniture passion.

Ugh that is so scary quite honestly, but I’m feeling quite…hmmm…what’s the word….”wordy”. I don’t know. Call it what you will, I’m not sexy and I know it…more like, honest and I know it (that’s so not fun).

But first grab a cup of coffee before you  begin to read…

Tossed and Turned Tuesday– 2 Bright Chairs

Quick story:

I got a text this weekend from an old high school buddy that read
“guess who I’m sitting next to that loves Curbside Creations??”.

I was like “WHO?????”

He said “Miriam from high school”.

Miriam was my “big sis” from Drill Team. It turns out she liked my Facebook page and had no idea it was me!!

Apparently they ran into each other and got to talking about old friends they still talk to. He brought up my name and my furniture stuff and she said she didn’t know it was me but she loved my furniture! Isn’t that funny! He put her on the phone and we talked for a while. She mentioned that a week or so ago, her neighbor had a yard sale and she told her husband that she bet the “Curbside Creations Lady” would do something neat to a piece of furniture she had.

ISN’T THAT CRAZY!! I was so excited and it made my day!! Anyway just thought I’d share that “small world” story!!

Now onto the chairs!!

Ok, so I asked for your help on these chairs and got a couple of suggestions. A couple of you wanted them to be a bright yellow or green.  Again, I didn’t have plans for these yet, so was up for any suggestions. I looked in my stash of paint to see what cool bright colors I had. I found one green color that was actually really old so I tossed it and a couple of yellows I had on hand. I tried one but it came out really bright and not so pretty at all (sorry). The other yellow was to dull so instead of either of these colors, I decided on a compromise.

I chose a fabric with some yellows and greens instead and just painted the chairs white. I figured, this would be easier to match with someone’s décor than the yellow I had, and still incorporate the suggested colors.
Win, Win !! (??) I hope so anyway!

Still Love these legs!

Side note: Precaution to purchasing painted black furniture. Black is great for hiding imperfections in furniture, so make sure you notice these things. For example, It looks like a dog used this chair as a chew toy. There were so many bite marks that when I painted it white, they seemed to pop up all over the place. I opted to keep them as added charm to these chairs. Plus I’m a dog lover so I look at them as scars that tell a story.
Someone somewhere, had a crazy chair eating dog that’s for sure. You know we’ve all owned one of those before …

And in other news:  I decided not to do my Tuesday and Thursday transformations this week because I don’t know what the heck to expect with my medical crap, so I’ll put that on hold until I know for sure. BUT DON’T WORRY…you’ll still hear from me, lord knows I can’t stop talking(writing). And, I realize, I’m your guilty pleasure that  you have to read…so I would never dream of depriving you!!

Ta Ta for now but If I paint anything, I promise to post it

Rita

I WON!!

I WON! I WON!!

http://hubbyjacksblogattack.blogspot.com/2013/04/contest-winner-hjs-roundup.html

There were three winners because Hubby Jack (aka Chris) is awesome like that and was kind enough to extend this to the top three contestants. woo hoo!!

so thank you again for voting for me!!

I'm so excited and love you all!!

Rita

Thrown Away Thursday- Just a couple of chairs…

JUST a couple of chairs??? JUST a couple of chairs you say?

Yeah, I know when some of you open this post, you’ll say “wow, she’s repairing a couple of chairs…ooooohh…wow”(eye roll).

Let me remind you that there were many an artist who took pen to “just paper” or paint to  “just canvas” so alas, these chairs are no different.