Sunday, May 29, 2011

{re}purposed friday...OPPS, it's SUNDAY! ;)


friday just passed by me like it didn't even exist...
so today, here is my "friday repurposed post"...
like i mentioned on my post yesterday - it just so happens to be ANOTHER frame.
are you bored of seeing repurposed frames yet?  i am just having so much fun with all the different things that i can do wtih them that i still have MANY MANY more in the works.  but this coming friday, i promise to have something DIFFERENT - i have a couple of projects that are in the works so not sure exactly WHAT it will be, but it WILL be something fabulous!  :)

i don't have BEFORE pics of the frame - but like all the others, it was just brown, old, & ugly!
it is actually a CORKBOARD covered in this super cute summer print. 


 i also created some cute PUSH PINS attached to a clothes pin...
perfect for hanging up pictures, to do lists, etc...

have i mentioned that i don't like to throw anything away?!?!
i saved some of my COFFEE SLEEVES because i KNEW that someday i would need them for a crafty project {yeah, i know, i am kinds weird like that!!}
BUT check it out...it's JUST what i used them for!

i wanted a more sturdy base then just cardstock...so the coffee sleeves were just perfect...paired up with some scrap paper & lace and i was rolling with these...


added a lil bit of inspiration...



the backs are the cutest but wanted to show you how i used the coffee sleeves.

have a LOVELY day!
XOXO,
eryn

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Memorial Day WEEKEND SALE!!!

hello my dear friends!! 
i hope your long Memorial Day Weekend is off to a fantastic start!!
if you find time to make it to the Hutchinson Mall...
be sure to stop by and say HELLO! 
i have 2 VERY AWESOME sales going on right now...
check out the images below...



hmmmm, you know what i just realized...?!?!?
YESTERDAY was friday and i didn't post my {re} purposed friday project...oppsie!  :)
i'll share it tomorrow {it just so happens to be another frame that i re-did but i REALLY LOVE how it turned out, are you sick of my repurposed frames yet??} ;)
thanks &  have a LOVELY day!
xoxo,
eryn

Thursday, May 26, 2011

{how do you make those pom poms...}

a day doesn't go by that i get the question on HOW to make the beautiful pom poms i have hanging in Vintage Glam...and i LOVE that!  they are a great conversation piece and i have already told many of you in the store how to make them but thought it would also be helpful if i just provided the link for you here!  good ol Martha Stewart is the inspiration behind these fabulous pom poms--> check out the tutorial here!
they are SUPER SUPER EASY!!


they are PERFECT for SO MANY different occasions...
 many have expressed that they will be making them for a wedding shower, baby showers, little girls room, for the actual wedding, etc...they are SO FUN and obviously you can do them in ANY color that tissue paper comes in!  :)

my little tips for you...
martha's tutorial says to use 20 by 30 inch sheets of tissue...i just purchased the small packs of tissue paper and used the whole thing at the size that it came in, made it much easier! also...i noticed the tissue paper at target was softer & i liked the look of those a little bit better compared to the tissue paper i got at walmart, which was a wee bit more "crisp"

if you need smaller ones...just cut the tissue paper down, i did that for small flowers and used a pipe cleaner for the center & it doubles as the stem.

SUPER easy and SUPER fun..
ENJOY creating!  :)

seeing as Memorial Day is just around the corner...
i've decided it's time to do a little re-decorating! 
 here's a little sneak at what will be replacing my BRIGHT colored pom poms with.  {i will be showing the tutorial on how i made them in the near future...}




 let me know if you attempt the pom poms and how they turned out &
TAKE PICTURES!!!
i LOVE getting pictures from all of you...
email them to me at VintageGlamDesigns@gmail.com

PLUS...
Memorial Weekend = SALE! SALE!  SALE!
at Vintage Glam...
stay tuned for more details! :)

THANKS and have a FABULOUS evening!!
XOXO,
eryn








Monday, May 23, 2011

beautiful vintage scarves for a cause...

hello lovely friends!
i am SO HAPPY you have decided to stop by today, as i have a very special {and functional} item in my boutique that i wanted to share with you! 

Rebecca & Jeff Walsh are running in the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in October and are raising money for the event!  Rebecca created these AWESOME scarves that you actually put your key chain on...
the BEAUTIFUL thing is when you thow your keys in you purse...GUESS WHAT?!?  you'll EASILY be able to find them by the beautiful scarf they will be hung from...
HOW CREATIVE is THAT! 
I LOVE it Rebecca! 
here's a peek at just a few of them...and some more information...






for more information
& to follow the Walsh's on their journey,

if you are interested in purchasing one of these scarves and are not from the Hutchinson, MN area...please send an email to VintageGlamDesigns@gmail.com and we'll get one sent your way!!

Thank you for your support...
HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEK my friends!
XOXO,
eryn





Friday, May 20, 2011

{re}purposed friday...old ugly frames {batch 1}

i have all kinds of old ugly frames to {re}purpose...
some big. some small.
some that i will finish off with cork.
some that i will finish off with chalk board paint...
so many OPTIONS, what's a girl to do!?  ;)

here is my first grouping that i wanted to show you today...
please imagine a bunch of old dark brown, yucky looking frames...{cause, in the midst of trying to get everything done, i forgot to snap some photo's for you...oppsie!}

i love how the rosettes give them a vintage yet classy feel....


i distressed them by sanding & staining...

i also finished a funky cork board to spice up the office space....



have a FANTASTIC weekend my friends!
XOXO,
eryn


Thursday, May 19, 2011

creating...creating...creating...

i have TONS of ideas going through my head...
TONS of crafty projects i want to accomplish...
TONS of items i want to {re}purpose...
TONS of new jewerly pieces that i want to finish...
TONS...
TONS...
TONS!
now to find the TIME! 
but i WILL and it will all come together as it should, right?!
i am sure many of you are feeling this was as well...  :)

how exciting to always know that 
there is something NEW on the horizon...
YAAYYYYAAAYAA!  :)


today i am mastering my fabric rolled rosettes and
you'll see them tomorrow on my {re}purposed project...


see you TOMORROW!
ENJOY the rest of your thursday...
XOXO,
eryn

Friday, May 13, 2011

{re}purposed friday...fun & FUNCTIONAL...

hello!!!
wow, i can't believe it's already been a WEEK since i last posted...these days are just FLYING by!

my {re}purposed project today is one that i am really excited about...
i {with the help of my mom} transformed their old center island that they had in their kitchen many many years ago into my CASH REGISTER COUNTER!! 

we were excited about this for a number of reasons...
1.
my DAD was ecstatic to get it out of there garage - i would say it's been sitting in there {& doing nothing but get in the way} for the last 7 years or so... :)
2.
 it would be fully functional...i have small bags & tissue paper in the drawers and then bigger bags & other storage room in the cupboard part below
3. 
 it's unique
4.
 it's {re}purposed


 i, of course, forgot to take good photo's of it beforehand so when i did remember, i took the following... 
how we did it....
my brother trimmed down the actual counter top so that the edge didn't hang over too far.
the base was already painted a cream color...so we just brightened it up with some new antique white paint.  then the table top definitely needed a little something new done with it...something that said "Vintage Glam"...so we found this old newspaper print wallpaper at menards.  it worked out perfectly.  added a couple of coats of a polyurethane varnish to protect it and add some shine!  the knobs in the front were gold & old and didn't go with the look of the store at all, so i purchased some new wooden knobs {at menards} and painted them the pretty coral color that you see below...
my brother drilled a hole on top by where i placed the cash register for all my cords & WAH-LAH...just like that, we had created a unique, fun, and FUNCTIONAL cash register counter


seeing as it was in my parents house when we were young...i had to share a few photo's that i found this morning.  below is my younger brother, matt,  sitting at the center island {isn't he SO CUTE..i smile everytime i look at this!} 
below is another FUN picture i loved finding, it was taken probably about 30 years ago...
{& no not JUST because of stephanie's funny face in the back...LOL} but i love it even MORE because sitting down at the table is my older brother, eric, and our family friend, trisha.  wanna hear something so NEAT!?!?  eric & trish are still GREAT friends to this day - they are actually neighbors... and now THEIR kids are great friends and play together - isn't that neat!  i just love it!! :)   


and just ONE more...
{i believe there was chocolate involved, we all look pretty HAPPY!}

a few more AFTER photo's....


i appreciate you stopping by...
have a LOVELY Friday!!  :)
XOXO,
eryn

Friday, May 6, 2011

re-purposed friday {an old mirror turned fabulous!}

HAPPY friday...
HOORAY..we have the SUN SHINNING here in MN, it is a BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL DAY!!
...and i am super EXCITED to say it is OFFICIALLY garage sale season...WOOHOO!
i've picked up lots of goodies that need a little tlc & can't wait to show you them after i have updated them...

BUT TODAY i have another item that i repurposed inside Vintage Glam boutique.

the shop had a BIG lovely mirror
already in it when i took over.
 i wanted to keep it and it was too risky to try to remove it from the wall so we just left it where it was.  but at the same time, i just couldn't live with the GOLD framing that it had. 
check it out below...
{not so pretty}
we {my brother & i} just got some cheap base boards {not sure if that is the official name of them, but you know what i mean, right?} and when i say cheap, i mean really CHEAP! i only needed two strips and they were on sale at mendards for just 99 cents each...YEP, you heard that correctly, just ninety nine CENTS!
i had originally wanted a very extravagent ornate molding but after we saw these pieces, i figured we'll start out with this and i can always update it again later. 

how i did it...
i just painted the 2 strips of baseboard in an antique white color & then distressed them with sand paper & stain.
my brother cut them to fit and we adhered them to the mirror...right over the gold one.
SUPER SIMPLE, huh!  :)
i also added in the vinyl chandelier...fits Vintage Glam just perfectly!


it isn't a PERFECT frame...but it's imperfectly PERFECT for Vintage Glam!

i hope you have a FABULOUS Mother's Day weekend...
ENJOY it with the one's you love!
xoxo,
eryn

Mother's Day is THIS Sunday....

do you have your Mother's Day shopping done yet?
Stop into Vintage Glam today for something special!