Curious Fabulizations

Curious Fabulization

Love the idea of Fabulization but don't have the time/patience/materials to do it? Well, you're in luck :) I've just opening an Etsy store to supply the teaming masses with my fabulized items (that might be more wishful thinking than anything else).

So check it out today! Introductory items are available at a discount for a limited time! 

Western Colorado Botanical Gardens

Today I was able to go to the Western Colorado Botanical Gardens for a Summer Reading Workshop sponsored by the Colorado State Library. 

The workshop was fantastic and I got SOOO many ideas that my head is spinning!

In addition to a great workshop, we got a tour of the gardens from the Master Gardener. What a lovely place!! Enjoy these pics!

It's Delightfully Spooky!

I saw something like this on pinterest and I decided to create my own. 

I started with a bag of bones (literally) {$10} and a sad looking wooden wreath {$2}.

I already had the "spooky fabric" and those strange looking berry/floral things. All I needed was some hot glue and it was all easy peasy from there. 

{This is also the saddest tutorial ever because hot glue doesn't really wait around for you to take pictures}

This what it looked like when I started.

Total creepiness!

That is the wreath hanger I picked up this weekend for $0.50!

What did you do this weekend?

Not to brag ... but I had a delightfully busy weekend :)

Yard Sales

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Fabulized Mozart

Book Pumpkin

Book Page Lotus Flowers

Book Page Roses

Hand Dyed Coffee Filter Lotus Flowers

That was one big spider I think

Through the front window ... I think a murder happened in my house :)

Help, this fake blood stained my hands red!

Finally, my totally spooky, utterly fabulous, Halloween Wreath!

Paper Flowers

After finding a great paper fold ... I spent my weekend doing these.

From a book page

Series of flowers on some stems

The flowers in their new home ... along with some halloween decorations.

Book page roses

Lotus Flowers from magazine pages ... easy and lovely (and HUGE)

Lotus Flower Fold from hand dyed coffee filters

Later this week you will be able to check out these items on my Etsy store :)

Book Pumpkin Tutorial

Maybe you've seen all these pumpkins everywhere too ... I really wanted one.

So I decided I needed to make it and I now understand why people pay for these :)

Step one was to pick up a cheapy hardback from the library book sale. 

I took off the cover and traced what I wanted the pumpkin to look like. 

I used these clamps to even the pages and help to hold onto the book.

Then I cut the pages - which made a GIANT mess and was the most difficult thing I'd ever done - but I did it without cutting off my fingers :)

After cutting I opened it up - fabulized! I did file the pages to make things smooth.

Here on my handy-dandy drop cloth.

I used this spray paint that was made for paper and Styrofoam. It was pretty terrible - thick and goopy, had great coverage. It also smelled terrible. So, I was distracted and forgot some in-between pictures. 

Here is a nearly dry pumpkin ... which looks pretty awesome. This was a decorative stick that was a left over from some wedding decorations. 

Here it is finished (and sitting next to the candy bowl). I took two pages from the leftover part of the book and cut out some leaves. Then using two colors of dry pastels I covered the leaves and rubbed them together. A little hot glue and it looks better than I would have imagined. I love it! 

Maybe I'll make some for Etsy ... if I can figure out how to hold this without cutting off any fingers!

Mozart the Fabulized!

Maybe you will recognize that Mozart bust that I picked up for a song at a yard sale yesterday? Well, here he is, all fabulized and wonderful!

Yep that is both my kitchen counter and my front door paint. I decided that there wasn't a better place to do it then right where I had a sink, so here we go. Originally I was going to paint it purple to go in my guest room ... but this turquoise paint was too tempting (and I have so much, so why not).

Here he is in all his original blandness.

First step toward fabulization (and the first coat of paint). 

After his second coat of paint. He looks pretty stunning I think.

Here he is at his new home on my guest room dresser. 

Now that I'm looking at this picture I'm thinking how anxious I am to get that room painted.

This morning it was freezing ...

... but I went yard saleing anyway. I'm so glad that I did! What fabulous scores were in store on this oh so brisk Fall morning :) 

Here are all my "scores" on my fab bench ... this I got a bunch? Just keep scrolling to see what I spent!

One of my favorite Estate Sale Organizers was having a great sale today --- everything you could fit in a bag for a buck! There are 16 napkins, four of three different styles (and in GREAT shape). 6 little green glass plates that totally match some bowls I got earlier this summer. Two vases, one modern one pretty traditional (both great quality). That metal organizer thingy that I'm not sure what I'm going to do with yet. A little clear glass jar (picture on the right, bottom left hand corner) that looks like an ink well. Glass ornaments in original box and that little wooden nutcracker ornament. Finally, you cant really see them hanging from the corner of the ornament box - but there is a little glass bell chime that is too sweet! It was in the ornament box and I didn't even find it until I got home!

$1.00 

It's Mozart!! Well, his bust anyway. This is ceramic and heavy. I'm thinking it would look pretty awesome painted bright purple and in my guest room :)

$1.00

I guess these are for fruit, but I'm thinking of hanging it in my craft closet for some loose misc things.

$0.50

Apothecary Jar -- about eight inches tall. Probably brand new, but still adorable. I'm thinking of fabulizing it with a chalkboard label and it instantly becomes a gift :)

$0.75

I'm always on the lookout for letters in my name (or initials). This was probably a bookend, but the A is long gone now. It is ceramic and very heavy, about six inches tall. I'll fabulize this with a coat of paint at some point. 

$0.50

We all know my LOVE for all things Pyrex! This cute holiday dish (with divider) was a mere ...

$2.00

Two silver-plate trays. Will either be fabulized with some chalkboard paint or made all pretty for Christmas gifts.

$2.00 

I could not get a great picture of these to save my life ... they are three bells on a fairly cheesy holiday display. The display is already gone -- the bells will be great for "something" I'll do later.

$0.25

The LP of West Side Story and a great condition copy of Where The Wild Things Are. I'm just building a collection of records and normally I don't pay more than $0.10, but for this one I splurged. 

$0.25

The book is so cute and I'm thinking some framed illustrations might be in order. 

$0.10 

Card Table tablecloth with such sweet embroidery. I'm thinking that it'll be fabulized into a baby gift. 

$1.50

That funky gold thing is an over-the-door wreath hanger.

$0.50

This really was the score of the day. I was at the Habitat Re-Store (where I also got the Z and the apothecary jar) and they hadn't priced it, but had left the garage sale sticker on. It is hand painted and perfect for one of my fabulization projects :) 

$0.50

Grand Total from today's Yard Sales?

$10.85