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Auction Haul Frame Fun

8/11/2013

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Happy day, friends! It's been a couple of weeks. Again, I find myself apologizing for taking so long to post.  We have had family in town for a week and my work (yes, I still work a "real" job) moved to a new building last week. It's been super hectic. 

While the hubs folks, sister and her kiddos were in town, we managed to sneak away to the auction here in town. We are lucky to have an auction house 2 minutes from our home.  It's pretty great - dangerous, but convenient and FUN! If you haven't been to one, you should definitely Google auctions in your area. Even if you don't purchase something, it's a blast! Go in with a budget, though. It's tempting to try to out bid that jerk, ahem, I mean nice man, with loads of dough! Don't do it!
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$10 Auction Steal - BOX O'FRAMES
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Kind of ugly before...
Hubs and I "stole" this box of frames for ten bucks!  Actually, the picture of the box above is short about 5 frames (I had already taken them out to work on when I took the photo).  Some of them were old, some not so much. Actually, I guess some were probably vintage 80's, haha, I guess for some of you, that might be old. Anyway, Everyone loves a good frame, right?  They were mostly wood, but there were some metal ones in there too. 
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ASCP mix of Florence and Pure White. I painted complete, waited for it to dry and then took a wet rag and rubbed the raised edges, so the silver would show through.
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I painted these up with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, waxed them and added some pretty scrapbook paper. I know the 4 together are a little crazy as far as color combinations go, but I try to mix it up a bit when thinking about what will go in the shop. What floats my boat might not float yours!
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The ever present wet paint rubber/stepper/sitter, Baby.
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Pretty little bird frame looks nice on the hutch! Alas, I have decided to stop hoarding everything and am selling this one in the shop!
Thanks for stopping by, my friends! I'm hoping as summer winds down, I'll be able to post at least once a week. Who knew that working full-time, painting AND blogging could take up so much time, haha!
Until next time...
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18 Comments
Cathy link
8/11/2013 10:18:51 am

I love these frames - the color just pops... I have a box full of frames and I am always forgetting about them but, I am thinking I am going to put them to good use... found you through Homemaker on a Dime...

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Kris link
8/11/2013 11:03:25 am

Thank you, Cathy! Frames are great, you can do ALL kind of things with them! I stopped by your site, too. Love those painted pillows!

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Jenna link
8/11/2013 11:13:45 am

Wow! Awesome frames and I love that blue! Jenna @ <A href="http://www.rainonatinroof.com"><rel=”nofollow”>Rain on a Tin Roof</A>

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Becca link
8/12/2013 12:47:05 am

Love your color choices for the frames. They look great! Stop by my Friday's Five Features and link up this post (and others)! http://diy-vintage-chic.blogspot.com/2013/08/fridays-five-features-no-3.html

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Kristin link
8/13/2013 02:39:48 pm

Beautiful frames! I love the colors and they way they make these old frames all new and fresh.

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Kris link
8/15/2013 11:43:18 am

Thank you, Kristin! It really is amazing what paint can do! :-) Thank you for taking the time to comment!

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Parrish Ritchie link
8/14/2013 03:33:57 am

This looks awesome!!! We would love it if you would link up at our linky party:
http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/two-girls-and-a-party-link-up-29/
Live every Wednesday to Sunday.
Hosted by:
http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/ Parrish @ Life with the Crust Cut Off
http://thissillygirlslife.com/ Dana @ This Silly Girl’s Life
We hope to see you there!

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Katie @ Made to be a Momma link
8/14/2013 10:59:53 am

These are beautiful! What a difference some paint makes! I would love to have you share these over at Homemade By You!
http://www.madetobeamomma.com/2013/08/homemade-by-you-63.html

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Ana Lopes
8/15/2013 11:29:54 pm

Great job! Love it and the color is so pretty! Thanks so much for sharing! Would love to have you visit my blog sometime.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Hugs from Portugal,

Ana Love Craft
www.lovecraft2012.blogspot.com

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Sande Sivani link
8/16/2013 11:56:45 am

Your frames are gorgeous!! The gang over at My Personal Accent, would like to invite you to link-up this post at our new Blog Strut Peacock Style Link Party. Share as many of your creative ideas, recipes, and any other family friendly content as you like. We will be pinning every submission we receive. If you have a giveaway or contest you’d like to promote, feel free to post it on our giveaway page. Come on over and show us what you’ve got! http://www.mypersonalaccent.com/the-blog-strut-peacock-style-6/

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Ruth @ Living Well Spending Less link
8/16/2013 12:41:57 pm

I love painting frames all sorts of fun colors! It really gives them a great new look! I am loving the pretty blue you picked out!

I’d love it if you linked this up over at Living Well Spending Less for Thrifty Thursday this week! http://www.livingwellspendingless.com/category/thrifty-thursday/

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Kitty Dechanel link
8/17/2013 11:37:31 am

That silly Baby looks like she's going to make quite the mess. She and my jack russell would get along famously!

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Michele link
8/17/2013 01:40:03 pm

I love the freshness turquoise gives. Nice job. The frames turned out beautiful!

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Home Coming link
8/19/2013 06:14:55 am

Beautiful color choice! I'd love if you'd link up to The DIY'ers: http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-diyers-and-our-country-weekend.html

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Catherine @ Happily Ever Crafter link
8/19/2013 10:22:26 am

Such a simple and pretty idea!

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Sarah link
8/20/2013 07:56:55 am

Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing & linking up at Thank You Honey's Whatever Wednesday Party!!

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Madalyn McArthur link
8/27/2013 10:38:29 am

Lovely!
www.home-hearted.com

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mobile home roof link
12/23/2015 01:56:49 am

I read this article. I think You put a lot of effort to create this article. I appreciate your work.

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