Another Thrift Store Find

Hubby is still recovering from his surgery.

He ended up getting a BAD staph infection

and is on heavy duty antibiotics.

Today he is showing signs of improvement!

 

It's a good thing that we have been home lately.

We had water damage in our lower lever

which needed to be taken care of immediately!

So the last 4 days I have been cleaning, cleaning, cleaning,

sorting, sorting, sorting, throwing away and donating what I could
and still trying to take care of Hubby.

It was a MESS!

 

On one of my trips to donate items to our local Thrift store,

I thought that I would pop in quickly to see if I could find

anything that I could repurpose.
I needed a little de-stressing therapy!

 

I found another urn!

This one costs me $2.29.

I knew exactly what I was going to do with this!

 

 

This one also had some fake flower arrangement that I removed

and donated back to the Thrift store.

I wanted only the urn.

 

This baby is HEAVY!

 

I liked the color o.k. but it was just a little too orange-y looking for me.

I wanted it to look like it had been sitting outside in

the elements and had developed a beautiful patina to it.

So I dug out my paints and painted it.

 

After the paint had dried I planted some succulents in it.

 

 

It now has that perfectly aged look.

 

 

Beautiful!

 

 

I have a secret....

 

My succulents are faux.

Could you tell that they are fake?

Take a closer look.

 

 

Hubby sure couldn't tell the difference!

They even feel like the real deal.

 

Right before I took my pictures, I spritzed my plants with a

water bottle to make it look like I had just watered them.

 

Wet or dry these plants look so realistic!

 

I am so happy how this little project turned out.

 

Especially since I don't have to worry about watering these!

They will last forever...

 or until our cat decides she wants to chew on them!

 

That's it for this week.

 

Until Next Time,

Veronica