Basura to treasure.... :)

So on Sunday when I was taking out the trash,

I came upon this ...

I love how people put things they don't want anymore

"next" to the trash so someone like me can

come along and do that- tilt your head to the side thing

and say quietly to yourself "why is this in the trash?"

...then look both ways and haul it home!

I think at one time this señorita hung in a Mexican restaurant

or something, because I could faintly see the words burrito and 

salsa and an outline of a chili drawn in chalk pen.

Pobrecita:( she was dirty, scratched and in desperate need

of a makeover:)

So I gave her a good scrubbing and then started that makeover

with a fresh layer of

chalkboard paint.

After that dried, I tackled the frame. At first 

I painted it white and....

HATED it!! It was too stark:(

So Rio told me I needed to paint it gold.

Perfect!!

After it all dried, I was looking at it and I thought it just

 needed a little something more...

So I drove the 3 minutes to Rio's house and used her Silhouette

machine:)

Just kidding!

RIO used the machine. I sat on her couch (wearing a ridiculous ensemble

because I was freezing) and played games on my phone while

she went to work printing me some letters. 

Then because Rio is a control freako like her mama,

she came over and put the letters on,

because "you won't do it right mom".

I love her:)

And here she is all bright and shiny!

She sits at the top of the landing on the second floor,

near the guest room:)

From basura to treasure!!