Summer is almost here, and I’m all over it! During one of my biweekly occasional trips to the thrift store (‘the GW’) I came across these beautiful ornate wooden plates.
There were about 10 of them stacked up nicely, neat, and clean. What would I do with them? Yet, how could I possibly pass them up? I couldn’t. But I only took 6 out of principle. Sometimes I don’t understand my own logic.
Anyway, check out the pretty detail on these babies! They’re solid wood! Oh, I forgot the best part… 99 cents a piece!
I thought I’d paint two of them yellow and hang them up in the staircase amongst the sea of my kid’s pictures. And what better message to write on them than ‘you are my sunshine’, cause they are!
I took them outside and got to painting with the spray can:
Went over it again lightly with the white primer, just in the middle. Then with vinyl letters I spelled out the words ‘you are my’ on one plate, and ‘sunshine’ on the other.
For the second plate I used larger letters (4″) for the ‘Sun’ half of the word, and the usual 2″ letters for the ‘shine’ half.
Adding one more coat of yellow over the whole thing.
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Our Pinteresting Family says
These are amazing! That is my favorite song!!! Megan
Chase the Star says
Thanks Megan! I love that song too!
Becca @ The Sassy Penguin says
These came out beautiful. I’m sure they will look better on the wall instead of the floor though. hehe.
Chase the Star says
Becca, I was waiting for someone to call me out on that! I am planning on putting them up tonight…or tomorrow! haha! Thanks for the compliment and for stopping by!
Claire @ a little something in the meantime . . . says
What a great thrifting find and an even better transformation! I love the colour and the distressing. Can’t wait to see what you do with the rest :)
Chase the Star says
Thank you Claire!! Have a great week!
sara @ applestone drive says
Love these! What a fabulous thrift store find. Can’t wait to see what you do with the rest!!
Chase the Star says
Sara, thanks! Still no idea, but it’ll come to me! hee,hee!
Our DIY Diaries says
What a great find! I love what you did with them! I would love for you to link them up at our party.
http://www.ourdiydiaries.com/2012/05/fab-not-drab-friday.html
Jen
Chase the Star says
Thank you Jen! I’ll stop by!!
Jamie @ Sew Rockin' says
LOVE LOVE LOVE these!!! Yellow is such an awesome color :)
I constantly find myself in the same situation…”ooh they have 10 but I only need 1″. It is sooooo hard to pass up. You are good for ONLY getting 6. I would have gotten the 6, I would have probably went back the next day and got the other 4! :)
Chase the Star says
Jamie, I’m seriously regretting not getting all 10, although I still have 4 that I don’t know what to do with! But still it’d be better to have them all here and not at the thrift store (if someone else hasn’t snatched them up!) Ack! Thanks for the comment and have a great day!
Katie says
These are adorable! What a neat find! Very creative use too! I love the bright yellow!
Chase the Star says
Katie, thanks so much!
twelve-O-eight says
Hi Barbara, I am a new reader, creating over at http://www.twelveoeight.blogspot.com/ These turned out beautiful. Can’t wait to check out what else you are working on!
Chase the Star says
hi! You’re my 100th follower! Thank you so much for the visit and hope you stick around for a while! Going to stop by your place as well. Blessings!! xo
Jaime Lyn says
I LOVE how these turned out friend!!!! :) so so so summer-y I think I would like a set of these in my new house!!! Ohhh I might have to go and find some of these at a thrift store too!!!!
Jaime
ps thanks for linking up!!!
Chase the Star says
Thanks Jaime!! I have 4 more, come and get ’em! ;) Congrats again on your new place! I bet your’re not sleeping a wink tonight with all the excitement! xo
Jillian @ Hi! It's Jilly says
Wow! Those turned out so awesome! What a great idea! Pinning! :)
Chase the Star says
Thanks so much Jillian!!
Lindsay says
Oh my goodness, I LOVE these little plates! The yellow is just so happy! Great job!
Chase the Star says
Thank you Lindsay, yellow makes me happy!
Janet says
They look truly amazing!!! I love dollar store transformations!
Chase the Star says
Janet-thanks!! Me too!!
Sue says
I am stopping in from Richella’s party. Your plates are fantastic. What a transformation. That is my favorite song to sing to my grandchildren so it has extra special significance for me. Fun project and quite a deal. I never seem to find anything worthwhile at GW. I think I need to go more often:-)
Chase the Star says
Thanks so much Sue! Good luck at the GW! Hope you find something worthwhile! Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Shirley says
Great idea! I have a large wooden plate in my garage waiting for this!! Tomorrow it happens ;) *ps I couldn’t have resisted all 10 plates*
Chase the Star says
Shitley, thank you! I bet yours will be lovely!
Monica B. says
Barbara…thank you for linking up to furniture friday.
We will forgive you this time because these plates are soooo cute. You are one lucky girl to score these. Hopefully we will see you again next week.
xo…mONICa
Chase the Star says
Thank you Monica!! Thanks for understanding!!
Erica {let why lead} says
I was not at all surprised when I clicked over from Imparting Grace and found that this post was from you! :) I adore them! Bright, bright yellow is perfect for summer!
Chase the Star says
Erica that’s so flattering!! Thank you very much!
Adrianne at Happy Hour Projects says
What did you use for the letters, just paper? Or were they vinyl? I have a piece I’d like a similar look for, just trying to decide how to approach it. :)
Thanks for dropping by Happy Hour Projects, following you!
Adrianne
http://www.happyhourprojects.com
Chase the Star says
Adrianne, thank you for stopping by, and for the follow! I used vinyl letters for this project. Can’t wait to see how yours turn out!
Jennie Larsen says
YOUR TALENT IS FEATURED IN COMS- SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT TALENT SHOW. hugs, jen
Chase the Star says
Jenny, thank you SO MUCH!! SO cool to be featured!!
Abbie says
Beeeeauuuutiful!
Chase the Star says
Thank you!! *blushing*
Rose Jesky says
Those are great. I love that song it is so encouraging, my mom sang it to me as a little girl and I love sharing it with my kids. Thanks for coming and sharing this with us at The Sunday Round Up.
Rose
Chase the Star says
That’s so sweet Rose! I love how we’re able to share thing from our childhoods with our kids. Thank you for stopping by!
Kristin says
So cute! Love them =)
Chase the Star says
Thanks so much Kristin! Hope to see you around here again soon!
Bonnie and Trish @ Uncommon says
These are precious! Love the yellow! What a terrific find and transformation! Featuring you tonight on our FB page!! ;)
Chase the Star says
Thanks Bonnie and Trish!! SO cool!!
Heather Kaluf says
What a great find and I love what you did to them. The yellow is perfect!
Thanks for sharing at our Sunday Round Up! Can’t wait to see what you have for us next weekend. Have a GREAT week!
xoxo
Heather
Chase the Star says
Heather thanks so much! ‘See’ ya next week!
Chrissy Taylor says
These are adorable! I love the color! Found you through The Grant Life and I am a new follower. I would love for you to stop by and share this at my party?? http://www.thetaylor-house.com/2012/05/taylor-house-thursday-7.html
Chase the Star says
Chrissy, thank you! I’ll be sure to stop by and link up!
bonniegetchell says
These are SO CUTE!!! I love that song so I’m obsessed with these! Pinning them for later.. I need to find wooden plates!! :)
-Bonnie @ Revolutionaries
http://www.revolutionariesblog.com
Chase the Star says
Bonnie, thank you for the pin! Also thanks for stopping by! I’ll be checking your place out now!
gail wilson says
Your wooden plates look so sunny! :) Perfect application for this sentiment!
gail
Chase the Star says
Thanks Gail!!
Kelly @ Here Comes the Sun says
These are so bright and sunny! I love them! Thank you for sharing at Fabulous Friday. I’m featuring you!
http://herecomesthesun-kelly.blogspot.com/2012/05/fabulous-friday-26.html
Chase the Star says
SO EXCITING! Thank you for the bloggy love Kelly! These are so far my favorite project!!
Rose Jesky says
Hay. I’m featuring this today @ http://www.arosiesweethome.com/2012/05/fabulous-friday-features.html
Come see and grab a button.
Chase the Star says
Yey Thanks Rose!! Woo hoo!!!
~ Tami says
Cute! I would love for you to link up at our Friday Block Party at Curb Alert! The link is open all weekend :)
http://tamicurbalert.blogspot.com/2012/05/friday-block-party-5-feature-from-party.html
Thanks, Tami
Chase the Star says
Thank you Tami! I’ll stop by!
Christine says
$0.99?? NO WAY!!! LOVE IT!!! I just ADORE yellow!!!
Thanks so much for sharing at The DIY Dreamer… From Dream To Reality!
I’m looking forward to seeing what you link up this evening!
Chase the Star says
Yes can you believe it??! Crazy! Thanks so much! On my way to link up now!!
Tutus & Tea Parties says
These came out great! Thank you so much for entering in the Craftastic Competition. Good luck!
Chase the Star says
Thank you so much!!
Molly says
Gah, your projects are always so great! I’m loving every one of them you entered at the Craftastic Competition!! I’ve been looking for a new art idea for my dining room, and I think I might have to give this technique a try. Thanks for sharing!!
-Molly
http://www.justalittlecreativity.com
Chase the Star says
Molly you totally made my day!! Thanks for your kind words! Thank you for hosting the competition:)