Thursday, January 23, 2020

Upcycle Whimsical Painted Urn

It's time for The Thrift Store Upcycle Challenge on the fourth Thursday of the month! Our first for the new year, 2020! Here, a group of creative bloggers come together to share their lovely transformations of a thrift store item. Who doesn't love thrift store upcycle projects - whether it's actually creating one or admiring how an item from a thrift store was transformed! 


 
 The Rules:
  • Upcycle an item(s) from a thrift store, resale store, or garage sale into a new piece of decor.
  • There's no monthly theme.
  • There's no budget to stick to.
Meet the Hosts:
Angela | Simply Beautiful By Angela - Pili | My Sweet Things  
Beverly | Across the Blvd - Gail | Purple Hues and Me 
Chas | Chas' Crazy Creations - Michelle | Our Craft Mom  
Meredith | Thriftwood Home - Kathleen | Our Hopeful Home 

It's always fun shopping at Thrift stores! Sometimes you discover awesome pieces and sometimes you don't! I think it just depends on the day! I found a winner when I came upon this beauty a few months ago!  It was only $3.99! What a bargain!
The urn had lots of blemishes and imperfections and it didn't do much good using sandpaper on it since it was concrete. But it was a solid piece! I wanted to paint the urn in a whimsical design using a bit of purple - and not do the usual aged look finish. So I started out using a white chalk paint to cover all of it - inside and out!
Next, I added purple using metallic acrylics to some of the raised designs around the bottom. At that point things were not looking so good.  It still looked plain and when I attempted to add stripes to the upper portion using masking tape, the tape took off some of the chalk paint, so I nixed doing that. 

Then I thought how polka dots would be easy to add and help give the urn a striking design.  So I dipped the end of a wooden dowel into the metallic paint and carefully pressed it onto the urn surface for what I think is a lovely effect. 
After the dots were completely dry, I applied a couple of coats of gloss varnish to seal and give the finish a shiny look!
What a fun way to update a thrift store urn!



And now for more thrifty goodness!
Check out what my fellow upcyclers created below!


12 comments:

  1. Cute as can be. Love the polka dots. How about painting like Mackenzie Child’s

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  2. Thanks Linda! I know! Deep down I think that's what inspired me! Mackenzie Childs has some lovely whimsical pieces!

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  3. Beautiful colors and great upcycle. Pinned and thanks so much for sharing.

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  4. Thanks for the sweet comments and for pinning!

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  5. What a fun decor piece with the purple dots. Great tip to use the end of the dowel to make the dots.

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  6. I, too, see MacKenzie Childs' style in this one! Great vision and outcome:) xo Kathleen

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  7. Gail,
    Love what you did with the urn!! So pretty!! It looks like we have the same ball of greenery..Thanks so much for stopping by!!
    Hugs,
    Deb

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  8. I love this Makeover! It's giving me MacKenzie Childs vibes! Pretty! Pinning!

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  9. Great thrift store transformation ~ I love polka dots ~ Pinned! I'm visiting from Creative K Kids. If you haven't done your pinning yet, I'm #24 & 25. Have a great weekend!

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  10. Your urn looks pretty now, Gail. I love polka dots too

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