"Handy as a pocket on a t-shirt," said Steven.

HELP!  My husband is sabotaging my business!!!  I ordered 2 CUTE time out chairs online to paint and sell.  One he put together wrong and the other he cracked!  I love him, but he just isn’t the handiest.  He claims he is as “handy as a pocket on a t-shirt,” but I beg to differ.  We laughed a lot tonight working on these chairs and we had a good time, but now I am stuck with a cracked chair and a slightly off chair that I can’t sell.  He wants another try at this chair with 4 parts, but I am not so sure.  I then had him screw in some letters on a board.  It is really cute, but I told him, “steven, make sure not to drill through the letter.”  I then hear a loud “oops” and a chuckle.  What am I going to do with him!?!   Regardless, I think I can fix the letters, give one chair to Eli and we will just call the other chair a practice round.  I am so thankful he helps me with my little projects and we have fun but I might need to invest in a secret handy man…

Here are the chairs in the raw with the primer.  I plan to paint them a fun color and put a cute saying on them.  Thankfully, my supply that I can get is unlimited...

Here are is the large "family" wall sign.  It is 90 inches long and about 15-18 inches tall.  I love oversized signs.  Cute huh!!! Selling for $70 (now Sold)

I am now doing simple tin door art.  I think I am going to sell them for $20 as long as the shape is simple.  Cutting this metal is sort of dangerous.  My hands are cut up, but I acheived the results I wanted.  Kind of messy and imperfect, but a cute, bright pop for our front door.

Enjoy and Love,

Kristin

Introducing Kaleidoscope!!!!

I have now named my furniture finishing business Kaleidoscope.  Thank you again the Kathleen Buchanan for naming my business!!!  She is so good at that she should start a business naming businesses.  She named my blog too!  So....why Kaleidoscope....well...it seems my hobbies continue to change, but my love keeps coming back to painting.  A Kaleidoscope changes as you turn it so that is why we named it Kaleidoscope.  With this business, I plan to sell my crates, frames, wall hangings (coming soon) and any cool old furniture I find.  I also just refinished my great grandmothers sewing table and I would like to learn to do appliques and sew a little bit.  Here is a picture...  The pic is brighter because of my flash, but I am obsessed with this peacock blue right now.  I think it is soooo pretty!  :)  Old furniture is made so well.  Not only is it heavy, this table folds out and my sewing machine pops up.  Cool huh?!

I have started an etsy store and I plan to get a button to punch from my blog, but for right now, go top www.etsy.com and look up kaleidoscopekb to see my items right now.

Also, Did I mention I now have a logo.  Thank you Chris Stinson for the help!!!

So if you need any help refinishing a piece of furniture that needs a little brightening up, let me know.  I am your girl!!!

Love,

Kristin



Fun hobby

Once we got Eli on a sleep schedule (which was a while ago) we would put him to bed and I would wonder...now what?!? With a blink of an eye everything slowed down. Most parents would plop on the couch but ever since I had a baby, I have a hard time slowing down. If I am not picking up the house, doing laundry, cooking, washing dishes I am doing my favorite hobby: refinishing furniture. I love finding something ugly/old and giving it a whole new look. I get a huge feeling of accomplishment once I complete something, plus (if I can part with it) I make a little extra money. Here are some pics of a few of my favorites...
Enjoy and love,
Kristin