Trash to Treasure with a French Twist!

Bon Jour, Mon Amis!

Well, I imagine that I'm not the only one who was suffering Blogger withdrawls for the past day or so!  I am so happy that all seems to be working (let's keep our fingers crossed!).

And I also think that it's safe to say that we have alot of catching up with each other, as you all seem to have an overabundance of creative juices flowing!

So, for today I thought I'd share a few makeovers from a couple of things I found at a garage sale last week.

 If you have been following me for even a short period of time, you probably know that I am forever on the prowl for Syroco anything!  So, I was thrilled when I found a pair of vintage Syroco type frames last week!  This is not what they looked like when I found them, however!

They started out looking like this (which I actually really liked), but since the prints has suffered a but of water damage, I knew that I could come up with some other ideas!  I did save the prints though, as I thought they were just too pretty to toss!  So some day I'll have to come up with another idea for them.

I love how the frames really look like intricately carved wood.  Unless you were to pick them up, you never would know the difference!

For the makeover, I brought out my trusty Heirloom White, followed by some distressing and an antiquing glaze.  The glaze really highlights all of the wonderful "carved" details of the frames!  You also probably know that I have a love affair with Paris!  So, I found these two amazing graphics of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame over at The Graphics Fairy.  I printed them out onto vintage sheet music, and oooh, la, la!   I am thrilled with the way they turned out!

 I have put these in my Etsy shop, if you care to take a look!

 Now all I need is a plane ticket to Paris, and I will be all set!:)

At the same sale, I also found the neatest bottle!  I was so excited to alter it, that in my haste I forgot to take a before shot!  I'm not sure if it's vintage or not, or what it's use was.  But I knew that as soon as I saw the unique shape, I just had to have it!

 This was my first attempt at creating an altered bottle, and I had so much fun putting it all together!

 I started with my favorite crinkly taupe seam binding, then added some silk hydrangea blossoms that I'd glittered (you know how much I love my glitter!).   I then added a neat skeleton key that says "memory", and a little tag I created from vintage French book pages, stamped with a crown image (glittered of course.  You can never have too much glitter!).

 I adore the shape of this bottle!  I've never seen one like it before!  If any of you have any ideas as to what this may have been used for, I'd love to hear it!

While I'm having a hard time parting with this, I am going to be putting it in my Etsy shop later today!

I'll be back on later tonight to check out what all of you creative ladies have been up to!  Have a great weekend!
I am linking up to the following great parties:
Funky Junk Interiors SNS
Boogieboard Cottage Masterpiece Monday 
Between Naps on the Porch Metamorphosis Monday