Misadventures in Crafting

 They family who bought the foreclosure house next door, who have been doing nothing to fix it up, did have a dumpster day about a month ago.  Prior to the dumpster showing up, I found this on the curb outside the house.  It's an old-style bathroom vanity.  It had been a painted over a few times and was in rough shape.  But I grabbed it anyway.

The first thing I did was sand it down and remove as much of the paint splotches as possible.  It had a lot of crap on the front, rust on the sides, and the interior was painted pink.  The bathroom it was pulled out of was baby blue and pink.  Really horrible!

I managed to get the door painted black with Rustoleum, and the inside is white.  I could not completely restore the mirror as it had gotten grey/discolored around the edges. All my car in extracting it and cleaning it was for nothing.  Right before I put it back in, I gently set it on the floor to lean against the wall, to keep it out of my way.  A corner piece completely broke off!  I was able to join it back with duct tape and super glue.  Now it is solidly back in place.  

The finished product is OK. I don't know what I will use it for, but I could not see it going to a landfill!  This is not the best picture of it.  Once I get it situation somewhere nice, I'll take a better picture.

My other craft project that is less than perfect, is the copper wire-wrap I did for three stones. I bought this leather choker a while back but hadn't been able to use any of my existing pendants on it -- so I thought I'd make a new one.

I think I need to take more care in my projects.  But when you have as little time as I do, you're probably better off not starting them in the first place!