Busy week

  I have been busy this week with a few projects.  I started knitting a shrug for our Emma which I hope to have done by Tuesday.  I made the Robin's egg frame from the earlier post this week.  I've made a few cards that I will post tomorrow.  Oh and I almost forgot about the London collage for Katherine.  But I have finally got around to working on my jewelry box.

  About a month ago I had taken all the jewelry out and pulled all the hardware off, but I put it aside because I had no place to paint it due to the weather.  The weather was good today and nice enough I could paint it on the deck.  I'm not finished by any means but here are a few pics for a sneaky peek at  it.

I can't wait to get the painting part done.  I'll have to make a quick run to Jo-ann's to find a pretty fabric to reline the drawers.  

Jewelry box before

I want to start refinishing old furniture or at least my old furniture but I'm a bit scared to start.  Plus I have a hutch being stored in my parents' garage that I got for free that I want to redo. (and I'm sure they would like it out of their garage.)  So I've planned a beginner project for myself of refinishing my old jewelry box.  I've had it for a good 20 years. My parents gave it to me for Christmas when I was in high school and I love it, but it has seen better days.

It doesn't look too bad in the picture but it has scratches and other small imperfections from numerous moves and kiddos going through it.  So hopefully if all goes well I will have this refinished by next week.