February Before & After: A pretty pitcher

Hello all! I�m back this month with a very simple but beautiful (I think so anyway) before and after project!

It started with a recent trip to Goodwill � I don�t go as often as I used to (see my STUFF post), so I haven�t found nearly as much good stuff as I used to. (You have to go fairly often to get the good pickins.)

But that day, the heavens shined down on this beauty on the top shelf:

Ummm�OK, well the shape was beautiful. I guess the flowers weren�t that bad, they just weren�t what I was  going for. :)

But the size, the lovely lines, the beautiful spout � they had me at Hello.

I knew I could spruce her up with a few coats of spray paint. And a �few� coats turned into about eleventy billion. Or so. Maybe about seven. Whatever.

It took five coats of spray primer to get those purdy flowers covered up. I did an additional two coats of a glossy white on top.

After trip to Trader Joe�s for some (fairly) cheap tulips, I was able to bring my vision for this cutie to life:

Oh SWOON. Just�swoon. I am so ready for tulips people. I actually don�t mind the snow that much � but we�ve been hammered with it and ice over the past couple of months (way more than usual) and I�m really starting to miss green grass.

Will I ever see it again?

I don�t care what Punxsutawney Phil says, I think it�s gonna be awhile.  :)

Even with the meeeellion coats of spray paint, this is one of my easiest and favorite spray paint transformations yet:

I wish I could have gotten some shots in the daylight, but we got home from dinner too late. I�m ready for more photo taking hours in the day too, while we�re talking about spring. :)

I absolutely love the pretty shape � looks like it came out of a Pottery Barn catalog doesn�t it?

Only their version -- $39. Mine? A whole five buckaroos. :)

WHOO HOO!

Now, I won�t be pouring any lemonade with mine � it�s just for holding beautiful flowers. And I�m totally OK with that.

I just LOVE IT.

Soooo�my before and after for the month � a Goodwill find transformed with my beloved. My BFF. Spray paint:

Now it�s time to see what you�ve been up to!

Be sure to link up to your post, not your blog. And I�d love it if you�d include this pretty little button and a link back to this post:

I�m trying a new linky this time, so I hope this works! :)

Have fun � I�ll leave this open for a week, so link. it. up!