Shhh...don't tell....

I am so excited about the gifts Elli will be getting this Christmas....they are all pieces of furniture that I have picked up - or rather - out of other people's trash ;)

Believe it or not someone actually threw this chair out as is....unbelievable....so all I had to do to this rocker was clean off all the mud, leaves, and spider webs...

This doll high chair was painted a chipped and faded light blue, and one of the spindles on the back of the chair was broken in half.  When I saw it in the garbage I had to save it.  It reminded me of one I had just like it when I was little.  I glued the spindle back together - it was a clean break - and then painted it a dark brown.... 

This little baby crib was actually a magazine rack.  I picked it up off the curb last January - actually, Mackenzie, my niece, picked it up for me.  I was driving Mackenzie somewhere when she was visiting, and I saw it and I made her get out and put it in the car.  It was very dirty and gross.  I took out the center rack that held the magazine, filled in the holes, stained the patchwork and scratches, polished it up, then made a mattress, pillow, and blanket for it out of scrap fabric that I had....VOILA!!! 

I know I took "before" pictures of all of these things, but I cannot find them - they are somewhere in the many folders, files, and backed up files on our computer :/  Anyway, I am so excited to place these little treasures under the tree for her in just 4 days!!!  Yeah!!!