Big Blue Birdie Love

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend! It is H*O*T here! It hit 98 degrees yesterday while I was out antiquing!  Summer is offensive to multiple senses - you practically melt when you're outside, but then you freeze to death when you're inside!  You smell like BO outdoors only to come in and smell like a wet dog.  Don't worry, I do take showers! ;)

Anywho! I've had this sweet little birdie resting on my living room dresser for awhile now.  I bought it from Hobby Lobby last year to go on my old purple dresser.  But now I have a completely different style chevron dresser.  So little birdie needed an update!

Here she is before (Yes, it's a she.  I checked). 

I used my free Valspar sample, Bayside.  Here she is after three coats.

I coated her with a sloppy layer of Valspar antiquing glaze.  I just used a foam brush then threw it away afterwards.

I had a moderately damp rag that I wiped over the entire bird after the glaze was applied.  I didn't want the glaze to be too overpowering, so I wiped off the glaze immediately before it could dry on too much.  I just left it in all the natural details.

"Nothing going on here - just a birdie hanging out on the porch!"

Isn't she so sweet?

This wouldn't be a Katie post without a blurry close-up!

Now she's sitting on the "new" table I bought at an antique store yesterday! What? Yes, I bought a refinished piece. It was weird, but I adore it on my back porch!

Doesn't she look so sweet with the yellow and white?  Don't you mind that green wall in the background.  I'm thinking ahead.  In a few years I'll be in a new house with new wall colors.  Things may just look weird around here for awhile! ;)

Here's a sneak peek at a faboo makeover I finished this weekend! You'll get to see the full reveal next weekend!

Cheers!

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