saturday crafting

a few weeks ago, mitchel and i went on a little trip to slc. it was a whirlwind of shopping in one day, so we could have a ton of adventurous fun on the other 2 days. on our way home from one of the stores, we passed a yard sale and i noticed this delightful, little cookie jar on the table, for sale.



for those of you who don't know, i am a fan of happy gnomes. i have owned a garden gnome or two, and i may or may not consider them to be good luck charms. (okay, i do...but shhhh...some people think i'm crazy.) this piece may, technically, be a dwarf or an elf of some sort, but i consider it to be a gnome. and it's mine, now, so i am the boss.

anyway, the cookie jar was only $3. i was so excited. but, it was sort of plain. brown. boring. snoozefest. ick. so i decided to paint it to match my kitchen better. i haven't done anything crafty for so long, i was afraid i'd forgotten how, but i think it turned out pretty cute.



probably anything i put inside it will end up smelling like spray paint, so maybe it will have to hold non-edible items. but still...it looks so cute in my kitchen corner.



three dollars, well spent. i say.