A Present for Mom

Aren't moms the best!
If you have one still living
you should let her know how much you appreciate her whenever you have the chance.
I remember always hugging my mom and saying, "I love you" when I was young.
 She would tell me how she couldn't believe how much I hugged her and said that.
Now that I am older, I can't hug her every day, but I always want her to know how much I love her.
Long distant hugs and kisses look like this now XOXO  :)

Well, anyway, my mom asked if I could paint this bookshelf for her birthday.
It was such a blank slate.
I was ready for the challenge.

She wanted me to put some graphics on it and make it pretty.
I thought she would want some color, but to my surprise she wanted it white and stained.
So I painted it white with some latex paint.
I kept all of my graphics that I printed off just in case I wanted to use them again--Perfect.

The top was too plain.
I wanted to add wood to the top, but what?
At last week's Rustic Restorations Weekend, Kim over at Reposhture gave me the idea
to use Pallet Boards for a top.
Here I go again with the hammer, but the nails came out easy--not easy peasy though.

I sanded and stained the pallets with Early American MinWax Stain.
I also used this stain over the white paint.

I chose three Fruit of the Spirit to paint on each shelf,
 that I have admired in my mom over the years. 
Meekness
Longsuffering
Goodness
They are centered even though it doesn't look like it on this pic.

On the one side I painted a nest.
I used this graphic from the Graphics Fairy on my
Little Miss Misfit.

On the other side I used this graphic from the Graphics Fairy
that I used on my Spice Cabinet.
I added some more twigs to make it look like her nest was coming out of the seams.

So here it is!

Happy Birthday MOM!
Here is the BEFORE:

and AFTER:

Now she needs to find room in her home for it :)
Happy rearranging!

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