Look at the table to the left: I DID make that (or my own version)

I love stuff. But I'm cheap. That's the inspiration behind most of my creations. I see things I love in stores I can't afford to even be shopping in: Anthropologie, Pottery Barn, Anthrpologie, Z Gallerie, Anthropologie - you get the picture.

When I see something I really want, I'm inspired to try to make it - perhaps "fake it" would be a better term. I carry a picture on my phone and refer to it as I look for similar shapes or details in items at yard sales or thrift stores (pathetic, I know!) Such was the case with the Blue Butterfly Table. If you look left at the "I Want to Make That" feature you will see the inspiration piece from Urban Outfitters (younger, hipper sibling of Anthropologie.) It's a simple pedestal table in a medium blue with just a hint of aqua (check out Pottery Barn Kids - they have tons of furniture the same color. So I was looking for the same shape wooden table, figuring I would have to strip it and try to recreate the color. But fortune was smiling on me - I found THE TABLE, in THE COLOR at a yard sale price. I love it when a good plan comes together.

Found the table just like this!

I got the table home and thought it needed a little something more. Since it has a lip around the edge, I decided to get a glass top to fit into it and then decoupage something on the table surface. But then I had an idea, what if I did something under the glass that WASN'T permanent, something that could be changed at the whim of the owner and that's what I did.

Butterflies!

So currently, the table has lovely Victorian butterfly decals, the kind you put on walls and can remove easily. The results are beautiful, if I do say so myself.  Just waiting for the glass top to be finished and the project will be fait accomplis! Sadly I will need to find this little beauty a new home. I'd rather keep it, but I've got lots of future projects that are crowding my very patient husband out of the house. So it's gotta go. If you are interested let me know...local (Metro Bakersfield) buyers get free delivery. I'll research shipping for anyone not in the general vicinity.

So, if you are interested, please comment me, email me, Facebook me, tweet  me, text me, check out my Etsy shop or just leaflet my house for goodness sake!