Friday, December 14, 2012

The pink-a-thon begins


It's only a few more sleeps until my littlest girl has her fourth birthday. The invitations have been sent, the theme chosen, the cake planned and the countdown of sleeps remaining  is  discussed daily. There has been no time for all the Christmas hoopla, we are in serious party planning mode. And this means some serious pink.

So I have been busy working on a birthday present surprise project for my pink loving girl. Remember this shelf for $15 from the oppie near the sea?


Well, I finally got around to painting it white and preparing it for a wallpaper makeover. I wanted to do something similar to the dresser I did a while back.


This time I decided we needed a whole lot more pink. Thank goodness for Ada from Vintage sheet addict opening her little blog shop on the other side of the world. She has THE best stash of vintage wallpaper I have seen and she is selling it in mixed bundles and also by the metre/roll. Needless to say, due to prompt international postage, Christmas came early at my place.


The Mod Podge dries so quickly in this hot humid December weather, lucky I'm a fast worker.






So, do you think it's pink enough? We'll have to wait and see what the girl thinks.



Love you, my sweet pea minxy girl.



27 comments:

  1. Oh this is soooo gorgeous.
    Thank goodness for Ada!
    So lovely to see some sunshine in you post too, all we have is rain....
    Bestest to you and yours
    Daisy j x

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  2. What a transformation, it is beautifully pink! Love it!

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  3. amazing! what a selection of patterns! happy birthday little lady. x

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  4. What a transformation - it is gorgeous!
    Liz @ Shortbread & Ginger

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  5. That looks so sweet, what a fantastic job you've done. Happy birthday to your little poppet.

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  6. What a gorgeous photo! Happy Birthday Lion Girl! Mmmwwwaaa!

    I suspect she's going to love those shelves, as they are just spectacular! I miss working with wallpaper ... I now have to find something to cover.

    What's mod podge?

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  7. She's a very lucky girl, they look fab Mel, youve worked your magic there! :) x

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  8. Mel it looks fantastic! Happy birthday to your cute princess.
    Party time!!!
    Allison x

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  9. It looks amazing.
    Happy birthday to your sweet girl.
    xx

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  10. I'd be thrilled and if I was four I think I'd whoop with joy and do a few laps around the round. Such a yucky green thing became a seriously lovely piece of furniture in your hands.

    Lisa X

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  11. Oh Mel it's just lovely!

    Liongirl had that glint in her eye even back then when she was tiny!

    I hope she's got a pretty pink frock to wear to her party (no 'black' please Mum!) and that she has a wonderful birthday x

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  12. My little girl is all grown up otherwise I'd be wanting to do a project like this. It looks fab!
    Penny x

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  13. This is just gorgeous Mel. I love Ada's Etsy shop - have had a delivery of wallpaper from her here too. Have a great weekend. xo

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  14. Great job there Mel - it's fantastic. I'm sure she'll have lots of fun displaying her much loved items on those shelves. Happy Birthday LG! xx

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  15. I love that...it is just perfect...amazing work!
    It sounds like she is set to have just about the best birthday ever!

    Have a great weekend!

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  16. I'm sure she will be totally delighted, gorgeous makeover Mel, goes perfectly with the dresser. Have a perfectly pink birthday little Miss.

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  17. Mod Podge is a glue that dries clear, can also be used to seal items, available at Spotlight. mel x

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  18. Mod Podge is also very 1970's Ms CArmel! Right up your alley!
    That looks to be just the right amount of pink you have there. She'll love it! Your canisters would look mighty nice on those shelves.
    Happy Birthday, Pinky!

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  19. Best wishes to your little girl. Love what you did with that shelf. Retro floral goodness. xx

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  20. Love Love Love your floral shelves. What a transformation. (I must invest in some of that wall paper) How could any girl (with style!) walk past that! :)

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  21. Floral perfection. And look at that gorgeous bubba girl. So cute.

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  22. Mel, your shelves are just gorgeous! That is one lucky little lady there. And i love your dresser too!! Will have to pop over and visit Ada. Hope you have a great week! Mel x

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  23. I am in LOVE! You've just convinced me to go ahead and wallpaper my drawers and cabinet :)
    x

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  24. So pretty, i'm sure any little girl would fall in love with this.

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  25. Oh my, that's gorgeous! What a difference to how it was before.

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  26. I love that photo of you and Liongirl, so so beautiful. xx

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  27. Love it! What a gorgeous transformation, she will adore it. x

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