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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOQNFE4GTBa4PhirgFw8Gj3zYDcFA6APF1VYS-DCp3sOPzfai7J-DEu-mz-DDuAAWg95AyPMlXV95f_6s7_IdSbrWyHxcQLUXlDfkNa-1I0Rj5BzngrPa52FUuy1n9myYjdPRA7xPp9YA/s1600-h/sunchai1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244620788371071826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggOQNFE4GTBa4PhirgFw8Gj3zYDcFA6APF1VYS-DCp3sOPzfai7J-DEu-mz-DDuAAWg95AyPMlXV95f_6s7_IdSbrWyHxcQLUXlDfkNa-1I0Rj5BzngrPa52FUuy1n9myYjdPRA7xPp9YA/s400/sunchai1.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" /></a>*I am taking an autumn break. Will be back with loads to share. Enjoy the season everyone.

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*I am taking an autumn break. Will be back with loads to share. Enjoy the season everyone.

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This Thrifty Chick wants you to spend $20.

<div align="center">Go to Lowes on your way home tonight, pick out an American flag and fly it proudly tomorrow, the 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">God Bless America!!</span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong> </div><div align="center"> </div>

This Thrifty Chick wants you to spend $20.

Go to Lowes on your way home tonight, pick out an American flag and fly it proudly tomorrow, the 7th anniversary of September 11, 2001. God ...

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$1.50

Ohhhh...how I can make $1.50 go on and on and on! I picked out a bronze glaze (that cost $1.50 for the bottle) for the hardware on the armoire I repainted a few weeks ago. I loved the way it looked so much, I ended up using all over the place! Here are some examples:<br /><br />The hardware on the armoire was black, but I needed them to pop off the new black color:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMDxVYWLmvcAXfRp778wRU7uQA8DMLr0MC7yirKtoIZ-aJLgU9FSdvh0mbyvsUJo1rMlSwvQ1dMV8koG1UQ-0oxe3TWwZ_V0w5cK6IOGeRFu5ylC4PYpQLqy2s6UQQdbqrJ53BwH_zBE/s1600-h/DSC04705.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243364675831745906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMDxVYWLmvcAXfRp778wRU7uQA8DMLr0MC7yirKtoIZ-aJLgU9FSdvh0mbyvsUJo1rMlSwvQ1dMV8koG1UQ-0oxe3TWwZ_V0w5cK6IOGeRFu5ylC4PYpQLqy2s6UQQdbqrJ53BwH_zBE/s400/DSC04705.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I used stencils I already had, with the glaze, to decorate the armoire doors:<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tedQq6cVC4-lHT7ieWINSuk9tz6INMcQOcBf_kB-DuILs1q3aoCaHvpKhXjue6AIXMsn0bWrbsqPWB_3KP-WwQ0i9EeJNlguxEPZYtT41wkn96UqUpqlN8iWxf3tiN3nwQN7PMSpb6Y/s1600-h/DSC04709.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243364679038639234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2tedQq6cVC4-lHT7ieWINSuk9tz6INMcQOcBf_kB-DuILs1q3aoCaHvpKhXjue6AIXMsn0bWrbsqPWB_3KP-WwQ0i9EeJNlguxEPZYtT41wkn96UqUpqlN8iWxf3tiN3nwQN7PMSpb6Y/s400/DSC04709.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </p><p>The is the artwork I made for over our master bedroom fireplace. I used the bronze glaze to highlight the texture:<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUU3Q_RlHQ8i60H1KVTxaCXVoFVVhyphenhyphenJNSp8TcEFDw4IxhKeIabvNZmzCYlQONYSpuMJI-DtG19nJVzgmRIkagV-Pz10j271AMCSnYcEeeWyRSGrooNbzGMC7xrNO6NI-P57uHLfbexIg/s1600-h/DSC04713.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243364689544837154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixUU3Q_RlHQ8i60H1KVTxaCXVoFVVhyphenhyphenJNSp8TcEFDw4IxhKeIabvNZmzCYlQONYSpuMJI-DtG19nJVzgmRIkagV-Pz10j271AMCSnYcEeeWyRSGrooNbzGMC7xrNO6NI-P57uHLfbexIg/s400/DSC04713.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a></p><p>I used another stencil with the glaze to add to the wainscoting in the powder room:</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMLRewz9MQ8ibXZ-lxmuot3h6qB8yrF0R5LSUJZJgF7SSY-ATIx9RtVbvpnk0XT7dxIEIpr_8xQH8twyW0RkpPEZJe8o58yVXILcFhzzMURnK0jjqCaa53rlwhyY82S9z-2q6fLyMs64/s1600-h/DSC04715.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243364694869068514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivMLRewz9MQ8ibXZ-lxmuot3h6qB8yrF0R5LSUJZJgF7SSY-ATIx9RtVbvpnk0XT7dxIEIpr_8xQH8twyW0RkpPEZJe8o58yVXILcFhzzMURnK0jjqCaa53rlwhyY82S9z-2q6fLyMs64/s400/DSC04715.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </p><p>And used the glaze to repaint the textured parts on the powder room walls so they would pop. (I also used the glaze for the mirror!):<br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4V-LUHF0pckSPEQtA5zefhTyKiN2ggUHUi4o071DucJKpzRgkLYM3YvtRFqeCgdvHqidnYS59I7jlq5AUKIvDhC-RMCtLvcAqb4IrHeiK8ZIJNEJSL0UHpnIs2meT4GR-4B-fL-Ysgd8/s1600-h/DSC04717.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243364702873264258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4V-LUHF0pckSPEQtA5zefhTyKiN2ggUHUi4o071DucJKpzRgkLYM3YvtRFqeCgdvHqidnYS59I7jlq5AUKIvDhC-RMCtLvcAqb4IrHeiK8ZIJNEJSL0UHpnIs2meT4GR-4B-fL-Ysgd8/s400/DSC04717.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </p><p>There are so many different options available -- tons of different metallic glazes and hundreds of colors at the craft store. I was going for the bronze look and this turned out to be just what I wanted. AND I still have some left. Believe me, I've tried to find more places to use it but I just need to put the bottle AWAY. :)</p><p></p><p></p>

$1.50

Ohhhh...how I can make $1.50 go on and on and on! I picked out a bronze glaze (that cost $1.50 for the bottle) for the hardware on the armoi...

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