My parents happened to come across these for FREE during the time I was looking for owl salt and pepper shakers! (my prayers were answered) They were not the solid white ones I wanted but hey, when you don't like the colors, paint! So that is what I did. I decided on white. So due to being a poor married college student I had to use what paint I had on hand already and all I had was some spray paint primer. Which worked out just fine, it just gave it more of a matte finish. One day perhaps I'll go over them with the more enamel looking spray paint for a more glossy finish, but for now this will have to do :) Here is what they looked like before I added the eyes. And again they did turn out white though they may look a little yellow in the next picture... but I'm only working with my phone camera and well, you know how that can go.... Here they are finished. I decided to color the Pepper shakers eyes grey so people can tell what one is what. :) How much did this cost me? $0 Since I already had the items.... But I probably used about 1 can of spray paint all together and then I used my valspar antiquing glaze in grey I had left over from my other projects for the eyes. *UPDATE* I was finally able to go over them with a glossy white finish! I just used a white gloss spray paint from Walmart. Since I repainted them I had to redo the eyes. This time I used the Martha Stewart Metallic Glaze in Black Coffee, let that dry then did a layer of Martha Stewart Metallic Glaze in Mercury to help soften the eyes a little. Below is the "new" after picture. I definitely like the glossy look and the metallic eyes! Like The Aqua Owl Blog Facebook page HERE!
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First of all, I love when I find free stuff that people just throw away! My dad from time to time helps clean out houses and he sometimes forgets to look in every box before he throws it in a garbage pile, so every so often I go through that garbage and that is how I came across my owl salt and pepper shakers and now these other owls! For the longest time I have had my eye on some bookends and the owl ones always popped out to me. A little side note, I'm pretty sure my husband and I only have about 10 books (sad I know). They have a hard time standing up on their own and the owl bookends have always popped out to me when I've looked online, though I never could justify paying for them. So, as fate would have it, my patience paid off, and I found these! I liked how much detail they had, unfortunately, they did not match my decor. So I cleaned them off since they have been outside in a box for who knows how long, repaired part of the holly leaf that broke off with super glue, and got my primer and paint ready. Below are the products I used.
I did enough coats with the primer to where I could not see any of the colored paint anymore. I let that dry and then touched up some of the rough parts then used the white gloss spray paint until I got the glossy finish I wanted. This whole project only took me a day to do! *Since these owls are fine china and therefore pretty light, I may go back and fill them with some sand to make them heavier and seal the holes, but for now they seem to hold the weight just fine!
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