Narnia Themed Christmas Present

Christmas is looming and I’ve been busy trying to come up with cheap gifts for my family. Aside from my kids, who will be getting bought prezzies, everyone else will be getting homemade or up-cycled gifts. The first gift that I have made has been this little nest of tables for my Mum.

She has mentioned on several occasions that she needs to get herself some new coffee tables, as she only has one remaining table from a cheap set that she bought a few years ago. I have been keeping an eye open for a set of tables that I could give to her for quite a while and, whilst I was exploring a newly opened second-hand furniture store near to where I live, I found these little tables. They were very tatty, but perfect for up-cycling and so were on sale for next to nothing.

All I had to buy was a tin of aged effect white paint and an old copy of ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’ which I found in a used book store. I still had loads of primer, brushes, glue and rollers left over from other projects so the whole gift has ended up costing very little and I know she’ll love it!

I’ve added more pictures of the finished tables to the gallery. I’ll also be adding a link to my twitter page soon, so keep an eye out for this. I’ve just started another project today which I hope to have completed by next weekend, so pictures will be added soon and I am currently developing a shop on the website Folksy, which should be up and running in the next few days. So there’ll be lots going on over the next few weeks. I will add links to everything as they become available and remember to check out my regular mid-week Happy Wednesday posts for that little middle of the week pick-me-up!