Remember this from a week ago Saturday? The Victorian spooner was really in pretty dismal condition, with a missing (well, unattached at least) handle, no spoons, and hardly any silver-y finish left. (and clearly it wasn't even silver-plate, so I didn't feel bad painting it) Parts of the base almost appeared to be plastic-ish, if there is such a thing. (Mmm hmm, that's what a quarter buys you these days, people.)
Anyway.
I spray primed the lid, then painted it a pale cream and antiqued it (really, it took all of three minutes.) Then, I took an old apothecary jar, removed the attached glass top and added the now fabulous re-invented lid to it. It holds my small collection of pearly colored buttons.
Hmmm, looking at it now I do think I need to add a length of vintage seam binding ribbon around the mouth of the jar at some point, but for now, I am quite happy with my transformation.
*sigh* Pretty good for twenty five cents and five minutes work.
