On our recent family vacation to upper Michigan we stayed with my husband’s parents near Tawas, Michigan. It’s a popular, small boating and fishing town on Lake Huron. Many visitors camp right on the lake, rent cabins or own small vacation homes there. Lake Huron is very cold until almost August when the hot summer days have finally warmed it up. The frigid water doesn’t seem to keep the kids from swimming in it or the men from fishing either. And so while they’re having fun playing, the women take time to shop and flock to the boutiques and art festivals.
My mother-in-law and I enjoy the antique stores and flea-markets. We spent three afternoons browsing in them and sharing our old finds. Many of the treasures had us reminiscing about her mother or my grandmother who owned a lot of the same stuff back in the day. And we marveled at how expensive that stuff has become. We had a lot of fun “saling” together that’s for sure!
One find on my wish-list was a set of potbelly vintage salt and pepper shakers that I could spiff up and paint similar to a set I had seen in HGTV Magazine. We couldn’t find the potbelly-style, but my mother-in-law spied this set, and for 2 bucks I snatched them up.
At the camp I gave them a good scrub down with an S.O.S pad until their old silver selves shined and gleamed again.
When I got them home I painted the bottoms and rims with two coats of teal and pearl nail polishes swirled together. The polish took really nicely to the silver and hardened to a smooth coating.
So that is my fun little DIY. A set of old antique tarnished salt and pepper shakers all glammed up. Special reminders of our family time up at the lake this summer.
Modern Hen home 
Beautiful!
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