Edit: Found it!

I found a before picture of the table.
Here it is in all it's old fashioned glory

I just want to assure you that this kind of mess is not (quite) the normal state of my home but actually the result of a very good Christmas morning!

Out of the dark into the light

Just after diving in to this project I realized I forgot to take a before photo but you probably get the idea from the half painted table and the glass top leaning against the radiator.

The red peeking in to the picture was going to replace the green but as it turned out, leaving it plain white looked far better.

Shopping list organizer

 Materials:

• Frame
• Wooden clothes pegs
• Vinyl coated tablecloth (bought mine by the meter)
• Paint
• Ribbon
• Metal ring
• Glue (I used Prit stick and a hot glue gun)
• Shopping list with boxes to tick as we run out of things.

From gold to good

One ugly picture

Take one ugly faded picture (and cups of tea to help brain cope)..... 

......with very ornate frame bought cheaply at a carboot sale 

Add strange floral ornaments with flat back

Add drinking straws from fast food place

Stick flowers on ugly picture and add straws as stems

Hide joints with filler of your choice (I used No More Nails for filing and gluing)

Paint all of it white (or any colour you like) 

I undercoated twice and then finished off with White High Gloss

Let it all dry then hang on wall in contrasting colour

Voila! 

Beautiful unique art for very little cost and effort!