Mr. Bunny Returns

Okay, here's the before and after. I got Mr. Bunny at a garage sale for a buck.

I thought he'd go well with Pedro and the gnome in my back yard. He was rather a boring color grey, though. And, on top of that, I had left over concrete stain dying (pun intended ;) to give him the make-over he so badly wanted.

So, late on Monday evening I took him outside, stood him on an upside down pot and started to stain him. I think I really like his new color. He does too! It gives him a little more depth.

I also think that he'll be hanging out on my front porch for a while. I think he'll like it there for now.

I do think I need to give him another coat, though. I did just one coat of acid stain and his feet a bit lighter than the rest of him - especially his belly.

I think he's the perfect find for right before Easter and I hope to get him done and on the front porch very soon.

This also makes me want to keep my eyes peeled for other good garage sale finds like this. He was a fun find and reasonably priced. If I can find others like him, I could have a whole menagerie in my yard.

Update on the Mr. Bunny

I stained the bunny tonight with Kemiko concrete acid stain that I had left over from doing the floors in my house. I think it came out okay, but I'm going to let it dry and check it in the morning. If it looks decent, I'll have another picture of it.

My new bunny!

Here's the newest member of my family. More like, yard, actually. I had one of those urges today to go shopping. That's not always a good thing for me, but I wanted to SHOP! So, I'm pretty broke so what do I do? Go to my coin vase - dig out a few bucks and go to thrift stores and garage sales. I found this guy at the first place I stopped. He's from a house less than a mile from me. I'm not sure how he will look when I'm done with him, but since he's made of concrete/cement, I'm going to try to acid stain him with left over acid stain. I'm, of course, going to try the stain on the bottom of him to start, but then if it works, I'll do it all over him. I can't wait to see if it works. And, yes, this was the only purchase made today. Someone slowed my shopping progress today, which was probably a good thing.

I'm wanting to put him on my porch for now, but then I think I'll put him in my back yard with Pedro and the gnome (a statue one, not the creepy one in Argentina! ;).