For everyone without a white Christmas.
A PROVINCIAL PAIR - nightstand and hiboy
Right now George is working countless hours running his business and doing deliveries,
which intern giving me extra time to work on painting guilt free.
This hiboy and nightstand are one of the latest projects that have been completed.
I'd like to say it was a simple redo, and in simple terms it was.
No repairs were needed.
However it did take countless hours to pianted both pieces in Old White
Then wax both pieces, removing the excess as I went along.
Then washed them in thinned out Graphite chalk paint and remove the excess.
Wax and polish every inch of the dresser and table again.
Once all that was done,
I hand painted each handle with Graphite chalk paint highlighting the girly curves.
The final step was to prep the arborite tops with a primer.
Wrap the body in plastic and get them outside before spraying the top in a glossy black.
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RED BERRY DECOR - christmas decorating
For the holidays this year our front door was adorned with a cute pair of decorative skates, I found at the grocery store!
FAUX MARBLE MASTERPIECE - old dresser makeover
This OLD WORLD style dresser is almost complete.
I'm still going to lay a few more coats of poly on the top. It has at least seven coats now but a few more won't hurt as I want a nice glassy finished look to the faux marble top I created.
PINK CHRISTMAS TREE - holiday decor
There was no plan to have a pink Christmas tree this year but somehow it happened anyway.
SHEET MUSIC WREATH - tutorial
Over the weekend a friend and I spend some time building her a sheet music wreath to hang over her mantle.
HOLIDAY BANNER - tutorial
This is a tutorial of the steps I used to make my MANTLE MERRY CHRISTMAS banner.
Supplies you will need:
String
Scissors
Hot Glue Gun & Glue
Hole Punch
Glitter Letters
Sheet Music
Brown File Folder or Envelope
I started with an old inter-department mail envelope from George's days
in consulting work. You coulds also recycle used file folders.
You should be using something that is thicker then regular a paper.
Determine the size you want each of your letter flags to be and start cutting.
I cut everything free hand, no measuring.
Because I was using an envelope I had 2 layers of flags once they were cut.
Hole punch them where you will be threading the string to hang them from.
Now to your choice of words or saying.
For this tutorial I did a simple 4 letter word banner.
The glitter letters I used are from Michaels.
They have different fonts and sizes to choose from and come with adhesive backs.
Peel the backing off each letter and position them on your flags
keeping in mind you need room for the little pinwheel at the bottom of each.
Once your letters are secured start to fold your page of sheet music
length wise into one long accordian fan.
The thickness you choose to start your folds will also determine how
far or how deep your little pinwheel will be sitting on your banner flags.
You could do them really skin or overly fat.
It is all determined by your taste.
Now that your page is completely folded
you can cut your mini pin wheels.
Fold them in half and with your hot glue gun you
can start to secure them into their circular shape.
A little dab here,
A little dab there,
And a final dab to secure them into place on the bottom of each flag.
The string I use is hemp cord, also available at Michaels.
I had to find a place to hang this new banner to show it off
and thought you might like to see a new piece of
furniture I recently redid for our kitchen.
MY MANTLE IS FAUX - but my passion is not
I got started on the Christmas decorating this year finally the first of the week. Being ever so creative I did up a Faux Mantle.
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