Hello everyone,
Ok I feel victory. I think I have the Pinterest thing down, so look for me on there.
I am going to be doing a neat little table that my husband is calling a sewing table, because the top opens up for storage. Sounds good to me, so let's get started.

 This is it's humble beginnings. I am going to be using home made chalk paint. The formula for that is one part plaster of paris and two parts latex flat or eggshell paint.

 (see it opens)
I used a bright green that I had. I mix the plaster of paris in a bowl until it forms peaks, you don't want it too stiff. It is better if it is a little thin, you can always add more plaster if it gets to thin. Then I add it to the paint and stir. The paint will thin it down also. My husband says the consistency of a milk shake, that's perfect! I want to state here too that with chalk paint, be it home made or like some of the CeCe Caldwell or Annie Sloan paints, you DON'T need to sand, prime or remove previous finishes. It is so awesome! and it covers usually in one coat. I do sometimes put a second coat on, but because I am distressing the piece usually, I don't want all the wood totally saturated with paint. If as in this piece the legs are more solid, then I will coat them two times. This is where your artistic license comes in to play. If you are going to try and distress it out, there are fun options that I will go into on another piece. This one is paint and decoupage, which a lot of my pieces are.

 I choice to paint a whimsical top on this piece, just for the fun of it. I wanted a lot of colors, birds,dragonfly's and whatever else I could throw on there.

 This is where it got interesting. I decoupaged with Mod-Podge medium, fabric around the sides of the piece. To do this i simply cut out the pieces of fabric using a rotary cutter (scissors work too). Put the mod podge on with a sponge brush in a section about 10" wide, put the strip of fabric on and then went over the fabric with the mod podge. I put two coats on the fabric. I then painted the legs and apron of the table with what ever came to my head (scary sometimes i know).

 More views of side pieces with fabrics. I did notice that the fabric got darker in color when the mod podge dried. It was just a little bit. When all was said and done, I sealed the whole piece with polyurethane, two coats.

Finished piece came out cute I think, better than the way I got it, I know. Now it's Happy. Hope you enjoyed it. Have a Blessed day.

 

Hi everyone,

I thought that I would add a few more posts on some fun pieces that I have done recently. I am trying to link this up with PINTEREST so hopefully I will figure this all out, and we can get a lot more people checking out some fun projects.

I found these two chairs at an online auction site here in town and picked up several pieces, which, as my husband says. "Well these won't look like this long with you around!" Isn't that sweet :)

So let's get started!!!!

So this is where I started. I unscrewed the lovely seat that was attached to this chair (note to self - remember to put screws in a zip-lock baggie and remember where you put the bag) gotta love sticky notes.

This is where the screws come out from on the bottom of the seat. Very easy.

These are the supplies I needed to do this. I make my own chalk paint (CeCe Caldwell or Annie Sloan paints can be used- I would be willing to use them too, hint-hint) Anyway, here is the receipe for the home made chalk paint. One part plaster of paris and two parts latex flat or eggshell paint. I prefer the flat. Notice I am using art paints to help me tint my base paint which is a bright blue. I am trying to achieve a pale blue.

Add water to plaster of paris to get where it is thick. At this point here my brush is standing in it. That is too thick. You want to see peaks that stand. Then add your paint and stir. I use popsicle sticks to stir. Your paint should not be liquid like regular paint. It will not be like paste either. Stick to the formula and it will be great.

 Isn't it a pretty color. You have to remember that paint always dries a little darker, which is what I want.

I really wanted to show you how well the chalk paint covers. This is one coat, and it's solid. Note if you are outside working, keep a little water bottle next to you, because it can start thickening up on you after about 7-8 minutes. With chalk paint you don't have to strip finishes off , sand or anything. Did I say I love chalk paint.

 This is after one coat. I touched up a few placed with a little more paint, but most of it was one coat.

 I did tell you there were two chairs.It really only took me about 30 minutes to do both chairs. I find that doing chairs upside down and do the legs first, works easiest for me. Then I can stand them up and finish all around. Otherwise you have to get into some weird positions to paint insides of legs, and cross support bars. I don't contort well.

 Not my choice of fabric. I wanted to do some quilted fabric for fun. I found unfinished quilt tops at a yard sale for $8.00, and I am putting it to use now. It was only a matter of time.

 So here is quilt top piece.

Sorry I don't have pics of next couple of steps. By the time I remembered, I had already done next steps with no photos. Sorry. So I purchased CeCe Caldwell's clear wax, and I found a small wax brush online (someone was selling on Ebay, thought it was a small shaving brush) Scored. So for me what worked best was place a small amount of the wax on a paper plate. Approximately the size of a lipstick. Then I daub the brush up and down in wax a couple of times, then i really rub it into the plate in circles a few times, pushing the wax into the brush a little more. Then I go to the piece and in circular motions i rub in the wax. Now, here is where it is going to be your own choice.Once I got a section done, I took an old t-shirt and rubbed it or buffed it out. You will love the look. When it was dry a couple of days later I put another coat on.

Wah-La ! finished chairs. I love the mixed quilted fabrics too. Because it is from the same pattern, they relate beautifully. I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and would love to hear your comments. Enjoy, and be Blessed.http://pinterest.com/49monthcellserv/boards/

 

Hi everyone i am so new to blogging that I am afraid I am intimidated a little. So bear with me as I fumble my way through this whole blogging thing. I hope I can figure it out. So let's see with this post. Here goes!

I want to show you all a few of the pieces that I have recently finished and will be posting for sell. I hope this will let me post the completed items. I also have some of the items which I am going to give instructions on with photos, once I figure out this blogging thing. 

THIS IS HOW THE PIECE BEGAN. IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH. I THINK IT WAS WHAT WAS CALLED A PARSONS TABLE. IT CAME FROM A FUNERAL HOME I WAS TOLD..... I KNOW BUT LOOK HOW HAPPY IT IS NOW!

ALL FOUR SIDES ARE DIFFERENT!

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 THIS IS THE TOP OF THE TABLE. YES IT IS VERY TEXTURED. I WOULD PUT A SMALL PIECE OF GLASS ON TOP I THINK. PRETTY COOL ONE OF A KIND PIECE, DON'T YOU THINK?

 Let me know what you think. I would love to hear from you.http://pinterest.com/49monthcellserv/boards/