ART IS BEAUTY: January 2012

Monday, January 30, 2012

French Sewing Table with 2 homemade Chalk paint Chairs

Yeah, I thought I didn't have a post for this morning...heee heee...OOOPPS!!!! Its Monday what can I say. I remembered I had done 2 chairs to go with my old Graphics Fairy Table that I had done. You can see that post HERE

I have had these old dining chairs that ended up getting left out over a summer rainstorm last summer. So that had seen better days. I have had the plans for painting them for awhile, but I just had to get up the gumption (meaning make my way back to the pile of waiting furniture in the shed)

You can see they were pretty bad from the rain. So I got out the ole HOME MADE CHALK PAINT recipe and used my favorite Ralph Lauren Espresso black brown color.

I used two thin coats just to make sure I got it covered and I didn't even need to sand it.

When it was dry I just used a dry cloth with some of the old white chalk paint residue and rubbed the chairs down, and the buffed them and distressed them with my wax. They are the perfect compliment to my little French drop leaf table. I hope you have a BEAUTIFUL day!!!!

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

DIY black and white giant Photo"canvas" with 2.99 print

So excited that I have seen a couple tutorials on how to do this yourself. I don't know who did the original, but I do know that Michell over at GIRL IN AIR

gave an awesome tutorial, with a couple of the others that I had seen. I had to have one of these for my living room. So I got online to my nearest STAPLES and uploaded my picture that I wanted. It was ready the next morning and only $2.99. Plus to add to that the guy at staples was so nice!! He was so complimentary of the picture. (it was funny that the pic was laying out and I went in my scrubby painting clothes and I told him I was looking for my print out and he had to double take that it was actually me in the picture...LOL)

So I got out my Styrofoam insulation board that I got at Home Depot for 10 bucks...I almost flew away in the parking lot; that thing was like a sail and I kinda bopped another customer that was walking through the door in the back with it...but oh well...I digress!!!! I laid it out in the garage and sprayed it with some adhesive spray that I already had for some other projects. laid it on and used a rolling pin to get it flat then used a razor blade and a straight edge to cut around it. Here is a little tip...peel the plastic off the back before you cut it.....I learned that one the hard way....Just sayin!!!! :)

When it was all glued down I got out my acrylic paints (remember spray paint will eat Styrofoam) and painted around the edges. I chose to mix a black and gray to match the tones on the picture.

When it was dry I sprayed it with Spray Modge podge....pretty much the best thing since sliced bread and peanut butter.....:)

and there it hangs in my living room!! I am in love...Now to quick clean up the mess before the hubby gets home. I am such a messy worker. Have a BEAUTIFUL day! I know I will when I get to wake up to this every morning!!

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Roadside rescue Vanity chair makeover

TA-DA!!! Isn't she a BEAUTY!! .....But do you remember what she looked like before ????

This is how I found her on the side of the road!! NASTY!!! I got this from the same house that threw out my blue vanity roadside rescue, that you can see HERE.

So I started uncovering the old nasty old covering and used a leftover piece of material that I used on my Chalk Paint chair makeover chairs.

Then I used the homemade chalk paint recipe that you can find HERE

I love how it turned out finished it off with some distressing and waxing and it turned out wonderful. It fits perfect with my Huntley 3/4 vanity that I had refinished. You can see that tutorial HERE

Not too shabby for a free vanity stool huh??? So glad I grabbed that baby and put her back in the limelight!
I hope you enjoyed this and you have a BEAUTIFUL day.
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Monday, January 23, 2012

Just a thank you

Just wanted to quick put up a blog post to THANK all of you! I am heading up to my booth to add a few more paintings and wanted you all to know how much you inspire me each day and what a blessing I count each and everyone of you as. Thank you so much for your inspiring and loving words. I have met so many BEAUTIFUL people on this ever changing journey and can't believe how I have been blessed more than I could ever imagine. So I thank you and LOVE you all!!!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Free French Subway Art

I used the new PICASA download to invert colors and do all kinds of fun things to make this free printable French Subway art to match my colors. I had so much fun playing with all the different things it could do while I try and get used to the fact that PICNIC will be gone. I am happy with how easy this was to do.

I got this free printable from Very Merry Vintage Style

I hope you can use this fun free printable or even go find one of her other great fee printables.
Have a BEAUTIFUL day.
I know I will if I can get myself to stop playing with all the fun colors on this printable.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Ella's dresser makeover

So here is the dresser I told you I did for Ella's room. I painted the above wood shelf to match the paint I had used on the dresser.

THIS is what it looked like BEFORE!!! HID- E - OUSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

But this is what I fell in love with!! The ornate handles and drawers.

But since the top was that faux wood laminate stuff, I went and got some of this stuff to rub on the top. That way it doesn't etch that shiny top that you will see it come through the paint. This takes that sheen off so that the paint sticks. I really was happy with how it worked.

Here is the dresser getting primed in the garage, before the snow started flying.

And here it is distressed and waxed with the mirror glass spray on the handles to give them a vintage look. I just love how it turned out and you can see the rest of ther room transformation HERE.

I hope you enjoyed this and have a BEAUTIFUL day.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Ella's room reveal, furniture makeover and a painting

O.K. Her room is DONE!!! I should remind you that I started taping the ceiling for my daughter's room before I messed up my back. So since before Christmas her room has had blue tape edging half of her ceiling. Never once did she complain what a cluster bomb her room was. She just waited and waited and waited. So I had to paint the painting she wanted. I have a practice acrylic book and she saw this flower in it and wanted that painted for above her bed...So I did and she loved it....She told me she was spoiled when she saw it...It was so sweet and made the whole process worth it.

So now to the other stuff. Well she has had this shelf in her room since she was born. Nice heavy duty shelf but OAK., and this cute little bench that I had gotten at a garage sale years ago for $4.

Well they both got the homemade chalk paint do over. You can see the recipe HERE.

When they were dry, they got a nice distressing and wax and waited to go back in her room.

Look at her cute little reading corner, along with said bench.

Well she is my little artist and I knew she was gonna have an ART board, so I ran to Hobby Lobby and got some chip board letters and some scrapbooking paper and glued them on and cut them out.

Here they are waiting to hang.....

And here they are hanging up in her room

Now this is my lifesaver. She has so many "PRETTIES" as we call them in our house; barrettes, ponytail's, earrings, bracelets..etc....I got one of these cute little organizers to hang on the back of her door.

Here is her dresser that I redid too...I will show the tutorial on that later.

Here is an old secretary that I had painted years ago, and it has always been in her room, but now it just POPs with the wall color. Last but not least her bed that I had gotten a couple of years ago at a garage sale and my painting in a goodwill frame that matched the bed perfect. I know this post is jumbly mumbly, but I am so tired and happy. So as I say to my kids...DEAL WITH IT....LOL!!! :) I hope you enjoyed this BIG project... Have a BEAUTIFUL day!