ART IS BEAUTY: March 2012

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Life is better AT the Lake~

So as you guys know I did a "at the beach" coffee table a couple of weeks ago.
I got so many wonderful comments on it and many of them were saying...Make a "at the creek"
OR "at the Lake" So I decided to take a coffee table I had up in my shed that I was never really happy with and transform that.

I got out my homemade chalk paint again and painted the top and then wrote on
"life is better at the Lake" (since I live only 20 minutes from Lake Michigan)

I painted on the letters and distressed them and when it was done I dry brushed a light stencil over the center. I liked that these kind of look like star fish. :)

I know this is a short and sweet post, but I have been busting through some major projects this week
and we leave for a 24 hour straight through car trip ( with 4 kids..EEEK) to see both sets of parents for
Spring Break, so as you can imagine...I am a little bit pressed for time..:)
So with that said, I am going to try and listen to some of the tables I have painted and just enjoy
some R&R at the Beach!
I hope you all have a wonderful and BEAUTIFUL spring break.
I will see you on the flip side.
Hugs, Karin

Monday, March 26, 2012

"SAY CHEESE" freezer paper transfer cupboard door sign

As you all know, I have about A BILLION cupboard doors that I got from a Craigslist Rescue.
Last week I made some vintage kitchen art with them, which you can see HERE.
So I thought I would do something a little different.
Karen over at the GRAPHICS FAIRY put up this vintage camera graphic,
and I decided to use this because I just loved it.

So I got one of my doors and filled in the nail holes and painted it with my homemade chalk paint.
Then I used my freezer paper to transfer the image onto the board. You can see that tutorial HERE.
I then used my KRINK markers to write CAMERA WORDS on it.
I thought it was a fun little project.
Now only 999,999,999 doors to go.
Have a BEAUTIFUL day.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

WINNER WINNER......WINNER OF THE KRINK GIVEAWAY...WAS IT YOU?

WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY FROM RANDOM. ORG WAS #57 Peggy of the painted pear. Contact me to get your winnings...YAY!!! Can't wait to do another giveaway....

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

dumpster dive/vintage suitcase....made BEAUTIFUL ...SUITCASE TABLE

So I have been saving this post for a while. With the nice weather, I just had to show you my BEACH coffee table first..:) But now I can show you this little number that I teased you with a few weeks ago.

A few months ago, my Father in law, dumpster dove for this little baby...
He said it used to be for a phonograph....you know; those things that used to play records....:)

Remember these two vintage suitcases that I had gotten at Goodwill.

WELL....Much like Chocolate and Peanut butter...these two were meant to be together. I had the pieces separately sitting in the garage trying to decide what to do when I had the ole "head slap"
and went.......DANG, I can finally make one of those suitcase tables....