A Great Giveaway from Daphne Nicole!

I just had to share this great giveaway by Daphne Nicole.

First place is this lovely handmade purse.  She makes some of the most gorgeous purses!

There will be three prizes given away. Click her button below to go to her blog and enter.

Well this blogging stuff has been new for me this year and I have thoroughly enjoyed sharing my projects with all of you and have been so inspired by all of your wonderful blogs!  I hope each and everyone of you have a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year.  Thank you for following me these last few months.
"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we  beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth." John 1:14 Rejoice! 

Free Graphics Wednesday #09

It’s that time again please read the Disclosure Page before using these graphics.

Here is a lovely lady wishing you “Season’s Greetings.”

Without the words.

Aren’t these wild roses just gorgeous?

Last but not least is this 1906 print of a beautiful woodpecker.

Hope you can use these images and best wishes for you and yours during this holiday season.


I'm sharing with the following parties.

French Country Bed Bench Before and After

Hello fellow bloggers and friends I hope all your Christmas plans are going well and the shopping is done.

I have a lovely before and after today of a bed bench I picked up a while back at a local re-sale shop.

Here’s the after.

Now here is the before.

It did not look so bad but I wanted a more Country French look with a cushion.

First I painted it with about three coats of Annie Sloan’s new color Coco.  I then distressed it and dry brushed on a coat of Old White.

After the bench had dried I cut two pieces of waffled foam the kind you put on a bed. I used a queen size so that I would have a piece long enough.

I used upholstery glue to adhere the two pieces together and to glue it to the top. Next I covered the padding with batting and stapled it down.

I covered it with osenberger fabric because I feel that it looks the most like a grain sack.  I had transferred a cherub image, some flourishes and roses to the fabric using the Citrasolv method.  You can find the tutorial for using this transfer method here. The images came from The Graphic’s Fairy.

One of the ends with the flourishes and roses.

I hope you enjoyed this before and after as much as I enjoyed re-furbishing it.




UPDATE


Here's a couple of better pictures of the paint on the bench.

I'm sharing with the following parties.