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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Free Graphics Wednesday #31

Hello blogland friends, I hope your week has been going well.

I’ve been taking some time off from blogging as you probably noticed. I just wasn’t getting the family time I needed and as much work done as I wanted to so I’ve had to cut back on the blogging.

I have gotten several pieces of furniture done in the mean time and will be sharing soon.

Now to the free graphics. Feel free to right click and chose “save as” on the following images. Feel free to Pin any of these images just be sure to give credit to my blog please. Enjoy.

I love this lady with the unique hair-do.

This is a pretty gold basket of flowers with gold ribbon.

A pretty basket of roses.

Pretty violets and a family of birds around their nest.

Have a great week. Princess

Here are the rules for using these images.

The above images are free and for personal use only they are not for re-sale.
International viewers please check the copyright laws for your country.
I do research the images to check if they are copyright free to the best of my ability before I share them with you, and because I am providing the graphics for free I am not legally responsible if you use these images and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Free Graphic Wednesday #30

Hello ladies! I hope your week has started out well.

Here are your free graphics for this week. Feel free to use them in any of your projects or pin them to your boards.

First I have this patriotic basket of cherries.

How about this adorable pair?

I love the sailboats and the frame.

This little guy is at attention and ready to do your bidding!

Have a great Memorial Day weekend Blogland friends.

Be safe.

Here are the rules for using these images.

The above images are free and for personal use only they are not for re-sale.
International viewers please check the copyright laws for your country.
I do research the images to check if they are copyright free to the best of my ability before I share them with you, and because I am providing the graphics for free I am not legally responsible if you use these images and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Vintage Dining Set & A New Baby Girl

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful day. I just returned from Canton, Texas, First Monday Trade Days and boy was it hot! Saturday was the worse day but I did find several items I’ll be re-furbishing and sharing in the next few weeks.

My first find is my favorite! A new baby girl! Yes! It’s a girl! I named her Chica.

Have you ever tried to take a picture of a wiggling puppy?! Not easy. LOL Anyway she weighs in at a whopping one-half pound and just loves her new Mommy.

My schnauzer doesn’t know quite what to do with her. I think Bo believes she is a nuisance more than anything else.

Anyhoo, I just wanted to share the new addition to my family. Now on to the dining set.

Here’s the before.

And here is the after.

The table I picked up at an antique shop and the chairs are a mixed lot that I have found at estate sales.

I want to share a little about the table as it is quite different than any I had seen before and the lady I bought it from thought it was broken. The top of the table lifts up and off and you draw the ends out to extend it to seat six people.

Which is not really so different. It is the fact that the bottom of the center piece has pegs that fit into holes located in the bottom on the extensions.

Have any of you ever seen a table made like this? Anyway, I thought it was rather different.

I started refinishing the table by stripping off all the veneer. It had bubbled up and several large pieces had come off. Sorry I did not think to take a picture before I stripped it and sanded it down.

After that was done and I had cleaned the table thoroughly I painted it with Annie Sloan’s “Coco” which is a brownish gray and a great base color.

Once that was dry I started dry brushing the table with “Pure White” chalk paint. Slowly adding layers of paint to achieve a time worn look.

I then applied a coat of clear soft wax and then gave the whole table a good sanding removing more of the chalk paint.

I may even go back and give it another good sanding as I really like that chipping, worn look.

The chairs were stained brown with a lacquer finish. I gave them a light sanding and cleaned them thoroughly. I then took “Louis Blue” chalk paint and added “Pure White” to it using three parts blue to one part white.

After the paint had dried I waxed them with clear wax and distressed them. I just love this color so soft and pretty and it looks so good with my gray and white walls and my “Louis Blue” and white buffet.