Totally Transformed Tuesday #8

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Well, Hi all my friends out in blogland! How are ya'll?  Okay, I hope.

Time has just flown by I've been so busy. I hope you  had a wonderful and prosperous week. :-)

Here's a look at last weeks favorite posts and if you didn't link up last week be sure to join us this week. We missed you. 

Everyone just loved Kathy Moody's glitzed, shabby chic, pumpkin make over. So pretty. Check out the full post at Life on Lakeshore Drive.

Sarah over at Alderberry Hill shared a great tutorial on how to make this darling "Countdown to Halloween" sign. 

Kathryn at The Dedicated House is sharing the story of her dining room make over.  Love that blue Kathryn.

Kaysi at Keeping It Simple made this darling pumpkin pillow using scraps of material she already had and her Cameo she makes it sound so easy.

If you have not already checked out these great blogs take a minute to do so. Each one of these ladies has a lot more to share.

If you were featured this week be sure to get a button for your blog.

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Now on to the party.  Please be sure to post my button or a text link on your blog post, and be sure to provide a link to your post not your blog home page. No link no feature.

I would appreciate it if you would become a friend via one or all of the social media sites.

If you share a link with Totally Transformed Tuesday you agree that I may use your images to share with my readers on my blog, Facebook, or share on Pinterest.  

So what you been up to? We really want to see!

Small Coffee Table Redo

Hello everyone I hope you had a wonderful week. :-)

I'm feeling much better and have been working on several pieces including an antique pie safe I picked up at an auction recently.

Today I'm sharing a small table redo that I recently finished and carried to King's Antiques.

I'm not sure how you are going to take the finish I applied to this piece, but I enjoyed how the colors peeked through so much on the blanket chest I recently re-furbished I wanted to explore that look some more. 

This is what I started with a nice, vintage, solid wood table.  I lightly sanded the piece just because I'm kind of weird and sometimes I just like to sand things! As I was using chalk paint it really wasn't necessary. I then thoroughly cleaned it.

Next I roughly painted the entire piece in patches with ASCP in Versailles Green, Greek Blue, and Duck Egg Blue. When that was thoroughly dry I applied a healthy coat of Old White.

My next step was to print the ballet fairy I found at The Graphic's Fairy onto tissue paper and transfer it to the center top of the table.  On the sides of the table I used tissue paper flowers from a napkin, and on the bottom center roses from a napkin.

When decoupaging tissue paper start by applying your decoupage medium to the area you want your image, and apply the image starting at the center and moving outward using a brush loaded with Mod Podge. Be sure to only use a couple of strokes in each area as the tissue will dissolve easily.

Once that was dry I took sandpaper and distressed the edges of the images to blend them to the piece better.

I then waxed the entire piece with clear paste wax and heavily distressed the entire piece. Then applied another coat of clear wax and lightly buffed.

I really liked how you could see all the colors showing through as if the piece had been painted time and again.  You may even think that at one time there were more images on the top. 

Hope you enjoyed this quick little redo. 

You know what I like about what I do? If I paint something no one else likes I can always keep it myself! LOL Or if I have the time, and feel like it, I can sand it down and repaint it. It's all fun to me.

Have a wonderful weekend and by the way I appreciate each and everyone of you that check in to see what I've been up to. I'm honored that you like what I do.

Totally Transformed Tuesday #7

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Hello friends! I hope your week has started out well.  Personally I have a terrible cold and have been down for a few days.  

I did work on a some things I picked up at an auction, but I was using a new milk paint that I haven't tried before, and I guess I'm allergic to something in it, because it made me sicker. lol  I will be sharing a great, old pie safe and some tables I've done over with you soon.

Now on to our features for this week.

Suzan at Simply Vintageous shared a makeover of this beautiful buffet and a hilarious story. Gorgeous job Suzan. 

Penny at Penny's Vintage Home shared her gorgeous, and out of the box, Halloween decor. 

Lisa from Stubbornly Crafty shared her darling wood cutout. I just love that girly mummy! 

Kathryn over at The Dedicated House shared her yummy slow cooker chicken and dumpling recipe.

If you were featured this week feel free to grab a button to share on your blog.

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Now on to the party.  Please be sure to post my button or a text link on your blog post, and be sure to provide a link to your post not your blog home page. No link no feature.

I would appreciate it if you would become a friend via one or all of the social media sites.

If you share a link with Totally Transformed Tuesday you agree that I may use your images to share with my readers on my blog, Facebook, or share on Pinterest.  

So what you been up to? We really want to see!