What A Mess & Gift Card Winner

Hello everyone I thought I would be totally honest today and share what a real mess I have since I started getting serious about selling painted furniture.

I do not have the most beautiful home in bloggerette land with everything magazine ready at all times.  Since I do not have a shop or a basement to work in I have been working on my kitchen island and outside on my carport.

Lately working on the carport has been a problem because it looks like this.

Completely covered in furniture waiting to be refinished.

Hey there’s that Drexel buffet! I’ve been looking for that! lol Actually I am working on it now and it will be ready to share soon.

Sigh so much fun awaiting and so little time because you see this is fun for me. I totally enjoy what I do its just the mess I get totally stressed out about and I really worry about someone calling the “Hoarder” show and putting me on it!

Here’s my lovely craft room uh, or it used to be lovely.  I was so proud when my son moved out and I could finally have my own craft room.

I know, I know, your horrified aren’t you.  Well, I do plan in the next few days to get in there and do something with it let’s just hope I don’t get lost and my husband have to send out a search party!

I just wanted to share with those of you out there that are trying to do the same thing I am doing or something similar and let you know you will have chaos. Everything is not perfect behind the scenes of those popular blogs (it can’t be can it?) they have a mess also they just are not sharing.

Well its back to work for me but before I go here is the winner of the Wal Mart gift card.

#4 Ruffles & Relics who said
“What a blessing the wal mart card would be!! I am a follower. Hugs,
Tina”

Tina, please contact me at pjhdesignsinfo@gmail.com with your information.  Congrats

Thanks to everyone that participated.

Free Graphic Wednesday #04

Hello everyone hope your Wednesday is going well.

Don’t forget to go here and enter to win the $50 Wal Mart gift card I’m giving away. The drawing will be Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. Good luck.

Here are the blah-blah-blah rules for using these images.

• The following 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 for re-sale and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.

Lovely birds & holly Christmas card great for instant art.

Without the scene so you might add a picture etc…

Great fall scene for instant art.

This is a French pop up note card to slide money or a note into the front.

Here is the scene without the popup front.

And last I thought I would share this Victorian Santa I used to make my bunting with.  I’ve had this image for several years and have used him a lot.  I think he is just gorgeous. 

Okay, go make some pretties and I would love to see what you do with the images I am sharing with you.  Email your project to me at pjhdesignsinfo@gmail.com and I may share them on my blog. 

Crafty Day & Christmas Decor

I’m very busy right now but I wanted to stop and take a minute to share a quick project I just finished for myself.  I received this little caddie several years ago I believe with a flower arrangement. 







I decided I wanted to do something shabby chic with it so I got out the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Old White and made a wash of half water and half paint.  I applied two coats of the wash and after that dried I went to The Graphics Fairy and found a letter H and a pretty border and merged them in the free program “Picnik”.

I then used the gesso transfer method and applied the monogram to each side.







This is very tedious and not my favorite method of transferring but I did not have a carbon copy only inkjet and this method works best with the inkjet image.

I have been working on one of those curled, book page, rose wreaths so I attached a few of those onto the sides also.  I then applied a wash of burnt umber to the edges of the roses and tied a burlap bow on handle and here is the result.









I plan on using it to hold Christmas cards, mail, etc…

I have also been working on a few Christmas ornaments and the following buntings to carry to my booth at King’s Antiques.  I’m running behind I think as the department stores had theirs out at 4th of July! lol

Here’s some pictures of the buntings.



I don’t have a mantle so I just hung them on my buffet for the pictures.  I just love this Santa picture.







I printed the images on card stock and glued them onto some tea dyed, scrim fabric and then attached some twine for hanging.





This image came again from The Graphics Fairy. I cut some strips of coordinating scrapbook paper, folded them like an accordion  and glued them around the edge. I then used twine  glued to the back for hanging.

Well, I hope you enjoyed these projects my daughter and grandchildren have been here helping me make decorations so its back to work for me. So until next time have a good week.


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Antique “Greek Blue” and Champagne Vanity

Hello everyone hope your weekend is going well.

I wanted to share this darling vanity I just finished with you.  I have just gotten some new ASCP colors in and couldn’t wait to try out this beautiful “Greek Blue”.

Here is the before of a the vanity that I picked up at a local resale shop.



It was plain and very dirty but had great bones and some good details.

First I sprayed it with metallic silver.



What? Oh, you want to know why? Because when I distressed it I wanted the silver to peek through. I then painted it Greek Blue. The details  I painted a color I achieve by mixing a couple of metallic paints. I think it looks like the color of champagne, a soft, light gold.  The little round area at the top of the mirror was just crying out for something so I applied one of my vintage images, a rose.

After that dried I waxed with a clear wax, distressed it, then applied a dark wax to age it. I distressed the top quite a lot achieving a lighter blue as if worn away by time with areas showing the wood and then buffed to a shine.

I love the juxtaposition of the aged chalk paint and the metallic elements especially the silver that peeks through on front and sides in different areas.  The drawers I painted “Paris Gray”.  I switched out the drawer pulls for glass ones and here is the result.







Yes I took a few of these pictures in my husbands den all leather with wood ducks and a huge flat screen TV. lol
























This project was a little different for me as I usually keep to more neutral tones so as to appeal to everyone’s taste and décor.  However, blue is my favorite color and this is just a stunning blue don’t you think?

I hope you like the results.  Would love to here from you. 

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