Totally Transformed Tuesday #5 & Features

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Wow! Has it been a week already? This week has just flown by for me how about you? 

I have been working on crochet and knit baby things for my new grandson on the way, Bowen. He is due in November.  I've also been working on several pieces of furniture I will be sharing with you soon, but the work has been going slow in this heat. My paint dries before it hits the furniture! Whew!

Plus, my Hubby and I took a whirlwind trip to Natchitoches, Louisiana to just get away and relax. We had a wonderful time visiting the shops on the river front and touring a plantation.

Now that I have you all caught up on my week...Oh, yes. Still no laptop it seems when I got that major virus about fifty more followed it into my computer! The Geeks are trying to save as many of my files as they can so its taking awhile.

I have had so much fun visiting all of your post and trying to leave messages. I type them but they just won't post! Sigh.  Anyway here are my favorites for this week.

Kathy on "Life on Lakeshore Drive" blog shared her ASCP Emperor Red and gilt table redo. Gorgeous Kathy.

Heidi at "One Creative Mommy" shared how to make freezer paper art aprons and includes the free printable so you may make your own.

Lynn over at "Shabby Story" showed us how to take a barn door, a sconce, some vintage suitcases, a chair, and a darling rosebud pillow and create a lovely vignette! So pretty.

Sherry at "Decorating With Cents" inspired me to go buy some of those big rings I've been seeing in all the stores, add a swath of sheer fabric and make my dining room chairs look gorgeous. Thanks Sherry.

RaNae at "Ewe Creek Cottage" shared this yummy recipe for Spaghetti Squash Tomato Pasta Bake. I can't wait to give this recipe a try.


Thanks to everyone that linked up last week. I wish I could feature all of you (there wasn't a link I didn't like) but old Bess (that's what I'm calling my old cranky computer) is protesting and starting to act up.  So, if you were featured be sure to grab a button.

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Now, without further ado...let's get this party started!

Remember to use your post link not your main blog link and to put my button or a text link on your blog. Sorry no link no feature. 

And remember if I don't leave a comment on your blog post its this silly computer cause I'm definitely a viSitiN' and a PaRtin'. Yeehaw!

Totally Transformed Tuesday # 4 & Feature

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Hello all my blogger friends! I certainly hope your week has started out wonderful! 

Mine has started out terrible! lol I picked up a virus on my new laptop and it wiped out everything on it. :-( It is now at the hospital with The Geek Squad and I sure hope they can salvage something. I am trying to work on my old CPU and she is terribly slow, tired, overloaded, & cranky sort of like me! Keeping all that in mind I will keep it short and sweet today.

Your favorite link last week was..."Raised on Country Sunshine" at Simply Vintageous. She shared her beautiful china hutch redo. Gorgeous job Susan!

Grab a featured button Susan!

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I promise to have more features next week. Now on to the party! Be sure to link back to me if you want to be featured and mingle at the party. Don't be a wall flower go visit a couple of fellow bloggers! Have a good time! :-)

I can't wait to see what you've been up to we really do want to see! 

Update! I'm sorry,  I've been trying to reply to all my comments and leave comments at all of your link-ups I'm visiting but Blogger won't let me! Now I'm going from cranky to just pure grumpy! :-) Just know I appreciate and look at everyone of your post. I also share some on FB and Pinterest. Please spread the word.  Thanks.

Fairy & Roses Side Table

Hello everyone! Hope you have had a great week so far.

Today I'm sharing an oval side table I recently re-finished.

Here's the after:

And here is the before:

I picked this table up at a local thrift store and it was in excellent shape.  No dings, scratches, and it was solid wood! No particle board. 

The only problem I had with it was...well...it just wasn't shabby enough! So, I painted it Duck Egg Blue, trimmed with some silver acrylic paint, decoupaged some tissue roses and a fairy onto the top, waxed it, distressed it, antiqued it, waxed it again, and finally added a darling little pink rose knob! 

I love it!

I'll be giving a tutorial soon on decoupaging with tissue paper. Let's just say you have to do it veeery carefully. lol

Hope you enjoyed my little table.  Have a wonderful day.

Join me at the following parties:

Thursday

Transformation Thursday

Friday

Furniture Feature Friday

Feathered Nest Friday

Shabbilicious Friday

Saturday

Create & Inspire

Totally Transformed Tuesday #3 & Features!

Hello everyone before we start the party I wanted to share what I have been up to this week.  

I am working on several items but I finished and shared my "Old World Blanket Chest".  You can see the full article here.

Now on to our features this week.  The most clicked link this week was...Debbie from Debbie-Dabble again this week! Congratulations Debbie we loved your remake of those antique sewing machine drawers. 

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Now for some of my favorites:

Trish at The Old Post Road Blog shared her kitchen redo.

Judy at Vintage Street Designs shared a tutorial on transferring  a graphite image onto a chippy table. 

Bilijana from Bilijana Shabby shared her romantic shabby chic door plates.

Bethany from Pitter And Glink shared how to make this darling mod podge necklace.

Aimee from Twigg Studios share her tutorial on making ombre ribbon. If you were featured feel free to grab a button

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I'd like to thank everyone that linked up last week I so enjoyed visiting everyone and I am amazed at how talented you all are! 

Please link up only something you have done recently.  Make sure to use the link to the actually post not the link to your blog.   No etsy shops, giveaways, or link parties please.  


You must provide a back link to my blog to be featured. No back link no feature.

I would appreciate it if you follow me via at least one of the social networks and I always try to follow everyone back, but it is not necessary.  If I miss you please let me know. :-)

Okay, let's get this par-tay started! 

Old World Blanket Chest

I had so much fun working on this piece even though it was over 100 degrees in the shade!  I can't wait to share it with you, but before I do I'd like to remind you of the Totally Transformed Tuesday linky party! The party is still going strong so hop on over and link up we would love to see what you have been up to!

Now here is the finished blanket chest!

I have been wanting to do something in the Old World style for some time now and when I saw this chest in Canton, Texas at First Monday Trade Days, I knew it was just the piece for the design I had running through my head.

Here is what she looked like when I bought her.

She did not have much going for her except that she was solid wood, fairly large, and had pretty little legs.

Here are the details of how I achieved that gorgeous finish.

First, I picked out three images that I thought would work together. In the beginning I thought I wanted a large old world  scene that I could split into three parts, but after a lot of thought I decided on two pictures of 18th century women (one I know is Marie Antoinette) and one with a mother and her children.  

The portraits of the two women came from the Graphics Fairy and the center image with the children is from my free graphics archive. I took the images and had them enlarged to fit the three panels in front.  

To start I painted different areas of the chest with layers of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Greek Blue, Louis Blue, and Paris Gray focusing on sections I knew later would be distressed. By doing so I created the illusion that it had been painted many times over the years, and in painting only certain areas I saved a lot of time and paint.  I then covered the back and all edges, center strips, and legs with Old White.  On the side panels I used Louis Blue. 

Now it looks like this:

Once that was dry I took a brush loaded with Greek Blue and painted around the outside edges of the side panel over the Louis Blue. I then added more Louis Blue, wet on wet, and using a damp rag blended and soften the colors into each other.

Once that was dry I chose one of my larger stencils that fit almost perfectly into the panel and painted it with a silver metallic acrylic.

While that was drying I very carefully decoupaged my images to the front of the chest.  I sealed them with two coats of Mod Podge.

I then applied a thin coat of clear wax to the entire piece and distressed. Once the was was dry I mixed my favorite Expresso glaze and applied it to the chest in large areas wiping it off with a dry cloth. I also waxed and glazed the images to help age them.  

The back of the chest was painted, glazed, and distressed also in case one wanted to place it in an open area. Next, I applied dark wax, very lightly, to the feet and any other area I wanted to have a more antiqued look.

The top was stripped and stained with dark walnut and sealed with three coats of matte polyurethane.

And there you have it! I hope you like it as much as I do. I'm having a hard time thinking about carrying it to the shop. :-)

Here are some closeups of the distressed areas.

This piece is sold.

I hope I have inspired you today.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Join me at the following parties:


Friday
Furniture Feature Friday
Feathered Nest Friday
Inspiration Friday
Shabbilicious Friday
Passion Parade Friday

Saturday
Saturday Night Special
Show & Tell Saturday
Get Schooled Saturday
Spotlight Saturday
Free For All

Sunday
Sunday Blog Love
Nifty Thrifty Sunday
Sunday Scoop Link Party
It's Party Time
Sunday Showcase Party

Monday
Creative Party Blog & Hop
More the Merrier Monday
Mop It Up Mondays
Mix It Up Monday
French Party On Monday
Brag Monday

Tuesday
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday
Twice Owned Tuesday
Tuesday's Treasures
Trash 2 Treasure
Your Gonna Love It

Wednesday
Wow Us Wednesday
POWW 99
Restored It Wednesday
Be Inspired
Primp Your Stuff Wednesday

Thursday
Thriving on Thursday
Transformation Thursday
The 36th Avenue
Crazy Cute Thursdays

Totally Transformed Tuesday #2 & Features!

Hello friends out in blogland! I hope this past week has been a good one.  It really seemed to fly by for me I've been so busy knitting for the new grandchild on the way, painting furniture, cleaning my craft room (which was a NIGHTMARE), and I had two of my grandchildren off and on this week.


Now I'd like to take a minute to congratulate "Traci" again for winning my blog o versary giveaway!  Traci please get in touch with me at pjhdesignsinfo@gmail.com. 

Thank you so much for linking up last week and making my first party a success! Please spread the word!

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Before we start the party I'd like to share a couple of projects that stood out from last week.  

Debbie at Debbie-Dabble blog received the most clicks this week for her fabulous faux brick patio. Fabulous job Debbie! Be sure to stop by and see her wonderful tutorial.

Kathy and Paul @ One Creative Couple shared this stunning hand-painted rose table.  I so admire anyone that can paint flowers something I've never mastered.

Tanya @ Twelve-O-Eight created this lovely French country bucket. I love the antiqued hammered finish.

Shabby Story shared her beautiful craft room. You must go by and see where she creates! So pretty.

Finally, Sew A Fine Seam made this lovely, ruffled ottoman cover. Surely no one plans to prop their feet on that do they?


If you were featured feel free to grab a button!

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Now on to the party! Bear with me as I learn the ins and outs of hosting a party and I have a changed a couple of things this week. 


Please link up only something you have done recently.  Make sure to use the link to the actually post not the link to your blog.   No etsy shops, giveaways, or link parties please.  


Provide a back link to my blog using the actual post link not my general blog link (doing this benefits both of our blogs in the search engines).  I'm sorry but if there is no back link I can not feature you on the blog, Pinterest, Twitter, or Facebook, and I will be sharing links all during the week! 


I would appreciate it if you follow me via at least one of the social networks and I always try to follow everyone back, but it is not necessary.  If I miss you please let me know. :-)


Now,  let's see what kind of pretties you've been making this week! We really do want to see!

I Just Received the Sunshine Award!

I'd like to thank Kathy Moody at "Life On Lakeshore Drive" for giving me the Sunshine Award. It is given to "bloggers who positively and creatively inspire others in blogland." Thank you so much Kathy I'm honored you thought of me.

You should stop by and visit Kathy and check out her beautiful refurbished furniture.  I especially like the vintage sewing machine she just refinished. To visit Kathy go here.

I'd like to take a minute to thank all of my new Followers I appreciate each and everyone of you and hope you will be inspired to create something beautiful for your home.

Are you ready to share something new at Totally Transformed Tuesday? I had such wonderful entries last week and it is so hard to choose the features they are all so lovely and inspiring.   I have already shared a few that stood out on my Facebook page and I am really looking forward to seeing what you have been up to this week.

Until then,