A Quick Before & After

Hello everyone and happy TGIF!  Hope you are having a good one.

Here is a small project I just finished and carried to the shop.

This picture shows the true color ASCP “Coco”.  Some of the other pictures were taken in my booth at King’s Antiques in Shreveport and the fluorescent lights made it look more green than gray. 

I forgot to take a before picture but I did have this one from a group I had taken of my furniture that is stored waiting to be refurbished.

You can just see it under the larger table it at least gives you an idea of the original color.    

I first of course cleaned it up then applied two coats of the “Coco” paint.  I have to say that I love Annie Sloan Chalk Paint but I have not found that it will cover a dark stain or paint in one coat.  I applied two coats on this piece.

I then traced an image I found at The Graphics Fairy using carbon paper and painted it with “Old White” ASCP.  I also painted the trim and lattice work “Old White”.

After that dried I applied a coat of clear wax (also Annie Sloan) and distressed it lightly. Finally I applied another coat of clear wax and in a few places some dark wax to age it some more. 

And there you have it. Have a great weekend and happy painting.

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Free Graphics Wednesday #12

I got kind of carried away this week and I am sharing a couple of extra images. 

First I have this lovely parrot.

And another one with orange wings.

Next I have a lovely ornate letter “B” from an antique German Bible. I will be sharing more of these gorgeous letters in the future.

How about some vintage sheet music?

I just love this little girl playing her violin don’t you?

And last this vintage photograph is an actual ancestor of mine but no one knows who she and the baby could be.  She has to be from one of the following families: Shelley, Johnson, Cannon, Rabon, or Ashley. If by some strange circumstance you recognize her please let me know.  Thanks.

Are you inspired? Have fun creating and I would love to see what you put together using my images.  Feel free to email your pics to pjhdesignsinfo@gmail.com and I could share them on my blog.


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I’m Still Flippin’ Furniture

Hello my blogger friends.  Hope everyone is having a great start to 2012.  I have been keeping up with as many of you as I can and have been so inspired by all of your projects and tips.  Thanks for sharing.

I wanted to get a little personal today and share something I recently shared on FB.  I have been having terrible problems with my back and since we’ve tried everything else I think surgery is going to be in my future. Sigh.

As a result I have not been cranking out the furniture pieces like I usually do.  I had a couple of good days lately and really accomplished a lot but today I was just down flat on my back!

Now I know you have your own problems and that is why I haven’t said much about what’s been going on but I felt that I needed to let you know and ask that you stick with my little blog through the next few months.  I will be mixing it up a little and sharing more home décor items, crafts, etc… projects that do not require lifting, crawling, excessive bending…you get the picture.

I will have about three furniture pieces to share with you in the next few days and of course my Free Graphic Wednesday. I have trouble just sitting and doing nothing and I’m  always making something or trying new crafts.

Here’s one I just finished.

I love doing all kinds of crafts but paper crafts are a fairly new challenge for me.  This is a butterfly wreath I made with a large butterfly punch.

First I punched out the butterflies.  I then glued a piece of purple tulle to the center of the butterfly and held it over a candle to curl it.  After that I attached small silver beads to the antennas and then glued silver, German glass glitter to the edges and center.

I then took a 10” wire wreath and wove my opalescent ribbon in and out of it for a base.  I glued the butterflies on to the wreath with hot glue putting them in various directions.  It took 26 butterflies.

I made 3 small bows and glued them onto the wreath and lastly I made a small HOPE banner for the center.  I believe it would make a lovely gift for a girls room or any shabby chic cottage home don’t you? 

I hope this inspired you to start punching out butterflies! My daughter and I are considering making more paper crafts like this and selling them on Etsy.  What do you think?  I did list this piece on Etsy you may see it here. It is kind of lonely sitting there all by itself lol.  Hopefully I’ll have more soon.

Again, please bear with me on my furniture flipping I’m still working just slower and I will be sharing more craft projects along with the furniture.  Thanks so much for being my followers and all the best for 2012.

P. S. Here’s a tip.  After you finish the butterflies spray them with a clear sealer that does not yellow and it will stop the glitter from falling off.


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Free Graphic Wednesday #11

Welcome everyone hope your New Year has started out great!  Here are the free graphics for this week feel free to share my link with your friends.  Please read Disclosure Page before using my graphics.

First, as we are moving into the time of the year that we remember the ones we love I’m sharing a Valentine’s card.

Now after a great deal of work on Photoshop here is just the floral heart border.

Next I have a Poulain Chocolat card.

Finally, my favorite for this week this darling fairy with doves.  Hope you enjoy using these in one of your projects. Until next week happy crafting.

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