the antidote to bummertown? color! pattern! paint! OPERATION FINISH! today i completed two projects from my long-standing to-do pile.
first, an old paint caddy of my mom's. if i'm to cart around paint supplies all the live-long day, oughtn't i do so in style?
BEFORE:
please note the carpet. when did we remove the carpet? november 2009. OPERATION FINISH!a vera bradley napkin, a little mod podge, my kwid imperial trellis stencil and some paint later, the AFTER:
hoarding art supplies? who, me?
infinitely more festive!
next, a plain wooden tray i picked up ages ago. no before picture; just envision, if you will, a plain wooden tray. envisioning? mkay. i painted it white, mod podged a piece of fabric to the bottom, then painted on a monogram. of course.
post-mod podge, pre-monogram
monogram in progressAFTER:
notice another fabric mod podged project in the background - the pink frame
notice another fabric mod podged project in the background - the pink framelooks like the various geometric melamine & acrylic trays i've lusted over, but for what? FO' FREE. booyah.
5 comments:
operation finish! go go go!! love both of these...promise not to turn you in for an episode of "hoarders".
I love the word "oughtn't."
I'm so glad you are back in the blogosphere, I missed you! Do you swear by ModPodge, or have you tried the make-your-own with white glue and water? I'm crossing my fingers for an uptick your August too.
Start an etsy shop! :-) I also love that you're back. I like to paint as well, and have this very same variety of acrylics. No fancy paint tray, though...I just have a toolbox to carry them around!
you are so out of control, in the best possible way. I wish you lived closer, so you could teach me how to do these pretty things, too.
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