Friday, July 29, 2011

color! pattern! paint!

sure has been depressing around here recently, huh? july 2011 goes down in stone family history as the absolute pits. here's hoping august brings a major upswing.

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 progress

AFTER:


notice another fabric mod podged project in the background - the pink frame

looks like the various geometric melamine & acrylic trays i've lusted over, but for what? FO' FREE. booyah.
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5 comments:

  1. mrs. jonesJuly 29, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    operation finish! go go go!! love both of these...promise not to turn you in for an episode of "hoarders".

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  2. ScottJuly 29, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    I love the word "oughtn't."

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  3. ErinQJuly 30, 2011 at 9:54 AM

    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.

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  4. TootieFlootieJuly 30, 2011 at 6:07 PM

    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!

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  5. NishtaAugust 4, 2011 at 9:27 PM

    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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