Belgian Waffle Table with Graphic

This is a sweet little table that has already been delivered to it's new home.  I wanted to share it with you because I was happy with the way it turned out.  I was at the paint store looking for another color and I decided to pick this one up also.  The base paint was called Belgian Waffle and I liked the name and the color, so I thought I would give it a try.  I mixed up my own chalk paint.  I painted it,  distressed it a little and then antiqued it.  

I found this graphic from The Graphics Fairy and transferred it to the table.   I sanded the top a little to give it an aged look. The table top had a crack in it and I liked how the graphic highlighted it.  The final step was waxing it.   I hope you have enjoyed your weekend.

Cindy

Snowglobes and Ornaments

The last few weeks have been busy working on Christmas cards and doing some photo editing for Live, Laugh, Love Photography.  I have been doing snowglobe and ornament photos.  I love working in Photoshop and am continually amazed at what it can do.

I hope you are enjoying the holiday season.

Cindy

SelmaRose Finds a Home

The week after Thanksgiving was an exciting time for me as I was able to open a space in a local antique store.  I now have a spot in Lavon's Timeless Treasures in Henderson Tennessee. I have always enjoyed going in to the shop and am glad to now call it home for SelmaRose Vintage.  I still have so much work to do, but I am really enjoying working on it.  Be sure to stop by if you are in the area.

Cindy

Christmas Tree and Mantle

Christmas 2012

It has been a really busy week, so I am thankful today to be able to say that we have our Christmas tree up and most of the decorations are out.  We got the tree in and the decorations down from the attic on Friday night, but I wasn't up to finishing the tree.  When I woke up Saturday morning it looked like a Christmas shop had exploded in our living room.  I am always glad to have the decorating finished and be able to enjoy it.  

My husband and oldest daughter went and picked out the tree on Friday afternoon while I was at work.  I think they did a great job.  It is a beautiful tree. It makes the house smell so Christmasy.  Hope your decorating is going well and you are enjoying the season.  

Cindy

The Magic of Santa

I love Photoshop and do Christmas cards, Birthday invitations and some editing for   Live, Laugh, Love Photography.  We have been working on some things for Christmas lately and I just had to share these.  I only added the "magic" to them, (so I can't take any credit) but I think they are so precious.  The girls are so sweet and Santa is just amazing.

Thanks for visiting!

Cindy

Music Cabinet

I bought this music cabinet a few months ago.  I had seen it one Saturday and didn' buy it.  I went back the next week and it was still there, so I bought it. I loved the graphic on the front and didn't want to cover it up.  The veneer was partially missing on the top.  I removed the veneer off of the top only.  The glue was very hard to remove and I never could remove all of it even with a sander.  The cabinet had a red cast to it and didn't match the door.  I decided to paint all of it except for the door.  I used a brown paint that I usually mix with glaze for antiquing.  I think it is a great color.  I did a little distressing after I painted it and then used a wax on it.  I am very happy with the results. It makes me happy every time I look at it.  I love the door graphic.  Hope you are having a great fall weekend.

Costumer's Ad Chair in Tricycle

I picked up three chairs a few weeks ago and have been looking forward to working on them.  There were two like this one and then one with arms on it.  I had picked up samples of Miss Mustard Seed paint and thought I would use the samples on the chairs.  This beautiful color is called Tricycle.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  It is a beautiful color.  After it was dry, I waxes it with clear wax.  I went back after it was dry and antiqued it.  I was happy with the finish.

For the chair I used a Graphics Fairy image and transferred it like I have shown in previous post.  I love this old ad for a costumer. It is a beauty.  It is transferred on drop cloth fabric.  I can't wait to get started on the next one.  Happy Monday!

Vanity Bench

This is the bench I have been working on to go with the vanity.  I should say I bought it to go with the vanity.  After working on it, I may look for something else for the vanity and sell it by itself.  I picked up a few sample sizes of Miss Mustard Seed's milk paint last weekend.  I couldn't wait to try it out.  This color is called Kitchen Scale. I loved working with the paint. It was so easy to distress.  I loved the finished look.  I have been painting a chair with her red, called tricycle, today.  I think it is going to be a great color.  I will post the photos soon. 

This is the aerial view or the bench.  I used the same technique I used for the kitchen towel in my last post to transfer the graphic on to the fabric.  This is another great French Typography graphic from the Graphics Fairy. You can find it here.   I plan on working on some fall pillows in the same style after I finish the chair.  Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Thanks for checking it out!

Cindy

Flour Sack Kitchen Towel

I have been working on coming up with the best method of transferring print to fabric.  I live in a rural area and wanted to be able to work on projects without having to find time to go to the nearest craft store which is 45 minutes away for me.  I have tried several methods, but this is my favorite.  It uses items I have around the house and doesn't require having copies made at a print shop.  Best of all the paper I use to transfer is reusable.  Below are step by step instructions. Happy printing.  

I started with a sheet of card stock and clear contact paper.

I cut the contact paper a little larger than the card stock.  I cut two pieces of contact paper, since it was going to be reusable.  I didn't want to ruin it by getting the back side wet. 

I started at the top and secured the contact paper to the card stock.  I just unrolled it a little at a time.  It is very important that there are no creases in the contact paper.  Once you attach it to the top you can just pull gently on the backing of the contact paper and smooth as you go.  After the whole sheet was attached, I trimmed it with scissors to the size of the contact paper.  I  then repeated the process on the back.

I then stuck the paper in my ink jet printer and printed this image.  It is from http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/  She has so many beautiful vintage images ready to download.  You have to check them out. The image has to be a mirror image if there is any text on it or has to be turned a certain way.  Many of her images give you an option of printing the regular image or a mirror image.

I ironed my fabric and placed in on top of a stack of newspaper.  It needs to have a little padding under it.  I then misted the fabric with a spray bottle of water.  Only a tiny bit of water.  If it is too wet the image will bleed.  Gently turn the image face down on the fabric and without moving it tape it to the fabric to keep it from moving.  If it moves at all it will smear the image.  After it is taped down I used the back of a spoon to burnish the image on to the fabric.  I think you might be able to do this with a rolling pin.  After the you have gone over the whole image, remove it from the fabric.  I then ironed it to set the image.  You can take a damp cloth and wipe any remaining ink from the card stock and it is ready to use again.  

This is the finished product!  Thanks for checking it out.

Cindy

Earring and Necklace Holder

This is an earring and necklace holder I made earlier this year.  I had seen both of them on Pinterest and decided to give them a try.  For the necklace holder I picked various knobs from Hobby Lobby and found a spare board in the garage.  I was lucky enough to find a few of the knobs on clearance.  I cut the board to the length I wanted it and then marked the spacing of the holes.  I drilled the holes for the screws, then inserted the knobs.  The screws on the knobs were too long, so I marked where I wanted to cut them and then took them out of the board and then cut them off with my Dremel.  I turned the board over and used a boring bit to make an indentation in the back so the nut for the screw didn't stick out.  I wanted the board to lay flat on the wall.  I then painted the board.  I put two hangers on the back and put the knobs back on and it was ready to hang.  I have enjoyed using it.  For the earring holder:  You can see I took this picture before I got all my earrings on it.  I only use it to put my earrings with hooks.  It makes it so much easier to find what you are looking for.  I found a frame I liked at Goodwill and took the glass and photo out.  I painted it to match the necklace hanger. I cut the wire to the shape of the frame( For this step I used wire cutters and wore gloves.)  I glued the edge of wire to the back of the frame with E-6000.  The frame already had a hanger, so as soon as it was dry it was ready to hang.       Thanks for checking it out.

Cindy

This is my sweet little niece and Santa.  She had her picture made yesterday by my sister and niece who have a photography business in Lynchburg, Tennessee.  They do a great job and isn't the Santa beautiful.  Check them out on Facebook at LiveLaughLove-Photography.  

This is my first furniture piece that will be for sale.  This Vanity was in good shape for it's age.  Unfortunately, I didn't take a before picture. I mixed my own chalk paint in gray and then used a dark glaze to antique it.  I distressed it a little before the antiquing.  It has beautiful detailing and the dark glaze really brings out the beauty.  I waxed it after it had time to dry.  I replaced the drawer pulls since only two of the original pulls came with it and I wasn't able to find matching pieces.  It has a matching chest of drawers that I will be working on next.  Thanks for checking it out!

Cindy