Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Pallet decor!

I Have been wanting to make a pallet piece to go above my bed. So here you go!

This was quite the work out taking this pallet apart. I took a hammer and a rubber mallet and hit all the slabs out.


The slabs nailed together

White washed

Here if you look closer you see that I took a pencil and drew out what i wanted to paint.

Used black pain for them stems and yellow and robins egg blue for the berry flowers. I used a circle foam brush.

I Love you more is what my hubby says to me when i tell him that I love him. I traced stencils and then painted it black.

Friday, June 1, 2012

New FAMILY window

 This was my first attempt at creating a velum look on a window w/out the price! Usually you buy velum for $15 plus! So first i used my friends cricut (i need to buy my own :). I cut out the word FAMILY about 4.5 inches tall and taped it on the front of the window (in the pick above you are actually seeing the back of the window.
 Here i used a sharpie paint marker and traced over the letters (remember, i painted on the back side of the window, the letters are taped on the front) Painting the back gives the front a smoother look.
Here is what it looks like before painting the window frame
And here it is completed!

Here is a close up of the paint job. I used crackle paint to get the old look which i prefer for window. Make sure when painting w/crackle paint to lay the object flat or the crackle paint and top coat will slide down off the frame...i learned that the hard way :)