jewelry...

You can make this french povincial dresser..I have done this to so much of

my furniture...I chuck Pva glue,grout n any sealer type paint ,I

have...even Bond crete into a tin of flat white ceiling paint..I paint

without sanding adding coffee...herbs...coloured spices to each layer of

paint..

I just pour some of the paint into differant old containers and add coffee

to some in differant strengths,curry in another,sage even dill

weed..experiment its great fun...I just keep painting random until I get

the chalky, shabby, chippy, look I want..Then I glue on the bits n pieces,I

drizzle hot glue in a pattern all over,forming a vine with leaves..no need

to be neat, just enjoy it...its just art not life or death.

Then start blending paint over the shells and glue patterns.Then bash up

cabinett...lol..Dent it...scratch it,use a kitchen scrubber to rub paint

off in certain areas..after that dip a tooth brush in gold paint, splatter

it over the cabinett..use a fine brush to touch raised areas of hot

glue.and shell flower motiffs,with the gold paint..I buy the more expensive

spray can of 24 car gold paint and spray a bit in the lid and dip my fine

brush in it..You dont use alot and it lasts many projects,so I always keep

a can around.

I removed the glass panells before I painted, as Im not a precise person

and splash paint around...I work wet on wet and mix hair wax with the paint

and even full goss paint in cream and clear varnish,I even rub organic

coconut oil in differant places..I just enjoy the whole experimental

process..

Painting like this has helped me achive ornate french style furniture at

little cost.My method wears well and survived my kids and now grandkids...

My furniture is unique and has a story..I can find a painted crystal earing

whos partner got lost, that was a anniversay presant from my husband..or

broken vintage pieces from my mothers jewelry...rings my girls grew out of,

I also make plaster and resin flowers and bunches of grapes in molds,they

all get stuck on furniture no matter there colour and painted over..

I often fill in gaps between flowers with plumbers expanding foam.The

reason I love my art is that I dont have to shop for things..I look around

my home and use what I find when Im in a creative mood...old key ends may

be poking out from under shell flowers or a gem or pearl from broken

jewelry..even broken handles of china cups are tucked in under flowers or

poked into the plumbers foam and painted over...So go ahead..experiment and

feel the exhileration of a unique piece of furniture art and a talking

piece...I some times melt candle wax with olive oil,coconut oil,tip in a

few spoons of walnut stain varnish,solid furniture wax, nothings

precise.Then buff up

Sometimes the paint crackles or wrinkles but these just add ruffage for the

stain varnish I wipe over it somewhere along the process to pick up, little

nooks and wrinkles like dirt has built up over the years, i often wipe

walnut stain varnish over the whole paint job wiping off as I go, so it

seals and just lightly colours the white paint and grabbs the cracks and

wrinkles.

I finish of sometimes with old rags and the home made polish from above,I

rub it all over then polish it up....This isnt needed as the quick wipe

over of the gloss walnut stain seals the chalky paint and makes it

washable/wipable.

Just mix your sons hair wax with some strong coffee and wipe over a piece

of wood...just see what you get..start experimenting with old left over

paints..mix oils in with flat..throw in some wood glue and some plaster or

grout and just paint... Im the Origional Seaweed Woman...who isnt on

drugs..lol... but loves being me and just creating,I hope you give this a

go.

Start with compost, add peat, perlite and fertilizer and mix well.

You can buy a big bale of compressed peat and large bag of perlite, depending on how much you need, these could last you quite a few seasons.

The fertilizer could be a slow release formula or a generic all purpose. I add more fertilizer depending on application ( hanging baskets for instance would get a handful more at planting time.

I just get in there with my garden gloved hands and give it a good mixing pulling out any large pieces that need more time to cook in the compost.

Your ratio should be about:

Compost= 60%

Peat= 30%

Perlite=10%

+ a few handfuls or more of fertilizer pending on size of mix.

For more info on composting visit: http://www.sowanddipity.com/the-dirt-on-comp...

idea, THANKS again for your inspiration

I found solar lights at Walmart that were pretty much the same size as the top of a canning jar. I bought a box of a dozen clear generic canning jars at Walmart. And I bought bags of flat florist gems at the dollar store.

I removed the cylinder with the ground spike from the solar light and put a thin line of clear silicone caulk around the outside of the jar ring then put the light on top. After the caulk dried attach flat florist gems around the jar ring and around the little edge at the bottom of the clear shade of the solar light. Then I threw in about 50 florist gems inside the jar for stability outside along my wall. I wanted to use red gems but they didn't have any. Next trip to the Dollar Store :)

sewing machine drawers and came up with this matching pair of panels.

I cut the sewing drawers in half and mounted them. And also used the small swivel drawers that you find on most vintage and antique sewing machines in the center as the base drawers on my new pieces. Some old locker numbers individualize each halved drawer and a vintage drawer handle accents the top. I used old hinges at the top for mounting from old sewing machine cabinets also. The silver paint is Modern Masters Metallic Silver. The stretched ruler tape is from a very old cloth/canvas measuring tape spool.

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week.~I knew I wanted a vintage sign for my kitchen, but I wanted something unique. We moved to North Carolina five years ago and in those years we have explored all the different areas around Charlotte numerous times. Every now and then on one of these excursions I would see a sign for Sundries. Now I am originally from Florida and I have never seen or heard of a Sundry Store and had no idea really what it was. Basically it means miscellaneous small articles, details, or items. Kind of like a small General Store. I thought it was very unique idea for a sign for my pantry!