I forgot to take pictures, but I did prime all the pieces. I could have skipped the priming on the pieces that I was not going to distress. 1,396 hours later, I painted them the final color. I hand painted the primed white Ikea board black and let the primer show through so it would look distressed without me having to actually sand it. I then sprayed on two coats of glossy polyurethane. I liked shiny better than flat. By the way. the
This is now holding napkins. It looks cute. I have limited flat surface space, so for now it will live in my kitchen holding our napkins :)
I love my two Dollar Tree birdies that I spray painted ivory. <3
I will show the red shelf tomorrow. That project was one that came about while waiting....
The apothecary jars were made using the tutorial at Shanty2Chic. I made these pre-blog and love them!
I tried a few different things on top of the plate, but finally decided on the eggs. I still want to add some
I will show you my other projects on Friday. Tomorrow I'm heading to Epcot with my daughter, Haley and her Latin Club. I'm so excited...probably won't sleep tonight!!!!!! The BEST thing??? I have no responsibilities!!! I'm not a chaperon, thank goodness! I can handle chaperoning children under 10, but teenagers? No thank you....I'll just hang with MY 17 year old :)
Have an awesomely awesome Hump Day!
LIBBY :)
I didnt even consider putin a plate on the top of my candle holdersI have 3 but didnt know what to do with them
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