Welcome to the monthly Creative Craft Hop
hosted by Andrea from Design Morsels
If you’re coming from Birdz of a Feather,
I know you were awed with her beautiful crocheted pillow cover
and her pattern sales will go 100% to support Alzheimer’s search for a cure
This month I decided to paint a chest of drawers
I’ve had in my stash for quite a while
One of the upsides of the past year for me, is using what I have
and creating, without shopping…
I have a passion for all things MacKenzie-Childs
and decided to paint this chest with patterns inspired by MKC
I used markers to draw designs in a sketchbook
for reference while I painted
The drawers were easy to take out
and the hardware was held in place by bendable claps
so I was able to take that off easily also
I painted the chest white and when that was dry
I began adding black and white checks,
using a flat square brush making rows of alternating checks
To make the checks perfect you could use painter’s tape
and section everything off,
but I’m not much for perfect…
And when it’s all done, you don’t notice any minor imperfections
Nothing complicated on the drawer fronts,
just bright colors and shapes
Red poppies were painted on the top in an abstract fashion,
with dabs of red and pink
Stems and centers were painted when petals were dry
I often paint several things at once,
to use up any leftover paint on my palette
and I grabbed a badly tarnished silver tray and painted it too
New life for an old treasure!
Juicy Details
unfinished wood chest/Hobby Lobby
MacKenzie-Childs Courtly Check flowers/here
Painted vanity pedestal jar and tissue box holder/tutorial here
I hope you’ll visit all my talented crafty friends on the links below!
Thanks so much for joining our crafty fun today!
Next stop is Chas Crazy Creations,
she shares a great tutorial for a Cloud lamp!
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado Love Your Creativity Over the Moon
Between Naps on the Porch, Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Turn About Tuesday