My niece bought this chair and ottoman and wanted me to recover. We decided to chalk paint the base of them and only recover the soft parts. We made chalk paint using calcium carbonate, water and Linen color paint. It was a dark green color so it took four coats. I sanded after the 4th coat. It turned out great.
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| 1st coat of paint |
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| 4th coat of paint...big difference between top and bottom. |
This armoire was given to me but was a painted mess. I wanted to re-paint using chalk paint so I wouldn't have to sand of the different types of paint that was on it. I didn't want to spend the doll hairs on Sloan Chalk paint so I decided to try the recipe Diane Henkler posted on Pinterest ( http://inmyownstyle.com/2013/02/diy-chalk-paint-review-update.html ) using Calcium Carbonate. Worked great and turned out beautiful. I used some blue paint I already had and some tea stain (Ralph Lauren). The chalk paint was easy to work with. The final pictures really don't do it justice.
I never win anything so you can imagine my excitement today when I found out that I won the $50 gift certificate from Photofiddle.com that was hosted by My Romantic Home (well through her review blog). Here's her post so you can check out her site and all of the cool stuff from Photofiddle. Here's a picture of one of her favorite prints done on canvas.
http://myromantichomereviews.blogspot.com/
So what did you think of the new version for Haiti of We Are The World? Personally, I love it! I actually got the chills when I watched it. More because of what it'll do for Haiti but also due to the inspiration of Michael Jackson to the song even today. I've read several sites that have made negative comments regarding the mixture of rap/hip hop in it but I think it was brilliant to mix the artists. They have everyone from back in the day to the present. It'll appeal to all ages. Here's a link to the website if you'd like to check it out.
http://wearetheworldfoundation.org/
I ordered some vinyl monograms from Becky at I.Show.Off vinyl decor and couldn't wait for them to come in. She had an awesome post idea for Teacher Gift Monogram Pencil Jars. I knew this would be a great Valentine gift for my sons' two teachers. When I got them I was even more pleased....these were perfect. Perfect size and awesome quality.
I found some ABC vintage looking ribbon on clearance for .50 at Michaels. The vinyl monograms were extremely easy to put on using the tutorial from I.Show.Off site (click here for tutorial). Here is picture of how mine turned out.
Thanks again Becky....I can't wait to place another order. I think I'm going to be addicted to the vinyl projects.
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I noticed this on another blog (sorry...unfortunately I can't remember where) but I ended up finding it on http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/rock-candy-675037/ . You can view the instructions on their site but I'm also listing how I did it.
Supplies:
Boxes of Sweethearts
Valentine Tootsie Rolls
Glue Stick
Scissors
Scrapbook Paper of Your Choice
Ipod Template
String
Laminate
Gift Tags
Tape
Goodie Bags
Get the ipod template by copying this link http://familyfun.go.com/assets/cms/pdf/crafts/RockCandy_3.pdf and pasting it as your web address. It will allow you to change the songs to accommodate your choice of songs. Here is what their template looks like:
Using scrapbook paper, I used the box of Sweethearts as the template. It just needs to wrap around the box, not cover the top and bottom. Cut the paper so that you have enough room in back to glue the paper together. Before you glue the paper together in back, tape the string on the inside of the paper in back - either side. Here is what the back looks like. 
If you haven't seen how cute these quote lines are with flowers to match, you have to check out
Valentine's Day Quotes and Sentiments' by Julie Mulligan
Orange You Glad We're Friends
I noticed today that the wonderful site of MaryJanes and Galoshes has a PLAYHOUSE GIVEAWAY....how awesome is that! It uses a standard card table so when you need to tuck it away it folds down into practically nothing! MissPrettyPretty has really put a lot of thought into creating fun educational play. Imagine the fun the kids will have in these.
MaryJanes and Galoshes: So what do you do?
Required- You must visit MissPrettyPretty's shop and leave a comment at MaryJanes and Galoshes on which house you are drooling over. That's it!
***Multiple entries will be deleted before a winner is chosen, one entry per person*****
Entries accepted now until Feb 15th. I will announce the winner on Tuesday Feb 16th. Good Luck!
I'm so excited to see who the lucky winner will be. Here's a couple of my favorites:
In December they did a post about the textile gift boxes that they had won from Hullabaloo Home Decor through Design Dazzle and how much they absolutely loved them. They have offered to give one lucky Room Remix reader not only some textile gift boxes, but also one of their fabulous decorative textile storage boxes. Please visit http://roomremixblog.blogspot.com for your chance to win.
It seems that every holiday or occasion where I'm asked what gift I would like I can't really come up with anything. Well, since I've started viewing others blogs that has changed. Now I'll start posting things I've found that I have to have.
My first is from Fifi Flowers http://www.fififlowers.com/. These paintings are awesome. I'm particularly fond of her chair paintings. Here are a few samples of the ones I love...
I scoured everywhere I could think of to find this chair used. It was discontinued by the furniture stores. This chair would work in any of my rooms and with all of my decor. Love it!!!!
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