(Image courtesy of the36thavenue.com)
Jeanine
Remember my nest frame a few days ago? Here is the sister frame, done up in all its Jeanne D'Arc-inspired best.
As with the first frame, I gave this one a few coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint. I, again, added some vintage sheet music as my backdrop. All of the images are from The Graphics Fairy.
I added some faux flowers tied with twine to the bottom and a French enamel number tag to the top.
I feel like it's still missing a little something. Vintage lace perhaps?
I also finished up this thrift store star to fit with the frame's religious theme.
It also got the "star" treatment: a couple of coats of chalk paint, sheet music and other little touches.
Both are on display in my tea room.
Jeanine
As with the first frame, I gave this one a few coats of Annie Sloan chalk paint. I, again, added some vintage sheet music as my backdrop. All of the images are from The Graphics Fairy.
I added some faux flowers tied with twine to the bottom and a French enamel number tag to the top.
I feel like it's still missing a little something. Vintage lace perhaps?
I also finished up this thrift store star to fit with the frame's religious theme.
It also got the "star" treatment: a couple of coats of chalk paint, sheet music and other little touches.
Both are on display in my tea room.
Jeanine
I still have a few of these large, Walmart peat pots lurking about.
I wanted to paint them a color other than white, so I did these using a pretty gray chalk paint from Annie Sloan.
I used the tissue paper/Modge Podge method for the image.
Normally, when you paint the peat pots white, the tissue paper kind of just blends in. With the gray, it definitely stands out more. At first I wasn't loving it, but now I'm kind of digging the shabby French look.
I have two more left and thinking pink might be another pretty color choice.
Jeanine
I wanted to paint them a color other than white, so I did these using a pretty gray chalk paint from Annie Sloan.
I used the tissue paper/Modge Podge method for the image.
Normally, when you paint the peat pots white, the tissue paper kind of just blends in. With the gray, it definitely stands out more. At first I wasn't loving it, but now I'm kind of digging the shabby French look.
I have two more left and thinking pink might be another pretty color choice.
Jeanine
It all started with this frame.
And then this pin on Pinterest.
Put those two together and you get this:
I almost tossed the frame after it didn't sell at our last garage sale. Something told me to hang onto it. So glad I did!
For the DIY, first I used Annie Sloan chalk paint to add a shabby touch to my frame. I then added some vintage sheet music to the back piece of the frame. It took two sheets. I glued on the burlap pieces using fabric glue.
While the burlap was still drying, I added the hand-stamped bird's nest images to it. I did those on some coffee-dyed muslin. I added a piece of raffia and a button to the top nest and then a larger nest to the bottom using hot glue.
The Scrabble tiles spelling out "nest" was the finishing touch.
The best part about this entire project was the fact that I had everything I needed on hand. Even better? I have a duplicate frame in the garage. Think I'll add a Frenchy touch to that one!
Jeanine
And then this pin on Pinterest.
Put those two together and you get this:
I almost tossed the frame after it didn't sell at our last garage sale. Something told me to hang onto it. So glad I did!
For the DIY, first I used Annie Sloan chalk paint to add a shabby touch to my frame. I then added some vintage sheet music to the back piece of the frame. It took two sheets. I glued on the burlap pieces using fabric glue.
While the burlap was still drying, I added the hand-stamped bird's nest images to it. I did those on some coffee-dyed muslin. I added a piece of raffia and a button to the top nest and then a larger nest to the bottom using hot glue.
The Scrabble tiles spelling out "nest" was the finishing touch.
The best part about this entire project was the fact that I had everything I needed on hand. Even better? I have a duplicate frame in the garage. Think I'll add a Frenchy touch to that one!
Jeanine
School is over for my boys and that means summer is in full swing in our household. Lookie at this adorable printable I found on Pinterest.
Love the color. Love the words. It screams summer to me!
Jeanine
Love the color. Love the words. It screams summer to me!
Jeanine