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It's time for Brag Monday #91! Once again I'm bragging about two more projects from the last Brag Monday party.
First I'm bragging about this lovely lovely French Piano Bench!!! The bench was hand painted by Deneen at Dreaming in Color!! So pretty! Deneen used the Paris Postmark from HERE. I love the knobs too, be sure and check her site to see how she made them!
Next I'm bragging about this Fabulous Leaning Tower of Pisa Collage, created by Anna Rosa at Anna Rosa Designs! Anna Rosa actually hand painted the Pisa Tower on this!! She also used the Italian Ephemera from HERE , and the Italian Frame from HERE, for this pretty piece!
Now it's your turn! Have you made something from an image here at The Graphics Fairy that you would like to share? Don't be shy, we want to see it!! It's time to brag! You might even be featured on a future Brag Monday post. Just add a link below in the McLinky box and make sure you link back, so everyone can play!
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Here's a pretty DIY project that I worked on today! This is a French Chic Tool Crate that I made, to store my tools in.
This is how it looked before. Nothing special really, just a plain wooden crate. It's been in the garage for so many years now, that I don't remember where it came from originally. Probably Walmart or Lowes or some place like that.
This was super fast and easy to make!
Here's the supply list:
Wooden Crate
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint ~ Paris Grey
French Typography - Download HERE
Old Paper or Old looking Scrapbook Paper
Mod Podge for Paper (Acid Free)
Krylon Spray Sealer
I painted the crate with the Paris Grey Chalk Paint and lightly distressed it, after it dried. Then I printed the Typography label onto real antique paper! I just used a blank end page from the back of an old book. I love how this turned out, because the old paper makes it look like a real authentic antique label! If you don't have old paper, you can use some old looking scrapbook paper, or creamy printer paper. After printing I sprayed the paper with a sealer from Krylon, so that the ink would be set. And lastly I used Mod Podge for paper, it's acid free, which is nice when using antique paper, to adhere the label to the crate. As an additional step, you could go over the crate with some wax to give the paint a more durable finish, I will probably add this later, although it would be easier to do it before adding the label!
Anyway, now I have a pretty place to store my tools!
I'm linking this one up to:
Weekend Wrap Up Party at Tatertots and Jello
Transformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic Cottage
Met Monday at Between Naps on the Porch
Frugal Friday at The Shabby Nest
Made by you Monday at Skip to My Lou
Get Your Craft On Tuesday at Today's Creative Blog
And as usual, I couldn't stop myself from making a couple of more versions for my DIYers! You can find large size printables, suitable for your transfer projects HERE, including the reverse version that you see above.
I have something special for you today!! This wonderful full color Phrenology head comes from my pal Hope Wallace Karney of Paper Relics!! We did a little switcheroo today, she's posting some things of mine, (that she made even cuter!) on her site, and I'm posting this one from her collection here!
Hope is known for her beautiful line of Greeting Cards, fabulous Ephemera & Rubber Stamps, gorgeous Custom Web and Blog Designs, and her amazing Online Journaling Classes. And she even has a blog called Besottment, that she's filling with all kinds of goodies like, downloads, giveaways and projects!!
Be sure and check it out!
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These are a few Ornamental Doodads for you today..or perhaps they are Doohickies! Either way they're quite cute I think and can be used for a variety of projects, like machine embroidery, wedding stationary, or web design. They would make great Photoshop Brushes too! All of these came out of an early 1900's printer's book.
