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A French Flea Market Look With Homemade Paints

September 4, 2015 by Patti 11 Comments

What do you do to keep from going stir crazy when you’ve come down with a late summer cold that leaves you feeling just…plain…crummy?  What do you do when the good doc says, “You need rest,” but resting leaves you restless?  When my body is at rest my mind becomes busy with thoughts of all of the things that need to be done.  Can anyone relate?  So I’ve been doing my best to follow doctor’s orders, resting a lot and only doing “little” projects.

Angel - Ageing with gesso 023In playing around with paint this week I decided to give this sweet plaster angel an Old World look, like something  you might find in a French Flea Market.  I first learned this technique from Rosemary, who blogs at Villabarnes and is an amazing artist.  It is a technique that is easily accomplished with a little paint and Gesso. Note: Gesso is a medium used to prepare painter’s canvas and can be found in art and craft stores.

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This painting technique looks best on items with lots of nooks and crevices, such as frames, carved boxes, and figurines.  Thrift stores have a wealth of items available or you might want to try it out on a decorative piece you already have at home.

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I began by quickly painting my angel with dark grey paint.  I wasn’t particularly careful about how I painted it and I left some areas more sparsely painted where I wanted the original gold to show through.

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After the grey paint dried I slathered on some homemade Gesso.  Yes, slathered.  I wasn’t at all careful about full coverage.

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Before the Gesso could dry I wiped back the whole piece with a paper towel, exposing the color beneath.

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Finally, in certain areas that I wanted to highlight, I wiped even more of the Gesso away with the corner of a damp paper towel.

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A little drying time and VOILA, a new creation!  Old Things New or maybe New Things Old? Angel - Ageing with gesso 005a

Here she sits on my dresser amidst my Vintage Lace Bottles, wearing a little vintage jewelry of her own.

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I like the color contrast of this angel against all the creamy white.

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Here you can see the areas where I didn’t quite cover the gold.  I ended up sanding back even a bit more to allow more gold to show through.

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I do believe this is the quickest and easiest DIY I’ve ever posted.  I love simple projects like this don’t you?

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I made my paint and Gesso with very little expense using recipes that I learned in the Farragoz Painting Course but you could use any chalk type paint and store bought Gesso to accomplish the same effect.

I’m off now to take a little rest before transforming another garage sale find! 😉

Blessings,

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Shabby Lamp Shade Makeover & More!

June 17, 2014 by Patti 17 Comments

Each day is filled with possibilities if we only open our eyes to see . . .

So . . . I’m usually the one searching for furniture on Craigslist, for that something special that I can transform with a little paint.  Lately though, I’ve been listing pieces that I never had the chance to get to.  Last week a young woman came out to look at a lighted bookcase and ended up buying some other items that were beginning to pile up in my “Garage/Vintage/Flea Sale” pile.  Mr. OTN says I can’t take everything with me across the country so I’ve been doing a lot of sorting and will be having a few sales throughout the summer.  Here are a few items I sold that were leftover from the sales I did last Fall:

First of all was this Shabby Lamp Shade.  She already had it loaded into her SUV when I pulled it out and started taking pictures explaining that, “I haven’t blogged on that yet!”

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 027This vintage lamp has been chalk painted, rag tied, key fringed, and shabby chic’d to perfection.

LampshadeSweet, yes?

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 012Here is how she looked before, in her full Victorian glory.  I must tell you that some people liked her better this way.  While I was doing a chalk painting display at our Old Things New Holiday Open House I had several people that looked at the before and after (there were two lamps) who thought this one was the after!  They really liked it too!  And that’s okay because they are two totally different styles.  Not everyone is into ripped rag lamp shades!

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 015I placed a key plate on top for a decorative touch . . .

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 017. . . and hung miscellaneous keys from the bottom of the frame.

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 019As I sold my items to this young woman named Kari we talked about our mutual love of things French and things Shabby.  In very short order I was to tell her my story of moving and she was to tell me her story of wanting to sell the furniture pieces she has been painting.  We talked about the Queen Bee French Flea that I was a part of last year and I told her that I didn’t think they were going to be able to do it this year as they were still without a venue.

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 022By the end of our half hour or so together we shared other personal life stories and became fast . . . though fleeting . . . friends.  We both felt a special connection had been made.

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 023Now for the tutorial.  Very simple.  I had some old sheets that had become so soft with age (don’t you love the feel of sheets like that?) that they ended up with one long rip from a doggy claw.  Very sad!  So what do you do with old sheets?  Make lampshades of course . . . or pretty rosettes, or ruffles for pillows, or just about anything the creative mind can imagine.

I tore strips which I draped over the top wire frame of the lamp . . .

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 024 . . . brought the two ends together around the bottom frame . . .

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 025. . .  and tied them together with a nice bow.

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 026The keys were tied on with a creamy satin ribbon to create a “fringe” on the lamps.

Hmmm . . . I didn’t even notice when I snapped the picture but this one says “journey”, the very thing we’re about to embark on!

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 028And now for a few more things I sold my new friend.

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 032Simple pillows made from drop cloth fabric and adorned with ironed on graphics from The Graphics Fairy.  This is actually two graphic prints, one superimposed upon the other, and  I got the idea from Debbie at Confessions of a Plate Addict.  She shares MANY great tutorials on her site!

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 029This is another fun graphic that I outlined with a drop cloth ruffle.

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Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 035And finally, a simple Queen Bee.

Launching the pontoon and items I sold on Craigslist 036Within a few days of our chance meeting, my young friend was able to connect with the woman in charge of the Queen Bee French Flea and has helped in procuring their next venue.  I’m excited for her that she will be participating in her very first French Flea market, just like I did last year!  I’ll most likely be moved cross country by the time the show comes this year, but maybe a few of the things I sold to my new friend will receive a new coat of paint and make it there without me!

  A few days ago my young friend Kari sent me a photo from her iPhone of her first commissioned piece and it made me smile.  She’ll also be back for some display pieces I have set aside for her in my garage.

It’s funny how things work out.  When you wake up in the morning you never know whom you might meet that day or what role you might end up playing in each others lives.

Blessings,

My Signature-001P.S. I will be back with another post about my Budget Kitchen Remodel.  I’m working on a list of the most important things you need to know about chalk painting kitchen cabinets.

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Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint and a Funeral Parlor Table!

October 19, 2013 by Patti 20 Comments

  I am so excited to share with you my first experience using Miss Mustard Seed (MMS) Milk Paint.  Though I’ve been painting with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (ASCP) and my Homemade Chalk Paint for quite awhile now I had never tried MMS until this past summer.  It wasn’t that I didn’t want to try it but just that it wasn’t available in a shop anywhere near my home. 

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 So a couple of months ago when I went online . . .  ONCE AGAIN . . .  to see where MMS Milk Paint was available, and when I found it in a city less than twenty miles away, I hit the road! 

1-014This is the little side table that I wanted to try this fantastic new paint on.  A friend picked it up from the junk pile at a funeral parlor.  Can you believe they were going to throw this away?  It was in really good shape and the color was okay but I really, really, really wanted to try MMS’s Kitchen Scale.  That’s the name of a color in case you were wondering.

1-Kitchen Scale Table 001THIS is Kitchen Scale . . .  beautiful color doncha’ think?  Now while the color is amazing the most wonderful thing about MMS milk paint is that you NEVER KNOW how your painted piece is going to turn out.  It is always a surprise and . . . YES . . . I love surprises!  So I painted it on and waited as patiently as I could to see what would happen.  Would it grab all the paint color and remain this beautiful clear blue color or would it do that funny thing that thing it is sometimes known to do, and begin to bubble and peel?  Fortunately the paint began to bubble in several places.  I say “fortunately” because that is exactly what I was hoping for!

1-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 013 (2)  Several places became chippy as you can see by the picture above, exposing the white paint beneath the blue.  I LOVE this about this paint!

1-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 013Once the first coat was dry I painted a second coat which caused a little more of the bubbling effect.  Then I took a scraper to the chippy places and gently scraped off the excess paint, lightly sanded the chipped edges and then sealed it all with soft wax, which stops the chipping process.  I love chippy furniture and with this paint there is no need to figure out where to use the sanding block to get the best distressed look.  The paint does it for you.

07-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 012The table top wasn’t a beautifully grained piece of wood so I decided to paint it with ASCP Old White and then applied a graphic that I purchased online using my favorite METHOD for transferring typography onto wood.  I finished it off with clear wax with just a dab of dark wax added.  I did use my sanding sponge on the top to distress the edges.

1-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 013 (2)-001One final thing I added was the lion’s head pulls that I found at a local antique store.  They were all slightly different colors so I spray painted them with Rustoleum’s Oil Rubbed Bronze spray paint.

08-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 014I took this Funeral Parlor Table turned Sweet Frenchy Table to the Queen Bee French Flea Market last month and she sold right away.  I was a wee bit sad but I didn’t really have room for any more furniture in my own home!  This is a color I use in my home a LOT though so I may be repainting something I already have in the near future.  Who knows, Mr. OTN may come home to another surprise.  I think he loves surprises too!

05-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 009I’ve used many different types of paints on the furniture I’ve painted and I tend to paint and even repaint a piece until I get it just PERFECT!  Of course “perfect” to me is usually very unique and very, very imperfect.  I’m so happy to have a new type of paint to use on future projects and I do believe I will be using MMS paints a LOT!  What about you?  Do you like surprises? Have you tried MMS Milk Paint?  Do you have a favorite color?  I’d love to hear about your experience 🙂

     Blessings,

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P.S.  In case you were wondering, Marion (Miss Mustard Seed) is not paying me to write about her paint line.  This post simply reflects my pure unadulterated love of MMS Milk Paint!

 

 

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A Dropcloth Slipcover for an Old Bench

September 28, 2013 by Patti 49 Comments

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      Here is the AFTER picture of the Dropcloth Slipcover that I recently made for a very outdated old bench.  I began this post with an after pic to draw you in . . . mostly because I was afraid that if I showed you the BEFORE pic first you might be scared away!

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Here is the BEFORE.  I’m ashamed to admit that this shabby (not in the good sense) little bench has been living in my master bedroom.  The trim has been a wreck since Sasha was a puppy (ummm . . . 5-1/2 years ago?), the color is no longer to my liking, nor the floral satin fabric.  So why have I kept it?  It is the little bench that catches stray articles of clothing and mail that needs recycling.  It is the bench that hides the electronics charging underneath.  It is the bench where my husband sits to slip on his shoes (when there is room to sit).  This bench is also a perfect match to my outdated bedroom which I have great plans for making over.  Maybe this transformation will be the first step.
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So here is how I made a new dropcloth slipcover for my old bench. After disposing of the trim (no, it wasn’t EVEN fit for a future project) I measured the length and width of the old fabric cover and cut my dropcloth fabric to the same size.

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 I laid my fabric over the bench, lined it up straight, and pinned the corners, pulling the fabric taut.

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I sewed along the line of the pins and trimmed close to the seam.

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After turning the slipcover right side out and placing it back onto the bench I measured the bottom edge of the fabric along each side.  For the ruffles I tore (for a frayed edge) four  – 4″ strips of fabric, each one double the length of the side it would be attached to.  I sewed a long basting stitch  along the long edge of each strip, and  pulled the thread to gather to fit each of the four sides, matching the seams in the ruffle to the seams at the four corners of the slipcover.  Next, I sewed the four strips together along their short edges and then sewed the whole ruffle to the bottom edge of the slipcover .  Why four strips instead of one long strip?  First of all, there were going to be a couple of seams somewhere since the doubled circumference of the bottom edge of the slipcover was much longer than my fabric.  Secondly, it is tricky to pull gathers in a very long strip and even trickier if the fabric is thick.  I didn’t want to risk breaking my thread and losing my gather.

(Sorry, no pictures were taken for this step because everyone knows how to make a ruffle, right?)

After attaching one ruffle I decided I wanted a second one so I repeated the process except with 7″ strips so the bottom ruffle would peek out from beneath the top ruffle. 

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Just for fun I added a French graphic from The Graphics Fairy website, which I ironed on with transfer paper.

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For a final touch I added some handmade dropcloth rosettes around the top of the ruffles. (Rosette tutorial HERE)1-Slipcover redo for little bench 003

3-Slipcover redo for little bench 013I’ve enjoyed using drop cloth fabric for projects around my home.  My first experience with this fabric was my Drop Cloth Draperies which have been one of my top viewed projects.  I’ve also made pillows, and hand bags (which you can see on my Pinterest “Stuff I Sell” Board.  I have a whole list of other great ideas for dropcloths that I want to try in the future.  This fabric is great because it is inexpensive, washable (I always pre-wash my fabric), it has the look of linen but it irons up much easier and crisper looking, and it tears nicely leaving a great frayed edge that doesn’t continue to fray.

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Once my bench was finished I decided it was just too cute to be used as a catchall in my bedroom any longer and I took her along with me to the French Flea . . . 
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 . . . where she went off to a very good and very stylish new home.

So, have you tried using dropcloth fabric for any projects around your house?  What have you made?  I’d love to hear about it.

Blessings,

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Generation Vintage Fall Open House

September 18, 2013 by Patti Leave a Comment

1-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 126 Generation Vintage was one of the many vendors I met at last weekend’s French Flea Market. They are hosting an Open House this weekend at their shop and studio and I want to encourage you to pay them a visit if you are in the Olympia area.  These ladies are so sweet and they are a three generation team of mom (Keri) , daughter (Victoria) and baby girl (Aubrey)!  I’m trying to figure out how to slip away from the classes Mr. OTN and I are teaching all day Saturday.  Hmmm . . . maybe we’ll finish up in enough time to rush on over there!

So here are just a few pictures I took of their space at the French Flea (the lighting was really bad so please excuse the quality).

4-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 129Refurbished furniture,

5-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 131Vintage finds,

8-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 1351-7-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 134Cool retro stuff,

1-6-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 133 . . . and repurposed items . . . that’s what you’ll find at Generation Vintage‘s  Fall Open House.  So grab a girlfriend (or your husband if you have a shopper like mine) and enjoy browsing while sipping on a cup of hot spiced cider.

9-Queen Bee French Flea 2013 137Victoria and her adorable Aubrey. 

Wishing you great success at your exciting event ladies.

Blessings,

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I am Perfectly Imperfect Patti, daughter of the King, wife to the amazing Mr. OTN, mom to two grown daughters, a great son-in-law, and companion to two spoiled dogs. At Old Things New I share DIY’s, budget friendly home transformations, as well as posts about how God transforms our souls. I myself have been made new and I love to share what I’ve learned through WRITING and SPEAKING. To view a short Vimeo of “Our Story” (Mr. OTN and I) please follow the link at the top of the page.

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