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Saturday, June 13, 2020

Red, White, And Boho Star

Here's a twist on the typical stars & stripes decor.

For something a little different I added a touch of Boho style.

I started with a wooden star cutout from Signopoly.

The grooves make it easy to paint & add design.

I painted the entire star with the color, Fluff, from the Dixie Belle Paint Compnay. Then I painted every other stripe with the color Honky Tonk.

For the Boho detail, I used the Caravans decor transfer from Re*design With Prima. The transfer works best if the paint has had plenty of time to dry. So I waited overnight before adding the transfer.

I made a template, then cut the transfer to fit the remaining sections of the star.

I used the applicator tool that comes

with the transfer to rub the design onto the star.

I pressed the applicator tool down into the grooves to push the transfer into them so I wouldn't lose that detail.

To finish off the star and accentuate the grooves in the wood, I added wax. On the painted stripes, I first added clear wax. This makes the dark wax easy to manipulate and not be too hard to lighten on the matte finish of the paint. I didn't worry about the clear wax getting into the grooves because I wanted them to be dark. The area with the transfer didn't need it because it is a slick surface.

Then I added black wax down into the grooves in the wood, & also in the grooves of the transfer, & along the edges of the star, then wiped them back to smooth out the wax & give it a softer appearance.

Red, white, & Boho!

Linking To:

Ginger Snap Crafts, Rae Gun Ramblings, Chic On a Shoestring, Simply Sweet Home, The Cottage Market, Funky Junk Interiors, The Dedicated House, Sugar Bee Crafts, Flour Me With Love, Domestically Speaking, The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home, Flutter Buster, The Foley Fam, Finding Silver Pennies, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Painted Hinge, Yesterday On Tuesday, Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Dabbling And Decorating, Grammy's Grid

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Red, White, & Bloom

Memorial Day, 4th Of July, Labor Day...

Summer is filled with patriotic holidays in the US. And, I love decorating with red, white, & blue. I leave my patriotic decor up from May through September, then I go right to my other love...Fall decor!

And, of course, being artsy/crafty, much of my decor is homemade.

This is a fun craft project to do with the kids. It's easy & inexpensive.

I used paint from the Dixie Belle Paint Company in the colors, Bunker Hill Blue, Honky Tonk Red, & Cotton. Acrylic paint will work too.

You'll also need a glass container with flat sides, craft sticks that are taller than the container, star stickers, a rubber band, a string, & E6000 glue.

Wrap a string around the glass container to measure the circumference. Place craft sticks side by side & use the string the determine how many sticks you need to wrap around the container.

Paint some of the sticks white to represent the white stripes of the flag. Also, paint sticks white that will become the blue section of the flag.

Place the star stickers on the white sticks that will become blue.

Use the blue to paint over the sticks with the stars. When dry, peel up the stickers to reveal the white stars.

Paint the remaining sticks red.

Place a rubber band around the glass container. Apply E6000 to the back of the craft sticks, then insert them between the glass & the rubber band.

Leave the rubber band to hold the craft sticks in place until the glue has dried completely.

Once the glue has dried, remove the rubber band and your vase is ready to fill with water & your favorite flowers.

Linking To:

Ginger Snap Crafts, Rae Gun Ramblings, Chic On a Shoestring, Simply Sweet Home, Have A Daily Cup Of Mrs Olson, The Cottage Market, Funky Junk Interiors, DIY Showoff, Craft-O-Maniac, Keeping It Simple, I Should Be Mopping The Floor, The Dedicated House, Sugar Bee Crafts, Flour Me With Love, Today's Creative Blog, Tip Junkie, I Gotta Create, Domestically Speaking, The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home, Flutter Buster, Nap Time Creations, The Foley Fam, Finding Silver Pennies, A Stroll Thru Life , French Country Cottage, Knick Of Time, Lou Lou Girls, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Painted Hinge, Savvy Southern Style, Yesterday On Tuesday, Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Dabbling And Decorating

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Red, Rust, & Blue

The Dixie Belle Paint Company recently introduced a

Patina Collection of paints & sprays. And, I have to say, "I'm in love!"

A few weeks ago, I shared a piece of furniture that I made over using the Bronze Patina Paint with the Blue Spray...

You can see that post HERE. If you haven't seen the before, you won't believe the transformation!

My favorite, however, is the Iron Paint with the Green Spray, because it creates rust. And, I love anything rusty!

I decided to add a little rust to an MDF cutout that I had of the USA. When you use the patina, you first need to paint your piece with Dixie Belle Paint. I wanted some red & blue to show along with the rust, so I used Barn Red & Bunker Hill Blue.

The patina paint has metal in it that can settle, so you need to give it a good shake before painting it on. I painted the iron paint on randomly, then sprayed the cutout with the green spray, which activates with the metal in the paint to create rust.

Now for the hard part... stepping away and letting it work it's magic! The process can take up to 6 hours to completion. If you like how it looks before the 6 hour mark and want to stop the process, you can do so by adding a sealer.
I left mine alone and checked on it the next day. I love the result!

The Patina Collection also includes a Copper Patina, along with the Bronze that I shared at the beginning of this post.

Linking To:

Coastal Charm, Someday Crafts, Ginger Snap Crafts, Creations By Kara, Rae Gun Ramblings, The Shabby Creek Cottage, Made In A Day, Chic On a Shoestring, Simply Sweet Home, The Shabby Nest, Somewhat Simple, Live Laugh Rowe, Have A Daily Cup Of Mrs Olson, The Cottage Market, Funky Junk Interiors, Blissful & Domestic, A Vision To Remember DIY Showoff, Craft-O-Maniac, Keeping It Simple, Homemaker On A Dime, I Should Be Mopping The Floor, The Dedicated House, Coastal Charm, Reasons To Skip The Housework, Sugar Bee Crafts, Nifty Thrifty Things, Cherished Bliss, Mad In Crafts, Flour Me With Love, Not Just A Housewife, Today's Creative Blog, Tip Junkie, Homework, I Gotta Create, Thrifty 101, Domestically Speaking, The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home,Cedar Hill Ranch, Flutter Buster, Nap Time Creations, Hope In Every Season, The Foley Fam, Our Home Away From Home, Remodelaholic, Flamingo Toes, VMG206, Finding Silver Pennies, A Stroll Thru Life , French Country Cottage, The Scoop, Stone Gable, Knick Of Time, Lou Lou Girls, DIY-Crush, Our Hopeful Home, The Painted Hinge, Savvy Southern Style, Tattertots & Jello, Yesterday On Tuesday, Rachel Teodoro

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Broken Adirondack Chair Makeover

Time and time again I've mentioned how people like to give me stuff. Stuff otherwise destined for the dump. Sometimes I take it and it ends up in the dump anyway, but often times I figure out something to do with it.

When my friend, Karen, brought me this back of a broken Adirondack chair, I immediately thought it should be painted and placed in a flower bed.

When I looked at it I saw a flag. So I started painting it with Barn Red from The Dixie Belle Paint Company...

and Fluff...

and Yankee Blue...

and more Fluff for stars...

When the paint was dry, I gave it a good sanding...

It would have been fine if I stopped there, but to age it a little more, I added Dixie Belle glaze. I started with the color Grunge, then added Van Dyke Brown, and finished it off with Black...