Hello Summer Door Hanger

I'm back with another fun project to celebrate Summer... my favorite season!

I've shared quite a few of the wooden cutouts from Signopoly that make great door hangers or home decor. And, these sunglasses are super cute!

 I painted the frame with the color, Tree Frog Green. This is just a base because I did something fun with this color later on.

 If you've been here before, then you know that I love Dixie Belle Paint & use it for everything. It's intended for painting furniture, but the colors are so gorgeous that it's great for projects like this.

I painted an ocean sunset on the glasses...

 Then I added some palm trees...

 I made a vinyl stencil using my Cricut Maker to say, "hello summer." 

I added a yellow highlight to the letters.

 I added Dixie Belle's Crackle medium over the Tree Frog Green and let it sit overnight before adding a top color.

After letting the Crackle medium dry overnight, I painted over it with the color, Daisy.

 I used a Prima mould & modeling material to create a little flower embellishment for the corners of the glasses.

Hello Summer!!! Let the fun begin!

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

Life Is Better At The Beach

Memorial Day marks the official beginning of Summer. And, for many of us that means trips to the beach. Although, Summer may be a little different this year because of Covid 19, hopefully we can still get in some much needed beach time.

This beach themed project grew out of leftovers from another recent project...

You can view that project HERE.

I decided to turm the leftover blocks into beach cabanas.
I gave them all a coat of the color, Fluff, from the Dixie Belle Paint Company.
Then I added stripes using the colors, Cobalt, Florida Orange, Colonel Mustard, Tree Frog Green, & Honky Tonk Red.

 I added a little black along the stripes with the color, Caviar.

 On a wood board, I added some Dixie Belle Blue and Fluff, then used a damp rag to wash it onto the wood.

 I mixed some Sea Spray Texture Additive with the color Sand Bar to create sand & dunes.

 I put the "sand" on the lower portion of the board, then pressed the cabanas into it & set it aside to dry. 

 The Sea Spray held the cabanas in place long enough for me to turn the wood over and screw the cabanas into the board.

 I hand painted flags onto the tops of the cabanas.

 I cut a vinyl stencil using my Cricut Maker that reads, "Life is better at the beach." I used the color Fluff for the words then added a little black detail.

Life really is better at the beach and I hope you get a chance to enjoy it this Summer!

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

Rose & Rouge & The Midnight Sky

My friend, Cindy, & I have been wanting to collaborate on a piece of furniture. When we saw this piece, we knew she was the one.

Now, before you say how beautiful it is and that it shouldn't be painted, it looks to be in much better shape in the picture that it did in reality.

Cindy jump started the process by painting the piece with the Dixie Belle paint color, Midnight Sky. Then I started adding the Rose & Rouse transfer from Prima.

I started by adding the transfer to the reset sections of the top drawer. The transfers are so easy...just rub them on. 

 I highlighted the raised areas with Dixie Belle's Gilding Wax in the color Warm Gold. I just rubbed it on with my finger.

I also added the Gilding Wax to the drawer pulls to brighten them up. 

 There's an oval design on the bottom two drawers. I hand painted a little of the design to fill in the places that the transfer didn't fit into.

 Then I added more Gilding Wax to the raised design.

 Cindy & I added more of the Rose & Rouge transfer to the top back corner.

 Isn't she lovely?

 I think Cindy & I make a pretty good team! We're actually looking for our next piece to work on together. Stay tuned.

Linking To:

Ginger Snap Crafts,  Creations By Kara,  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,   Coastal Charm, Sugar Bee Crafts, Flour Me With Love,  Today's Creative Blog, Tip Junkie,  Homework,  I Gotta Create,   Domestically Speaking,  The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home,Cedar Hill Ranch, Flutter Buster, Nap Time Creations, The Foley Fam, Our Home Away From Home,  Finding Silver Pennies, A Stroll Thru Life, French Country Cottage, The Scoop, Stone Gable, Knick Of Time, Lou Lou Girls, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Painted Hinge, Savvy Southern Style,  Yesterday On Tuesday,  Worthing Court, Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Dabbling And Decorating