tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28347209891066020712024-02-14T12:50:27.915-08:00blue cedar laneabout blue cedar lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02712901001914208351noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834720989106602071.post-9409489469201996582012-03-20T12:12:00.001-07:002012-03-20T12:21:35.439-07:00New Lights!So, it's raining really hard here today. Like, flooded my backyard, really hard, but despite that the boys and I <strike>HAD</strike> went to Lowe's this morning. I went with every intention of buying ONE piece of wood and two corbels for a shelf, but you know how that goes.<br />
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I came home with four - FOUR - lights and a new lampshade, no wood. (in my defense, the lampshade has been on the list for ages, but I kept forgetting). AND, one of the lights is for my sister, so I really only came home with three lights and a lampshade. Would it sound better if I told you I only spent $25 on three lights??? And no, they weren't the cheapest things I could find either - Lowe's was having a HUGE clearance!! Yay me! At that price I couldn't pass them by.<br />
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Despite the fact that the boys and I are living in a rental house right now I could NOT pass up a new light fixture (wait until you see the before picture!) and for $7 who can argue? Onto the pictures!<br />
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I am in L-O-V-E with school house light fixtures. Like <a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod1157715&categoryId=cat1701013" target="_blank">this one from Restoration Hardware</a>:<br />
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But, I can honestly say I do not like the $139 price tag. No sir. Not for me. But $7?? Yep! Sign me up.<br />
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The hall light was the same as this kitchen light (I forgot a before photo of the hallway...too excited to replace it!):<br />
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Nice, huh? Comes complete with a clip on plastic shade (bugs are free).<br />
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Here's the $7 steal I got from Lowe's.<br />
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What a deal, right? While I was there I also scored this new pendant light for above the kitchen sink ($8 for this one instead of $42):<br />
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Here's that beautiful before light again:<br />
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And it even works! (I've never installed a light before - today I installed two! Yay me!!) <br />
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The third light is a wall mounted swing arm lamp for the guest bedroom. ($10 instead of $41). I'll install it another day. My boys are up now, naptime is over..time to get back to work! <br />
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So, armed with a clever idea I put it to good use this morning while my kids ate breakfast. I had some leftover tension rods in the garage from my recent move, and while none of them fit under the sink (they were all too big) I figured I could cut it to length and then wedge it between the walls so it would hold. Sure enough, it worked brilliantly! Here are the pictures:<br />
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Nice and tidy, with room left over for storage of other very important stuff :) (note: I store my garbage bags in the bottom of the garbage can under the bag that's currently in use so I don't have to store them someplace else). </div>
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And here's the before. Obviously, everything was just shoved under the sink with no attempt to organize anything.</div>
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So, I took a standard oval shaped tension rod and held it in place where I wanted it. I chose to go front to back along the left side wall because there's no wall on the right side under the sink for a rod to hang (see above picture).<br />
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I measured the rod accurately ;) then cut it with a hacksaw. I just sawed back and forth a few times and then bent it to break it. Super easy.<br />
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I pulled the extra cap off the side of the tension rod I wasn't using.<br />
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Unfortunately, it was a little too big so I just shoved a paper towel under it to make it fit. <br />
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I wedged it in place where I wanted it. I didn't put a level or anything on it I just eyeballed it.<br />
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Then I hung all my spray bottles and voila!<br />
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It's all clean and organized now!! <br />
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I thought I'd share what I've been working on - well, part of it at least. We (the boys and I) got a rental house not too far from where we used to live, but in much more convenient to everything. I still have some boxes to go through, but in under three weeks we've really started to settle in to our new home.<br />
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Here's a before of the breakfast room:<br />
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The plate wall started because I don't have as much storage in the kitchen as I do stuff (shocker, I know!) and I couldn't store some of my most favorite platters. So, I decided to do what any normal person would do and hang them on the wall. I figure they're my favorites, yet, they're so large I only use them a couple times a year, so why not hang them up and enjoy them year round?? Genius, if you ask me :)<br />
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I started with my favorites, and added others for color and interest. I only bought one plate for the entire wall, so the wall only cost me one $3 plate and the price of the <a href="http://dischangers.com/" target="_blank">dischangers</a>. (and they are WELL worth the money). No wire hangers, no wondering whether or not they will hold, they're just great - and no I'm not being paid to advertise them, I just love them.<br />
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First came the new light. Metal plant hanger painted teal and turned upside down, wired into the existing fixture.<br />
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Vintage Edison bulb from Lowe's. <br />
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Then I started hanging them. It took me about a week or so because I just hang two or three at a time so I could see how I felt about them. I'm big into pre-planning, you can tell. I finally finished about three days ago. <br />
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Enjoy! Happy Tuesday!!!<br />
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I saw these awesome <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/modern-nutcrackers-c551/?cm_src=rel">Nutcrackers</a> online at one of my favorite window shopping stores, West Elm. But with the small one starting at $29 there's just no way I can justify that! Not to mention, there's not the widest variety of colors to choose from. (do you see where this is going?)<br />
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Then I came across <a href="http://www.houseofhepworths.com/2010/11/30/novelty-nutcrackers-dollar-store-style/">this knockoff at House of Hepworths</a> and I liked where Allison was going with her idea. (she has a great tutorial too).<br />
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So, I took both ideas (and knowing that I definitely wanted some color) and ran with them. <br />
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Let me also say - if you make these yourself get some double stick foam
tape (3M makes some) and double stick the bottom of the nutcrackers to
the lid of a spray paint can (or something similar). It will serve two
purposes A) it will give you somewhere to hold while you paint them
{everyone paints things while holding them, right? I found it was the
only way to really get them coated well} and while you glitter them,
and B) it will make it easier when sitting them down to dry so they
don't topple over. Ask me how I know this.<br />
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I used just about every color spray paint I have :) and I added my favorite accessory: Glitter!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: plain red with glittered axe Center: plain blue with glittered drumsticks and drum Right: glittered orange</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: glittered aqua Center: glittered red Right: hammered metal paint in gray</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Some of them are solid glitter, some solid paint, and a couple of the tall ones I added just a touch of glitter. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left: glittered apple green Center: glittered lilac Right: hammered metal paint in gray</td></tr>
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And here they are all lined up outside. My little nutcracker terracotta army. And no, I'm not completely nuts (you did notice I had to say not COMPLETELY nuts, right?), I only have one of these in my house (the little fat red one) the others are going to the shop today!<br />
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None other than a white feather boa!! :) I thought it would be mostly gaudy and tacky, with a side of fun and 'ok' but I was so not giving my idea not enough credit. The boa is fabulous (yes, a little gaudy still) but fabulous none the less! <br />
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I just strung two boas across my mantle with a string of white lights and voila! Instant awesomeness.<br />
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Do you recognize these trees?<br />
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Now they're on my mantle and I put lights in one and the other I stacked on top of an old pot (painted teal) to make it taller.<br />
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And these candlesticks? Also from <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/11/goodwill-hunting-with-bonus-tutorial.html">last week's post?</a> <br />
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Now they add the a little silver to my thrifted glasses which are the perfect touch of color.<br />
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One was a teal glass that I painted the inside of with <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/10/mercury-glass-chalkboard-tutorial.html">looking glass spray paint.</a> The other one was a clear drinking glass I painted with krylon's <a href="http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=krylon+glitter+blast&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=11983962185272181983&sa=X&ei=JSnDTumuN-K02gX84ImDBw&ved=0CHIQ8wIwBA">glitter blast</a> spray paint (sparkling waters). I haven't used this before and I have to say even though it coated wonderfully I was rather irritated when after using the can ONCE (to paint this glass) the nozzle stuck in the OPEN position and I could not. get. it. stopped. The entire can sprayed out in my trash can (outside). Needless to say, tomorrow I will be getting a new one. Hopefully they'll trade it out - we'll see how that goes.<br />
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Anyways, here they are side by side - one sparkly with glitter, the other shiny and sophisticated, but surprisingly very similar in color (that part was all luck - I bought the paint for a different project and had no intention of painting this glass - maybe that's why it sprayed all out ;) ?<br />
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<strike>And here's a nice dark picture of my mantle. Tomorrow when it's light I'll photograph it in the daylight. I was too excited to share and didn't want to wait for pictures.</strike> UPDATED: with daytime photos :) <br />
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ps. remind me to tell you the story about half the stuff off my mantle coming crashing down around 11pm last night... <br />
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I like other thrift stores too (notice I use the word like). I know a lot about goodwill and their pricing too. I know there's one by me that charges more than others because apparently they think THEIR donated stuff is worth more than other stores donated stuff. It's ok, I still shop there, but I'm careful what I buy. I know where four goodwills are within driving distance. I know there's an awesome one across town that I go to when I head that way (it's like 45 minutes from me). I also know that they open at 9 am. Perfect timing for me when I have to take kids to school at 8:30, I can stop and get a coffee and be there when they open. Genius. <br />
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I have been to all four GWs near me this week. Hm..what does that say about me? Nothing else to do it seems. That's so not true. I'm getting ready for Christmas (first time I have EVER been ready to decorate so early - thanks Pinterest!) and my shop needs more stuff! I thought I'd share a few things I've found this week.<br />
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First - this nifty lamp. <strike>Lovely</strike> Terrible phone pics here, sorry! White ceramic barrel base. Wooden stem (is it a stem? who knows. looks like a stem to me!). I thought I would cover the flat part of the base in some awesome damask. Maybe paint the stem a nice bright color - maybe teal or fuschia, and a new shade. I found a couple shades also, but neither worked with this shape. This one needs a drum shade - nothing with even the tiniest of taper, trust me, I tried.<br />
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This (again, wonderful pic) is the shade I picked up. Medium gray with a little texture. Perfect shape and size! Here's the lamp is trying it on for a fitting ;)<br />
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Three silver candlesticks. While they all look similar they do not match. I also got some glasses to make into mercury glass and put on the top of these. I thought they'd look nice on a Christmas mantle.</div>
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Then I got these glasses. They're the perfect size for the candle holders. I'm trying to get the mercury glass technique to work on them. Honestly, I think I have a bad can of looking glass spray paint. This can isn't working at all like the others have. I need to go get a new can and try this. Because if I hadn't done mercury glass before (<a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/10/mercury-glass-chalkboard-tutorial.html">see here</a>) I'd have given up by now!!!</div>
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And a bonus tutorial for you :) Yay! I know you're SUPER excited now!<br />
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I also picked up these candle holders (the pic shows one, I promise there really are two). Wouldn't they look great on a mantle?<br />
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I mean, you know WITHOUT the candle holder thing on top and then painted white? Maybe even with some Christmas lights poking through? I thought they were Awe. Some! So, here's how I did it. Take your hammer. Beat the metal round thing on top. Beat it some more. Wait - a few more times. All around the circle. If it starts bending down, then beat it from the bottom. There's nothing nice and sweet about taking this bad boy apart. Mad at someone? Great! Use it to beat this thing apart. Eventually the welds (there are 5!) will break and the circle will come off. Then you're left with this:<br />
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Throw the circle in the trash. Save the tree. <br />
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Get your spray paint out. Paint them. I didn't want mine perfect. I actually liked them the way they were, but I wanted them white, so I painted. Here they are. Sitting in my garage waiting for their place on my mantle. :) yay! I think they're so pretty. They'd be awesome in a bright color too. <br />
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And <strike>one</strike> two last photos. I'm raising my boys right - already painting furniture! I'm so proud. lol.<br />
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Go forth and create!<br />
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{I had no idea this post was headed this direction! Very wordy... be prepared} <br />
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With the holidays looming I have this sudden urge to get the house in order (maybe I should blame it on <a href="http://pinterest.com/bluecedarlane/">Pinterest</a> :). My house has been a big, giant dorm room of sorts since we moved in over 4 years ago. If you've seen pictures of my house now you probably question this, but let me assure you - it was bare walls and furniture a year ago. <br />
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I didn't have any confidence in myself. I didn't think I had any style - well, I wasn't sure of my style. Would other people like it? Would they approve? What would they say? The questions were binding. They prevented me from moving forward. I've never been a catalog page girl - don't get me wrong, I L-O-V-E Pottery Barn, West Elm, Restoration Hardware, Anthropologie, Crate and Barrel... the list could go on, but as much as I love their stuff (NOT the prices) I always wanted to be different (but was still worried about what others would think). Not to mention I have two little boys. Two adorable boys (only a year and a half apart) who LOVE their toys... I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and undermotivated.<br />
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A little less than a year ago I started refinishing furniture. Enter Lizzy. We were mere acquaintances a year ago, but that has changed. When I put my first piece of furniture up for sale, she snapped it up. She has since bought about 7 pieces of furniture from me. She <strike>was</strike> IS my biggest cheerleader, the one there saying 'you can TOTALLY do this!' When I started decorating inside my house it was only on top of one dresser that I had painted. Then slowly it overflowed onto my mantle <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/06/two-before-and-afters-and-new-piece-of.html">{see the mantle here}</a> well, today It (the decorating) finally made it to my breakfast room (the kitchen, living, breakfast room are all open to one another).<br />
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Lizzy is a huge part of the reason that I took the leap to finally decorate everything. She believed in me, she reminded me that it's ok to not be perfect, and that it didn't matter what ANYONE else thinks as long as I love it. She helped me find me (and God) again amidst a sea of chaos. We all need a friend like Lizzy. Someone who will stand in your corner and shout your name to the Heavens. Someone who just says 'do it, it will be perfect.' And with that, here is the reason I started this post in the first place.<br />
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Here's the before:<br />
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I took that giant photograph up there (the tulip) about 5 years ago. I love it. It's beautiful. But it does NOTHING for the space. It adds zero personality. So, I started with the beautiful window my mom brought me back from New Mexico, then the big vintage frame with the blue around the edge, and I filled in the space from there. I didn't buy anything for the redo - it's all stuff I already had. <br />
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The ornament is a mercury glass ornament I made using <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/10/mercury-glass-chalkboard-tutorial.html">this technique</a>. I tried hard to
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wouldn't. work. The scrolly thing under the framed ornament is from a lamp I picked up off the side of the road. The lamp was useless - totally falling apart, but I salvaged this piece off it and thought it would be cool somewhere, someday. I guess today was the day.<br />
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I think I'm going to do some holiday subway art to go in there somewhere, but for now it's done.<br />
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Do you have a Lizzy in your life? Someone who roots for you when even you don't feel like rooting for you? <br />
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I LOVE this vase (who wouldn't??)<br />
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I love everything about it. Size, color combo (especially the color combo) but I'm to <strike>cheap</strike> thrifty to spend $28 on one. I was in my favorite store (goodwill :) and found this <strike>obnoxious</strike> lovely number. You might want to slip your sunglasses on.<br />
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I lucked out because it's a great shape, and has nice flowers, but seriously? Pumpkin orange??? Don't worry, I fixed it.<br />
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Whew, better already. Primed and painted with the aqua color. At this point the vase itself is finished.<br />
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Then I hand painted the orange flowers with Gloss Enamel (found with the acrylic paints in the craft store). I mixed some red with some orange to get just the right color. Please pretend the mess in the background really isn't there. <br />
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And here it in it's new home. (Next to my <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/10/mercury-glass-chalkboard-tutorial.html">new mercury glass chalkboard</a> and my <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/10/painted-glass-vase.html">west elm knock off vase</a>!)<br />
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Some of you may remember <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/10/faux-mercury-glass-tutorial.html">this post</a> where I showed you how I created my faux mercury glass. Well, in this tutorial I've combined my love for chalkboards with my love for mercury glass to make a mercury glass chalkboard. What is a mercury glass chalkboard? Let me show you:<br />
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For this 'chalkboard window' I used a vintage cabinet door that came out of a 1920's bungalow. I'd had it sitting in the garage a while and couldn't decide what to do with it. Finally I decided to do the single pane in mercury glass and the smaller panes I will add some photos of my kids after I get them printed. I painted the frame itself in ASCP graphite and distressed it heavily. Eventually I would like to hang it from a ribbon that goes through the hinges as well, but that's for another time.<br />
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To get this effect, I basically followed my instructions for <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/10/faux-mercury-glass-tutorial.html">the faux mercury glass</a> I posted previously. I will do a quick run through here - I did the tutorial on an extra piece of glass I had laying around. <br />
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I started with clean(ish) glass. <br />
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This is what it looks like when you first spray the paint. When the surface is all even then you can spray the next coat. Since it's laying flat you don't have to worry about runs as much, but still do light coats. Blowing helps dry it some :)<br />
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Close up of the painted over water droplets:<br />
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After the paint is dry (took about 7 minutes or so) I very GENTLY wiped with a slightly damp very soft cloth. Nothing rough, no paper towels or anything like that. A piece of an old t-shirt would be perfect. First I gently wiped one direction, then the other. After I wiped the droplets off, I used a dry corner and carefully dried the rest of the water off. The looking glass paint is very delicate at this stage, I'm sure if you let it dry overnight first it would be better, but I like fast projects.<br />
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Then I very LIGHTLY sprayed some Rustoleum Hammered finish in gray to give the holes some depth.<br />
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Lastly, I sprayed the entire back in flat black:<br />
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Finished glass inside (it's so hard to photograph this stuff so you can really see the detail!!)<br />
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You'd probably be able to see a black chalk ink marker
better, but I only have white on hand right now. I bought my chalk ink
markers are Michael's but there's a website where they have a rainbow of
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This technique would be perfect for thrift store frames. I've also used it on thrift store frames then used the frames on a table top as a tray. You could hang it on a wall and add hooks or knobs and use it as a message center for keys or coats. You're only limited by your imagination and 'you only fail if you fail to try!'<br />
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Update, what do you think about it set up like this?<br />
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Go mercury glass something this weekend and send me the link!<br />
Enjoy! <br />
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Now? Much better! Nothing better in the world than a magenta owl book end. It's perfect for adding a splash of color to a book case. <br />
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A little primer, a couple coats of Raspberry spray paint and it's modern again!<br />
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I just refinished a table to replace my old side table and I needed
to be able to plug in whatever I wanted to plug in without having to
unplug it every time the kids are playing. So, I had the bright idea to
put a power strip underneath the edge of the table so anything can be
plugged in without causing a problem.<br />
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I went to ACE
(the closest hardware place) but couldn't find a power strip with a flat
plug (because I wanted to plug it into the plug that's under the rug in
my living room - I was trying to eliminate cords stretched out anywhere
that makes them a trip hazard), so I just got a regular extension cord
with a flat plug. I also got some white zip ties and some heavy duty
double stick foam tape.<br />
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I plugged in the extension cord and ran the cord under the rug over to
the table. Then I double stick taped (is that a phrase?) the plug in
end of the cord under the edge of the table and zip tied the cord to the
leg. Now everything is neat and orderly and most of all <strike>hazard</strike> mostly hazard free! <br />
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This is the view from my chair: <br />
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I bought this awesome (too small) skirt from Old Navy (on clearance for $4) a while back knowing I would turn it into something else eventually. I was thinking probably a pillow or something and even stuffed a bag of polyfil inside it and left it there to let it simmer, but it burned :) I just didn't like it. I still liked the skirt, it really reminded me of anthropologie, but I just didn't like it as a pillow.<br />
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I had this stick lamp that I picked up from goodwill. You know what I mean by stick lamp, right? I'm sure there's a real name for them, but basically it's just a stick. Square metal base and it's just a stick up to the part where you put the lightbulb in? So, I wanted to pull some blue up from the rug that's on the floor so I decided to paint this lamp base blue (more blue-gray) but I needed a shade.<br />
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I had an ugly drum shade sitting in the closet and I pulled it out thinking I needed to recover it somehow to go with the lamp (and my living room).<br />
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When I went to check my fabric stash that skirt was sitting there so, of course, I had to see if it would fit the shade and what it would look like. Believe it or not that skirt fit that shade perfectly. Like it was meant to go on there. All I had to do was take the a-line part out of the skirt and then glue it to the inside of the original shade. I took some pictures so I could write a little how-to, but before we get into that, here's the finished product:<br />
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Here's how to make your very own ruffled lamp shade. First you need a shade to recover and a skirt that fits it. <br />
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The skirt just zipped right up around the shade. Here's the it is all fitted together.<br />
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First thing I did was take in the excess to take the skirt basically from an a-line to a pencil skirt, follow me? Nothing fancy, just put the skirt on the shade and gathered it around the bottom and kinda marked what would make it fit best and how far up I needed to go then sewed a straight line. I didn't cut it or anything afterwards, just left it as is.<br />
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After that was done I marked where the braces are in the top of the lamp (the part where the finial goes that holds the shade onto the lamp itself?) I knew I wanted the ruffles to start at the very top of the shade, so I would need to cut off some of the waistband. I just held it over and put a pencil mark where they were and how long they needed to be. I knew I was going to sew around the line because when I cut them I didn't want them to fray. See the pencil mark below? And the sewn line around it? (ignore the other sewn line for now). I sewed around all three pencil marks. <br />
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Then I knew I'd have to cut some excess off the top of the skirt so I marked how much I'd need to trim from the waistband and that's the vertical line sewn here. I sewed it all the way around.<br />
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I even sewed straight through the zipper (back and forth several times over the zipper so it won't come apart).<br />
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After that was sewn all the way around I cut my skirt along the three pencil lines (careful not to cut through the sewn line).<br />
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Then I cut right above the second part I sewed that shortened the waistband (confused yet?)<br />
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Again, straight through the zipper. (make sure you're cutting on the throw away side of the sewn line!)<br />
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Now all that really confusing cutting is done, slip the skirt back over the shade and it should look like the picture below. This is from the inside of the shade. The little box I sewed goes around the braces and the part hanging down is where I shortened the waistband so there wasn't so much excess fabric.</div>
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After that all I did was roll the waistband twice and hot glue it to the inside of the shade like this:<br />
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I let the bottom part of the skirt just hang, in fact, it's about four inches longer than the original shade.<br />
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It makes me chuckle to see it lit up because it looks funny.<br />
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But, hey, it's my lamp right? I think it's awesome :) And I use it every day.<br />
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The couch is pretty modern(ish). The cushions on the back were glorified pillows. You lean on them and the stuffing all goes away. My youngest son's favorite trick was to get on the couch and jump up, lift his feet up in front of him, and plop down in the middle of the cushion. No amount of beating, stomping, or other form of abuse could make these cushions look decent (and this picture was taken when the house went on the market, so it was a particularly brutal day for the cushions ;)
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This is the after. I trimmed the corners, and made the cushions a box
shape that actually goes with the bottom cushions. I think I will add
some button tufting to the back cushions to help hold the stuffing in
place. Ahh...I love my couch again :) (excuse the fancy night time photos) I've made new pillows now and recovered a chair in the living room so I will be posting a before and after soon.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85907/bluecedarlane/4bc0d0472d4bd2bd28dbab6ca7e4c062.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a>about blue cedar lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02712901001914208351noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2834720989106602071.post-4608674699094771912011-10-12T10:08:00.000-07:002011-10-12T10:08:26.685-07:00Faux Mercury Glass TutorialI promised <strike>ages ago</strike> the other day I would put together a tutorial for the mercury glass I made:<br />
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Little did I know that after promising that Hobby Lobby would promptly sell out of Krylon's Looking Glass spray paint and not have any for weeks!!!<br />
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Finally I was able to get some, yes, I bought TWO cans this time. I didn't want to take any chances!!! The vases are still drying in the garage so I will take some nicely staged shots to add to this tut when everything is dry.<br />
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This tutorial is extremely pic heavy! Beware! <br />
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Supplies needed:<br />
glass vase of some kind. the ones above came from goodwill, the ones below were a whopping $3 at Ross. <br />
water (sink or bowl or water hose, whatever works)<br />
Krylon's Looking Glass spray paint. ($11.99 at HL, make sure you use a coupon!)<br />
Flat black spray paint<br />
clean, soft, rag<br />
cardboard or something to set the vase(s) on to dry overnight<br />
Rustoleum Hammered Metal spray paint in gray (optional)<br />
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Ok, let's get started. Gather your supplies.<br />
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vases (note how super clean they are):<br />
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First hold your vase by the bottom and wet your fingers. (this sounds interesting, right?) You want to 'splash' a little water inside the vases to make droplets. Some people use spray bottles, I find that using your hands makes it a little more random. You want enough water so it doesn't dry before you start painting, but not so much that it runs. If it starts to run dry it out and start over.<br />
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Vase splashed with water:<br />
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Now, go outside to your dedicated mercury glass spray paint area aka. chimney of kids' play house. This looking glass spray paint is...weird compared to other spray paints. It's really runny (watery) and smells just...strange. Wear a mask, definitely.<br />
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Hold the vase with the water droplets (again, not inside the house!) and very, very lightly spray inside the vase. It will take 5-6 coats to get the right coverage. The paint will run, that's ok, but you don't want ALL of it to run. I let them sit upside down between coats and wait about, oh, a minute or so before the next coat.<br />
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</div>You can see how each coat just builds and builds. The reflectiveness comes through when you can start to see my phone case in the reflection ;) <br />
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After you have the coats painted let them sit upside down overnight to dry (I like to use a fancy cat litter lid in the corner of my very dirty garage):<br />
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Fast forward to the next day. The looking glass spray paint is pretty delicate inside the vases. If you aren't careful you can rub it all off. Using your soft dry rag, carefully wipe inside the vases. The goal here is to wipe off the loosened paint where the water droplets were. You can also wipe off some of the paint if you got it too thick when you were painting the layers.<br />
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Now, the vases look nice like this (but still aren't stable, will wipe off) but they just look like silver vases. One of mine was covered well with paint, the other one was not coated as well. So, I decided to use a little of the 'hammered metal' spray paint (gray) I had on hand to fill in some of the bare(ish) areas. I figured it was silverish with some black so it would work. I added a light coat to each of the vases. Much better but still not quite finished.<br />
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To make this look like real mercury glass you need it to be black inside. These vases are pretty to look at but really don't make good candle holders because they're black inside. But like I said, pretty to look at! :)<br />
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One light coat of flat black and voila! Faux mercury glass: (see the overspray on the top edge? wipes right off!)<br />
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If you have any questions leave me a comment or send me an email! Enjoy. Happy faux mercury glass making!<br />
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I promise I've been busy. I have a tutorial coming on how to make a fancy schmancy ruffled lampshade without ever sewing a stitch. I also have a tutorial on my faux mercury glass - it took me about, oh, 3 weeks to find the looking glass spray paint that I needed.<br />
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First, let me tell you where I've been. Back in the middle of September I was involved with decorating for a ministry that saves people, mostly girls, from human trafficking here in the Houston area. It's real, and it's scary. If you want to learn more, go here: <a href="http://www.redeemedministries.com/">Redeemed Ministries</a>. They call the girls that are saved, 'sparrows' so that was the theme. There were initially 30 tables to be decorated, and when I got there I found out there were 40 to decorate. That was, um, challenging. Senator Dan Patrick attended the dinner, and he bought the centerpiece off his table for $1000!!! What a donation to the ministry! Next year all the centerpieces will be up for auction!<br />
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Here are a couple pictures from the dinner:<br />
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Senator Patrick's centerpiece:<br />
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After that I started working on partially redoing my living room. Here's a quick peek of a chair I recovered and a pillow I made:<br />
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And for the last two weeks I've been working on stocking up for a craft show that's this Saturday, the 15th. I will be selling some small furniture, but also some necklaces, earrings, rings, and small home decor items. I have been up to my eyeballs in <strike>mess</strike> craftiness!<br />
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Here's a quick preview of some of the jewelry I've made:<br />
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I'm thinking of selling my much loved 50s dresser with the burlap stripe (above) any takers? :) I'll probably move it up to the shop...eventually...<br />
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but I knew it wasn't finished, YET. When I read the tut I immediately whipped out a postmark I had saved from the <a href="http://www.graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/">Graphics Fairy</a> a while back. I opened it in photoshop and got it ready to print as a mirror image. Meanwhile, I went and got my freezer paper ready to go. When that was all done and printed (I had to set my printer to iron-on transfer - it wouldn't print otherwise) I got to work burnishing the image to the top of the table.<br />
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{LOVE} I think it's fantastic! (if I do say so myself!) I do have to say, it took a LONG time to dry. I was worried then about waxing over the ink (even if it was dry) for fear that it would smear. It didn't! YAY!<br />
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So, with that all figured out I went to work on this little chest:<br />
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It's fairly small. About a foot and a half wide and 14 inches deep and only 10 inches tall. I painted it with a mix of ASCP louis blue, chateau gray, and paris gray. It's a warm gray with just a hint of blue now:<br />
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For the image on the top I found the graphic I wanted to use then enlarged it in photoshop and made it so it would print in multiple pages. Then I put the graphic on the top (don't mind the REALLY blue tint to the image):<br />
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It printed on two pages (using the same freezer paper method) and carefully lining up the image so that it would be seamless. I printed this one in color, because the postmark on the top right is a teal blue. It's beautiful! After it dried I waxed it (and the stain came through the ASCP to make it look distressed without having to use any dark wax) so I just went with it.<br />
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I'm working on that Mercury Glass tutorial still! Be patient - it's just me here with two small boys (and all you moms out there know how that can be!) I'm doing my best - and want my tutorial to be awesome for everyone!<br />
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Have a great Sunday!<br />
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After I faux silver leafed it (ie. aluminum foiled it), it looked like this:<br />
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One of my wonderful readers commented and asked if I was going to do some cool lettering on it like I had done on other pieces and it got my wheels turning. I decided to go with a french/postal theme and now we have this: <br />
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I used a white chalk ink marker I got from Michael's and I also used my trusty black sharpie. First I drew out all the postal images (thank you Graphics Fairy!) in the white chalk ink marker. Then I sanded them all down to almost nothing and added some black to bring out the details. Sanded it back down again then waxed with light wax. That was enough to just make the images subtle on the top, but if it hadn't worked I was totally prepared to use dark wax all over the top to tone it down.<br />
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</div>And, voila! It's finished now. Going to the shop this weekend. Simple and sophisticated.<br />
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Have a smashing weekend!<br />
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Here you go!<br />
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It had some water spots on the top and it was, well, boring. It didn't have any 'life'. Hopefully, I've fixed that problem.<br />
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I used basically the same technique as <a href="http://bluecedarlane.blogspot.com/2011/07/faux-silver-leaf-side-table-tutorial.html">this post</a> but instead of modpodge I used <a href="http://www.misterart.com/g8155/Mona-Lisa-Spray-Gold-Leaf-Adhesive.htm">this spray adhesive</a> which I picked up at Michael's. It's like Elmer's spray adhesive but WAY stickier. I coated the table outside and then brought it in to work. I also sprayed each individual piece of foil before applying them. I had a small box that I used to spray in so I didn't get sticky all over my house. {one tip - if you get adhesive on your hands use oil to remove it. I used body oil, but cooking oil would work fine - soap and water are hopeless}<br />
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After the table was dry I did a three step wax process - clear, clear mixed with <a href="http://www.anniesloan.com/acatalog/Graphite.html">Graphite ASCP</a> for an aged look, and then clear again. It gives the foil this 'soft' look, not super shiny like foil normally is and the Graphite mixed with the wax gave it a well worn look. Without further ado, here she is:<br />
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I stripped the top and stained it with Minwax walnut stain. This is two coats and still not quite dark enough. I will probably add another coat and then wax it with Hannants medium wax. <br />
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I just finished it about an hour ago and was too excited to wait to share it! I just love the way the foil and dark top play off each other. What do you think?<br />
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