Wooden Chalkboard Tags

I am starting to think of my planning my daughters next birthday party and I wanted fun drink cups that I could use for the party and after.  I  was visiting my friend who lives in an area where there is a Hobby Lobby and we went shopping.  I have never been to Hobby Lobby, but have heard of the store so I was excited to go.  While strolling down the numerous isles, I found these very cute wooden tags and bought a couple of packs.  I had already purchases mason jar straw lids from Decor Steals with party cups in mind.  I also bought some chalkboard paint for the wooden tags.

I laid out the wooden tags and started to paint.

After the tags had dried I covered them in chalk and wiped off.

The next step was to cut some twine I had in my office and attach the tags to blue Mason jars.  I ploppped in a colorful paper straw and wrote on the tags---Love Them!

I also picked up a insert for mason jar lids that makes the jar a vase for flowers.

Here are the two different kinds of lids:

Here they are ready for the Party!

Can't wait for the next Party!

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Winter Color in my House

 After taking Christamas down and packing it away my house needed some color. I am a big fan of fresh flowers and try to have them at all times.  Here is some color in my house!

I found these old chippy finials at the Flea Market this past weekend and I placed them on my mantel and love them. 

My Kitchen table

Flowers from Lina Flora

Love all the flowers!

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Potters Cottage Green desk

Another Flea Market Special!  I found this great desk and had to buy it.  If you read my blog you know I have this thing for furniture and painting it.  
Before:

Love the hardware!

I forgot to take a before picture until I was half way done taking the drawers out--ha ha-you would think I would know by now, but..................

The top could use some TLC

I was picturing a nice springy green for the desk so I mixed up my own color ( I am calling it Potters Cottage Green because it reminds me of a green I saw on an old potting table) and made home-made chalk paint and started to paint away.  
After finishing painting the desk I decided it was a little plain and needed something else, so I mixed up a coco wash.   For the wash I added a little coco paint and then added two times the water so I had  a very watered down brown color.

I also had on hand just plain water so I could "wash" off and darker places or drips.  I made sure my paint brush was  wet and then I dipped it in the wash and painted over the piece.
Before the wash:

After the wash is on the drawer:

 Wiped off with a rag:

Here is the difference between a drawer with the wash and one without:

It is a subtle difference but it adds dimension and interest in my opinion and is quick and easy.  While I have the water and rag I wet distress the piece.

I then waxed the desk with clear wax to seal the paint.

I think this picture best represents the green color.

I re-did the mirror as well and will be writing about it this week

Love it!

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Chippy French Table

At the local Flea Market I found this great little side table that had beautiful detials.

This is a picture with a few other finds of the day from the flea market.

I was picturing in my head an old chippy Frenchy look in blue so I mixed up Miss Mustard Seeds Eulie Sky milk paint and started to paint away.

I used my scraped to get a chippy look and got both the white and the real wood to show through in places.

I have a standing weekly flower order from Flora Lina-a local flower and gift shop-
They have the best Flowers!

 

I love this table so much it is my Blog Picture!

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