Housewarming China Cabinet
The Specimen:
The Progress:
The Finished Product:
Tools used:
Valspar chalky paint Kidsgloves
Restore Brushes
BBQ SPICE
“BBQ Is an ART…Be an Artist Or Be Gone!” A sign in Gates BBQ.
We live in KC so we BBQ most weeks. We try to make it a Sunday afternoon thing and when I say we BBQ, I mean we make enough for a week. It makes the hot summer months cooking so much easier. Maybe its just because I have a boy that my fridge quivers at the sight of and he has friends. I have a friends that leftovers never happen in there homes, but we just live by them.
So these are not my recipes:
Labels:
The glass jars hold double the recipe listed above.
Labels are cut with glossy black vinyl on Silhouette Cameo 2. Labels can be found here:
1. Cut each label out. I cut on my silhouette without a mat whenever possible. I set the image up for a 12×12 sheet if you still need a mat. It will take about half a sheet.
2. Weeding: Yes, I use a straight blade to weed, just my preference, not exactly OSHA approved.
3. Transfer: For small items I do not use transfer tape. I know I am such a rebel but painters tape is just as good and for me more manageable. I line the bottom of the letters up with the bottom of the blue tape. Then I know if I am straight.
4. Then burnish it onto the tape.
5. Then we remove it from the backing to the transfer tape.
6. The we align it, and burnish yet again. This time onto the project.
I also did a top for these, because with boys, you can never have too many labels. Right moms!?!
Same process just with a few more layers of blue tape.
There you have it a simple label tutorial. I am afraid that this may not exactly be dishwasher safe now, FYI.
Enjoy!
Ride your bicycle
The Specimen:
We used a sheet of underlayment and had the home store cut it into 4 equal parts. Then attached wood trim 1″x1″ to the back for stability.
The Progress Photos:
The image is a simple bicycle that I drew in illustrator but you can use just about any program. I cut my templates out of paper and then using a paint pen we run an outline and fill it in with a paint brush.
Using a metal edge an a paint pen makes the crisp lines.
Making sure that they all align from board to board is the trick. When painting the mass parts of the bike, I will leave about an 1 1/2 inch unpainted. Then lay the boards together and paint it as one.
The Final Product:
How to link Here: Hometalk.com
Beginnings
it all begins here
Lifes Little Gray Areas 