Adding words to furniture

Good morning all  :)

I'm a little hesitant to publish this post - I don't know if I've gone overboard with Nancy from Nantucket !!!
I kind of love what I did - and I kind of don't .................
So opinions kindly needed !

Remember I mentionned that I wasn't finished with her yet?
Well I wanted to put a transfer on her - BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT THIS TIME !!!
I did everything I normally do - just like I did for this ( HERE )

and this one ( HERE )

But for some reason everything came off this time - my toner is low - could that be a reason for it I wonder?

So I sanded it all down - and redid the top in the same " beachy " finish with the full intention of just starting all over again ( it's gonna be rough - so rough - but we're gonna make it )

But then my mind drifted for a moment and that's all it takes - really - just a moment and I'm running in another direction completely ( you should have seen me playing baseball as a kid )  I really should be on meds - I'm like an A.D.D. furniture painter.

Beachy looking furniture makes me think of the ocean
The ocean brought this song to mind - and the rest is history................

Here's a tip thrown in for good measure - when stencilling words on a surface I always put some painters tape on lightly - to keep the lettering straight -

Do I need to distress the words?
Do I need to to eliminate the second sentence?
Do I need to eliminate the entire wording?
Do I need to get a life?

Whenever one door closes - I hope one more opens...........................and when you open the " door " of
the desk...................

Those are shadows in the left hand corner - and not my feeble attempt at drawing mountains................

Words worked on this one - and it sold relatively quick ( HERE )

So maybe it can work again,
Except

when I add words - obviously I add words that I love and that mean something to me and so................

I want to keep this one :)

Have a great day all
( I hope you dance )

Much love,



Sharing with !!!
The Shabby Nest                                     Miss Mustard Seed                            My Romantic Home
Funky Junk Interiors                                Uncommon Design                             Homemaker on a dime
I should be mopping the floor                  Under the table & dreaming         White Lace Cottage
Shabby Creek Cottage

DIY PARIS Silhouette -

Good morning everyone !!!

While I was doing the Paris Themed giveaways a couple of weeks ago - I started on a Parisien themed Silhouette - and actually painted a different building ( or structure ) for each day of the giveaways -

If you'd like to see how easy they are to create you can see the tutorial HERE

If you read further I'll show you how it ended up looking like this!!!

It all started with a sharpie and a piece of wood -  (and Annie Sloan paints for the background )

and ended up like this -

I thought this would also be a great time to promote the site FOTOFLEXER
It's a great site and can allow you to do really fun things with your photos - I'm sure most of you know it and use it - for those of you that don't - hop over when you have a chance!
I'm showing a little of what you can do below - in the EFFECTS section -

" sketch "

" comic " - look how lovely it makes the sky and it almost looks like it was painted on fabric !!!

" heat map "

" blue print "

Here I used 2 methods in EFFECTS -
first I used " invert " and then on top of that I used " painting "

You can even go Andy Warhol ( ish ) and create this

and there's tons more ......................
it's a great site - and it's FREE !!!

I know I've sung the praises of Pic Monkey before - but not sure if I've ever mentioned Fotoflexer - it's worth a look see - I promise :)

On Pic Monkey - I added some fireworks

turned it into a post card

and added some trees - a grey twilight

A brilliant sunrise ???  Wouldn't this make a great blog header?

and that's how " big people " play LOL

I've printed a few pages of the last photo - this may become my new signature on the back of the pieces I do I'll adhere it with mod podge ( which is why my name is one it instead of Paris Dreams )

Have a wonderful day everyone -
I'll show you tomorrow how I finished off the desk :)

Much love


Partying with the following ladies !!!
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Under the Table & Dreaming                My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
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Stone Gable                                                Shabby Creek Cottage
Rooted in Thyme                                         Craftberry Bush
My Turn for Us                                           Happy Go Lucky
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My Romantic Home                                    I Heart Nap Time
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