Wooden Christmas Trees

There's lots of snow on the ground and it's very cold outside. 

 

I guess it's time to start tackling all the Christmas crafts that I've pinned for this year.

So here is my version of  some wooden trees that my sister found on

pinterest

 

 

There are only a few steps to get this project done.

 

First get your brother in laws to cut

 out 3 wooden trees in 3 different sizes from scrap wood.

 

 

decide what pattern to put on each tree

 

 

pick your colours

 

 

when a crisp line is needed use frog tape.

 

 

pull out the dark wax and age away.

 

 

take a picture and realize that you forgot the stars.

 

 

Paint, wax and glue the stars on.

 

Place around the house to bring the

feeling of Christmas

early to your

 home.

 

 

cost- 3cents

time- 2 hours

 

= 1 finished project.

 

 

 



She's a Beauty (dresser)

With the 30 cm of snow on the ground

 my furniture painting

has come to an end for the year.

 

But, before we got hammered with bad weather

I did find this beauty for $40.00 on Kijiji.

 

 

After

two coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint

and some light distressing

I think it's quite

the beauty.

 

 

The feet are my favorite part as the distressing let the

 wood shine through and bring out all that detail.

 

 

The top drawer had broken hardware and no way to fix it. 

 

So, I fill the holes with wood filler

(before I painted)

and drilled new holes for these knobs that I had kicking around.

 

All the hardware was sprayed with

Oil Rubbed Bronze by Rustoleum

 

 

OK, just one more shot of the lovely detail.

(loving the reflection,

wishing all the dust was off the floor...oops!)

 

 

I distressed the edges slightly and finished with just the clear wax.

It looked so sweet and the girl who bought it could not get here quick enough. 

(She was so worried I'd sell it to someone else.)

 

 

 



 

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Winter Wreath and Snow...lots and lots of snow.

Well yesterday it snowed and snowed and snowed until we had over 30 cm of snow.

  It took me 2 hours of shoveling to clear the driveway and sidewalk. 
Some newspapers are calling it, "Fifty Shades of White". 
 I thought that was funny.

picture



 

snow 

Every year I know that winter is coming, but I forgot how quick it can come.
 

 

The good thing is now my mother can put out her winter wreath
and flower arrangement
that we did a couple of weeks ago.

 

 I love how this flower arrangement turned out.
 

 

 

I followed the old thriller, filler, spiller idea.

 

Here's the thriller.

(twirlly sticks and long red blossoms)

 



 

some spiller

 



 

great filler

(tons of colour and texture)

 



 

 

I love how the white pops and the grey softens the whole thing.

She loves it and so do I.