tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79426524433317886562024-03-01T00:39:38.592-05:00The White Pear TreeA blog about home decor, repurposing, upcycling, thrifting, and everything else.The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.comBlogger96125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-89846680822039118752013-03-29T00:33:00.000-04:002013-03-29T00:37:59.982-04:00Something painted just for us<div>
(You've all heard the shoemaker's story about his kids having the worst shoes? It's like that for everything in life: we get so busy with our work that when it comes to doing the same type of work for ourselves, we don't have the time, the energy or the desire.</div>
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I bought a bench at a charity auction last year. We needed something to sit on to put our shoes or boots on in the entrance way. This one was just right for the space. I couldn't wait to paint it, and I knew just how I wanted it to look.</div>
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But there it sat for months. Every time I saw it, I would cringe, because it was a reminder of one more thing that needed to be done, when there just isn't enough time in a day, when I was putting all my energy in painting pieces to sell.</div>
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I finally said enough was enough and tackled it a few weeks ago.<br />
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(Sorry, I don't have a before. I thought I did, but I have so much furniture I lose track, lol!)</div>
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I wanted the French cottage look, so I did two coats of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, followed by a wash of watered down Old White, which gives the piece a more greige feel overall. Love it! </div>
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The bench was just a little too plain for me, so I added these lovely wood appliques:<br />
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I painted them Old White for contrast, with clear and dark waxes.<br />
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The pillow is from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/RUPiperDesigns?ref=ls_profile">RuPiper Designs</a> on Etsy. I absolutely love their stuff!</div>
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I'm so happy with the outcome! And proud that I finally painted something just for us.</div>
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Wishing you all a Happy Easter!<br />
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Nicole<br />
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The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-62330034561631978372013-03-21T09:14:00.000-04:002013-03-25T11:01:00.922-04:00First Time with Artisan Enhancements Transfer Gel: Easy and Not So EasyGood morning all!<br />
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It is darn cold here, and we had more snow falling yesterday, even though spring is technically almost here. (Didn't that groundhog predict an early spring? Ha! This guy needs a talking to!)</div>
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I recently visited Michelle Gallant's lovely store, Diamonds and Toads, in St. Thomas, Ont. (She doesn't have a website, but you can visit her on her Facebook page.) Michelle is a retailer for Annie Sloan and she also carries the Artisan Enhancements line. You can read about their products <a href="http://www.artisanenhancements.com/">here</a>. I was dying to try their transfer gel!</div>
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This was my first attempt, an inexpensive candle plate I picked up at the thrift. It was gold and rough looking, but I gave it a makeover with ASCP cream. It looks as good as new now!</div>
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Then I picked out this lovely graphic from who else, the Graphics Fairy!</div>
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To transfer an image with AE gel, it needs to be printed with a laser jet printer. Don't forget to reverse the picture to a mirror image if it has words or it needs to go a certain way, like the sewing machine further down.</div>
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Apply the transfer gel to both the paper and to the object where you want your picture. Then, put the paper in place face down and smooth it out. Let dry overnight or for several hours. Then with a spray bottle filled with water, wet the paper and let sit for a few minutes. With a sponge or a cloth, rub the paper away.</div>
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I was lucky right off the bat with this picture. The transfer was nice and crisp! It seems to be easier to transfer on light or white paint, as it doesn't leave as much of a "halo", which is the gloss left behind by the transfer gel. You could see a little bit of a halo on this piece, so I brushed a bit of cream paint to cover it. Once dry, I applied clear wax.<br />
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This is the second piece I applied a transfer to.</div>
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I acquired this cute piece at auction. It was in the same lot as a magnificent Art Deco vanity and bench.</div>
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It's a lovely little sewing cabinet to store all your sewing notions and supplies. I imagine it's somewhat old and it is in very good shape.<br />
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I painted it in Provence. I felt it needed a fun, happy colour. I found a lovely vintage sewing machine picture at the Graphics Fairy. So fitting, don't you think! I went through the same steps as for the plate to do the image transfer.<br />
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Well. Not so good this time. It left a lot of white gel as you can see. So I sanded it down and repainted it, then reapplied the image.<br />
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Three. Times.<br />
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Yes, I was frustrated at this point. But I am determined if nothing else. This was going to happen.</div>
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So I tried something different this time. I kept wetting the image, particularly the spots with the white goo, letting the water sit on it for a while and then rubbing gently. I did this several times. And this did the trick. The white goo slowly came off. This requires a little bit of patience, but stick with it.</div>
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Success! I finally was left with a nice, crisp image. Love it!<br />
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I left the inside of the top unpainted as it was in very good condition.<br />
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I painted the inside of the drawers in Aubusson Blue for a bit of unexpected contrast.<br />
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I'm sold on the AE transfer gel. It helps you achieve a nice, crisp and clear transfer. Just be patient with it. I just wished they had an online tutorial or more instructions on their website. As it is, I suspect this will come from the blogging community, as more and more people use it and experiment with it.<br />
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Have you tried Artisan Enhancements Transfer Gel? What was your experience with it?<br />
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Stay warm!<br />
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I hear the temperature will be nice and warm on Sunday, which means spring is slowly creeping in! Sooo excited.</div>
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Today, I have a little chair I found cubside a long time ago. It was actually brass coloured metal. I spray painted (or sprainted as Suzan from Simply Vintageous would say, lol!) it black for some reason, but then decided that it needed to be more girly than that.</div>
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I resprayed it white.<br />
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I then painted some pink stripes. I used a ruler and a black sharpie to highlight the pink stripes. The pink paint was an "oops" colour. Pretty mistake, wouldn't you say? Usually, oops colours are ghastly, but this one was really nice.<br />
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I printed the oh la la!, transferred it with graphite paper and painted it black. I finished it with a santin polyurethane on the seat to protect the design. By the way, in French, oh la la only takes one "o". The North Americans added an "o" somewhere along the way, lol!</div>
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It's been a few weeks since I last posted. I had blogger's block. A lot of times, I want to write and post about stuff, but of course, I like to post pictures and for some reason, I can't seem to be able to post pictures I have freshly uploaded to my computer. It gets frustrating. So many things I don't know how to do...<br />
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Oh well, I'm here today. We're having another heavy snowfall, and it's very wet snow, more like slush. The roads are a mess! I'm staying put today.<br />
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A while ago I posted a little tour of my older daughter's bedroom, which you can see <a href="http://thewhitepeartree.blogspot.ca/2013/01/oldest-daughters-bedroom-redo.html">here</a>. Well, you can't show one daughter's room and not show the other's, so here it is.<br />
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It all started with this pretty comforter. This was in fact my older daughter's university dorm's set, but after the first year, when she moved out of residence and into a house with other girls, we got her a double bed, so my younger daughter quickly jumped on this as she loved it so much.<br />
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We already had this pretty Eiffel tower poster (which was actually bought in Las Vegas and not Paris, lol!), so the young lady's red coat was our inspiration for the red accents: pillow, throw, candle, etc.<br />
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(I asked my husband while we were in Paris if we could find the street where this picture was taken and he could take a picture of me jumping in the same manner. He said no. I guess he thought it would be embarrassing. Plus I don't look cute like the girl in the picture. Sigh, he's no fun, lol!)<br />
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Isn't it nice when the bed is actually made?<br />
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In one of the corners, we created a little reading nook: a bookshelf, a tub chair, a lamp and an FAO Schwartz teddy bear for company! You can see the pretty damask black curtains we picked, which echo the motif of the bead spread.<br />
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The damask motif make the curtains look traditional, yet the colour and the grommets give them a definite modern vibe. A perfect mix for a young lady's room, feminine, yet edgy.<br />
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This was an old brass chandelier that we spray painted glossy black to give it new life. There is actually a chandelier on the bed spread, but you can't see it in my pictures, but this is fitting with it.</div>
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We added a ceiling medallion we picked up at the Habitat for Humanity re-use store. It was brand new! </div>
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The walls are painted a soft grey that we picked up from the comforter. (There is some grey in it if you look closely!)</div>
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This was all done on a budget and re-using things we already had. My daughter loves her room and I think it was a nice grownup move away from the purple and green butterfly room of her childhood years. (With maybe just a teddy bear or two, lol!)</div>
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Hope you liked our tour.</div>
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Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!</div>
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I found this little writing desk at the curb. </div>
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There was nothing wrong with it. Absolutely nothing.</div>
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And here she is finished. Paris Grey, with Old White accents. </div>
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Such pretty long legs!</div>
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Followed by clear wax.</div>
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It's so cute. It has a groove on top for your pens and pencils and storage underneath for your writing paper or, more likely, your lap top, since sadly, hardly anybody hand writes notes anymore.</div>
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I made embellishments using another stencil from my girl Martha. These stencils are so beautifully detailed, it looks like real lace!</div>
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So tempted to keep it for myself, because it's so cute and romantic, but let's be honest, I have no room for it. Sigh!</div>
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Perhaps whoever ends up owning it will be inspired to start hand writing letters to everyone!</div>
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I accessorized it with roses in a julep cup. I bought the beautiful silk roses on my Hobby Lobby shopping spree a few weeks ago. They were a little pricy but so worth it because they're so realistic looking. And the beautiful silver plated julep cup I put them in? I thrifted it at Value Village for $6. It's from Pottery Barn and would probably have costed around $30 originally. Yeah. </div>
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Mine has tarnish on it. Bonus!</div>
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<i>Little fun fact for ya about julep cups: According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mint_julep">Wikipedia</a>,<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">t<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">raditionally, mint juleps were often served in silver or pewter cups, and held only by the bottom and top edges of the cup. This allows frost to form on the outside of the cup. Traditional hand placement may have arisen as a way to reduce the heat transferred from the hand to the silver or pewter cup.</span></span></i></div>
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It is a sunny but very chilly day here in Ontario. And I'm going to make chili for dinner, so we're not so chilly. Yum. Such a perfect winter food.</div>
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I'm featuring a few pieces of furniture today, odds and ends. I have before pictures for only one of them, as the other three pieces were store pieces I painted on the premises and did not have my camera with me.</div>
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First off is an accent table I painted Old White on the bottom and Duck Egg Blue on top, finished with clear wax. </div>
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I had been wanting to do something with a wreath and a bee for a while now and this round table was perfect for it.</div>
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Here is a sofa table I repainted in Old White and French Linen:<br />
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Now this table I bought at a garage sale. It looked sad with its 90's saraning paint treatment!<br />
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First off, I painted it in Versailles.</div>
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And finally, I repainted this little night table with Old White and Paloma, my first time with this lovely colour, followed by clear wax. The handle was spray painted silver, which looks nice with Paloma. It would look nice in a little girl's room I think.<br />
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Voilà! These are just a few of the projects that have been keeping me busy at the store.</div>
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<br />The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-78898486165858246052013-01-18T23:40:00.000-05:002013-01-18T23:40:12.579-05:00Hobby Lobby Loot Shoot (how's that for alliterations!)During the Christmas holidays, we took a day trip to Buffalo. It's about an hour away from where we are and for us Canadians (well, for me anyway), it's always a thrill to go shopping in the States. We hit the Walden Galleria mall or the outlet mall, maybe stop at Target, then finish off at Olive Gardens for dinner. (We used to have Olive Gardens here, but they all left. I miss their salad and breadsticks!)<br />
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Now there was a time when there were a lot of things you could not get in Canada, such as M&M's and Lays sour cream and onion chips! Can you believe it? Now we have a lot more selection here (including ketchup chips and dill pickle chips, which I believe are exclusively Canadian), but still, the selection is never as plentiful as that of our neighbours to the south, so it's always a fun day and certainly a nice change from the routine.<br />
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So on this latest spree, I dragged my family to Hobby Lobby (they were very patient, I must admit.) We have a Michael's near us, but Hobby Lobby has totally different stuff.<br />
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They were all about $8.99 a yard, already a pretty good price, but with our 40% coupons, these were a steal! These will be great for pillows and to recover chairs.</div>
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I bought a few wood appliques:</div>
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I spent an hour and a half in there and barely scratched the surface. I could have stayed another hour easily, but I had to spare my poor family... They needed a much deserved rest for lunch at Olive Gardens.<br />
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We carried on to Walden Galleria where a lot of clothes was half-price. Again, great selection and we barely even had time to look at everything, there was so much. (We'll just have to go back soon!)<br />
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And the last thrill of the day? Having the customs officer wave us through without having to pay taxes or duties, even though we declared everything. (It's usually the luck of the draw.) Woohoo, thank you officer!<br />
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My two girls are different like night and day. One is blonde, the other is brunette, one is chatty and outgoing, the other is quiet. I love the fact that they are so different, it makes life so interesting!<br />
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So when it came to making decorating decisions, my oldest daughter had very specific ideas, while the youngest said "Do what you want. I'm happy with what you choose." Sooo different!<br />
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This is the eldest's new bedroom:<br />
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We decided not to spend a great deal of money, seeing as she was going to university and wouldn't be there all that much. I think our total cost was less than $300! </div>
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The starting point was the bedding which is a beautiful greyish shade of purple. We painted the back wall as an accent wall in a similar colour and the other three walls in a lighter shade of the same colour.</div>
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My daughter was going from a very large bedroom to a smaller one (she kindly "let" her younger sister have the bigger bedroom this time around). So that meant getting rid of a few pieces of furniture, one of which was her large desk. Instead she came up with the idea of putting a little shelf with a chair and a mirror to act as a make-up table and a spot for her laptop. We bought the shelf at Ikea with two metal brackets for the ends and we cut the shelf to size. It fills the space perfectly and looks light and uncluttered.</div>
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The chair was a curb rescue. It kinda looked pathetic, but I loved its art deco lines.<br />
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That seat was so grimy and funky, I just kept the wood form (which I disinfected!!) and I reupholstered over with new foam and this fun, modern fabric:</div>
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Aah! Much better! And the purple matches the room perfectly!</div>
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I spray painted a thrifted mirror with white glossy paint.</div>
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(I must apologize for the poor lighting in the photos, the room doesn't receive great outside light so I had to take flash pictures and that creates unwanted glares and shadows.)</div>
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A closer look at the little makeshift desk.</div>
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Don't you just love those pillows? And a nod to her childhood with one of her favourite polar bears she collected over the years!</div>
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We decorated the dresser, on the facing wall, with some accessories from Ikea.</div>
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Now that the holidays are over, I'm finding it hard getting back into a routine. Am I the only one thinking that we spend way too much time eating, drinking, sleeping in and sitting around during that time and then you need a kick in the rear to get back to normal? We should start calling it The Great Christmastime Life Interruption.<br />
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I had a nice routine going before then, keeping really busy painting at the store and then everything came to a screeching halt.<br />
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I was so busy painting in fact that I realized that the last project I posted about was my little Florence and grey bench, which was done a while ago. I have painted a lot of things since then, but they are all at the store and I neglected to take pics of a lot of the befores. I only have the afters to show you, such as this one big piece I love, this amazing vintage-ish (from the 70's) Thomasville French Court triple dresser. I did try to find a before picture on line, even a piece from the same collection, but to no avail.<br />
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This beautiful piece is solid wood. (Sorry, the natural light is not always that great at the store.)<br />
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I painted it in Annie Sloan French Linen and highlighted the details in Old Ochre, which offers an interesting contrast, not as stark as, say, Pure White.<br />
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I did the inside drawers in Old Ochre, which I think is a nice detail when you open the doors<br />
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The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-84056518549917383452013-01-06T15:45:00.001-05:002013-01-06T15:45:18.276-05:00De Tout, De Rien becomes The White Pear Tree!Don't adjust your computer! From now on, my blog will be called "The White Pear Tree". New year, new look. Same blog, same old me, just a fresh new blog name and identity, compliments of my talented daughter. (She is doing a bachelor's degree in conjunction with a college diploma in Multimedia Design and Production. Sorry. Not bragging. Just proud!) I even have a favicon now! (It's the little white pear on the left hand side of my blog address. Yeah, I didn't know what a favicon was either, lol!)<br />
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Why the name White Pear Tree, you ask? Well, it's a nod to my husband's last name and my maiden name. Kind of a merger of our two families if you will.<br />
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The world of blogging has been a revelation for me. I have "met" many a kindred spirit, people who share the same likes, one of them being furniture repainting and refinishing. I thought I was the only one in the world to pick up discarded items to make over so that they can be reloved. Also through blogging, I discovered the wonders of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. It's been so much fun getting to discover this wonderful product!</div>
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My youngest daughter graduated high school in June and went away to university in september. We are now empty nesters during the school year. Where did the time go?</div>
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In June, we celebrated 25 wonderful years of wedded bliss. My best friend from Montreal, who was also our maid of honour, surprised us with a visit and some champagne to help us celebrate. </div>
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To celebrate this major milestone, we went to Paris in August, a long time dream of mine.</div>
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I had high expectations for Paris and not only were they met, they were greatly surpassed! I fell in love with the city of lights. So much beauty and history! I'll be back!</div>
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And this was by far the lowest point of my year:</div>
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My dad passed away in september after a long battle with cancer. </div>
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Life has many yins and yangs. Shortly after my dad's passing, I found a store who accepted my furniture and jewelry on consignment. I was thrilled! Here is the first item I sold:</div>
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I have great plans and hopes for 2013 that I'm just not sharing yet, because it's all in a very preliminary stage and also, I just don't want to jinx anything, lol!</div>
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I hope you also have great plans and hopes for the coming year and I wish you all much happiness, health and wealth. You have no idea how much your visits and your comments mean to me and I'm looking forward to more for 2013!</div>
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Hi all, hope you all had a marvellous Christmas. Ours was quiet and stress free, just hubby, the girls and I for the first time in our lives, the reason being my sister-in-law was flying in from Vancouver yesterday (the 26th), so we are doing the big family dinner tonight. It makes Christmas last longer, don't you think?<br />
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We went to early mass on Christmas eve, then we drove around town to see the Christmas lights, one of our traditions. We then picked up Chinese food to eat while watching what else, A Christmas Story of course! This is not a tradition, but it was so much fun I think it might become one.<br />
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Christmas morning, we opened gifts. We kept it low key this year, it was less about consumerism and more about things we really needed. (Far be it for me to be sanctimonious, God knows we've had our shares of generous Christmases. This year, we just felt we needed to cut back.) Then we had a lovely brunch of eggs, sausages, hash browns, english muffins and some fruit thrown in for good measure to pretend it was all healthy!<br />
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Later we had a swim and a sauna, which was extremely relaxing and soothing for my old bones. We later all got dressed and went to see The Life of Pi. What a fabulous, extraordinary movie, so well done. Do go see it if you have a chance. It really honours the book. (I couldn't believe how busy the movie theatre was on Christmas day!)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue glittered pinecone in a cloche. The wooden plate was made by one of my great-grandfathers.</td></tr>
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We then came home and enjoyed a pre-dinner drink. I had a pomegranate martini which was out of this world! We had a Christmas sing-along with my youngest daughter accompanying us on the piano. It must have looked like a storybook picture for the passers-by, however they would have cringed if they had heard us singing "Baby It's Cold Outside", because my husband joined in, and while he has many qualities and talents, the poor man cannot carry a tune to save his life, but it made it even more fun.<br />
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Dinner followed with a French Canadian Christmas theme: tourtière, gravy, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts and sugar pie to finish.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mantel is slightly different this year. I bought this trio of trees at the thrift. They were painted a ghastly dark green and were wrapped with an ugly gold garland. Took off the garland and repainted them in Annie Sloan Provence, with the base Old White. Love them!</td></tr>
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Tonight will be a turkey dinner at our house with hubby's family. On the week-end, we'll be getting together with our best friends to go out for dinner and see Les Misérables, which I cannot, cannot wait to see!<br />
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So there hasn't been much for me to post about as far as painting furniture etc., I have been so busy painting at the store, but after the holiday hustle and bustle simmers down, I will be back with more. I am really enjoying having both girls at home and spending time with everyone.<br />
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My oldest daughter, who is studying web design in university, surprised me with a new header for my blog as one of my presents. We are going to be redesigning the look of my blog based on her concept and I'm hoping to have the big reveal in the New Year.<br />
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Today we woke up to a blanket of white. Here are a few pics I took of "our" backyard and pond, a.k.a. the golf course, so beautiful and quiet this time of year. (I like to pretend it's all ours.)<br />
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The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-12771355573241977792012-12-18T10:12:00.000-05:002012-12-18T10:13:14.253-05:00Silence and Support for Sandy Hook<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-37665185887177876012012-12-14T19:28:00.001-05:002012-12-14T19:28:14.270-05:00Today's post is blackToday's post is not about furniture or decorating or paint or anything lighthearted like that. Today's post is about trying to understand. It's about sending our prayers and our thoughts to the families in Connecticut. It's about hugging our loved ones tonight, and remembering what is important.<br />
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My heart is sad and heavy, I cannot comprehend this. I could live a million years and never get it. So many of us work so hard to do so much good in the world and to love and care for our families, and then we hear about tragedies like this and we fail to find the words to express how we feel. We can only pray and support each other.<br />
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Go home. Go home and hug your loved ones tight tonight.<br />
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My Christmas tree is staying dark tonight in memory of the victims. I know, it's a small gesture, perhaps without much impact, but it's how I feel.<br />
<br />The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-12227744709402252702012-11-23T15:12:00.000-05:002012-11-27T09:13:46.250-05:00Country Grey and City Grey meet in FlorenceHi everyone,<br />
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Is everybody in the US still in a turkey induced stupor or are you out in full force doing Black Friday shopping? Either way, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!<br />
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I bought this small table (or bench?) at a garage sale. It was an expensive garage sale. They had many gorgeous antiques, but they were asking as much as a store would. It was an "new" older couple, two widowed people merging households, and I was thinking, good luck with getting rid of stuff at this rate.<br />
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Nevertheless, I was able to negotiate a deal on two items. On of them was the table I showed <a href="http://detout-derien.blogspot.ca/2012/10/the-square-round-end-table.html">here</a>. The other was this:<br />
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These are the after pictures. It sat in my family room for at least three weeks, in other words, plenty of time for me to take a before picture, but do you think I did? Noooooooooo! </div>
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When came time to paint it, I couldn't think of what to do with it, until I saw a chevron pattern somewhere, I forget where. Now, I know what you're thinking, what is she talking about, that's no chevron pattern? Well, it wasn't the chevron pattern that inspired me, but its colours: a beautiful bluey green and a putty grey. Very trendy. Florence from Annie Sloan Chalk Paint was the perfect match. However, for the putty grey, not so easy. Paris grey was too blue and Country Grey was too green. Solution? Mix them both together in equal parts. It was exactly the colour I had in mind. The blue of Paris Grey and the green of Country grey were perfect partners to Florence's bluey green.</div>
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<br />The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-35353059792885422182012-11-21T10:07:00.001-05:002012-11-21T10:07:33.973-05:00Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint and 10,000 views!It is a foggy morning here as I write this. It happens when the seasons are in transition. Cold air meeting warm air and all that.<br />
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When I looked at my stats today, my blog had hit 10,000 views! It might not seem like a lot of views for some bloggers, in fact some of them get that many in in a day probably, lol, but for for me, this is a big milestone and worth mentioning.<br />
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Speaking of blogs with a lot of views, most of you are probably familiar with <a href="http://missmustardseed.com/">Miss Mustard Seed's blog</a>, but if you're not, you should pay her a visit. She is a great inspiration to me when it comes to painting furniture and decorating, etc. She has evolved from mere blogger to authoring her own book and creating her own line of milk paint. (And all this while raising two little boys!)<br />
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A while back, she was approached by <a href="http://www.homesteadhouse.ca/">Homestead House Paint Company</a>, a milk paint company located right here in Toronto, Canada. They asked her to create her own line with her own colours. It has been interesting to watch her progress, hard work and finally, success in creating this line.<br />
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I have used milk paint from this company many years ago on a couple of furniture pieces. Milk paint applied to raw wood is virtually unchippable. It's the best paint adherence there is. On varnished and painted furniture, you have to use a bonding agent to make it adhere, otherwise the paint chips in places, but this can be highly desirable for a wonderful distressed look. Milk paint is an old paint formula, it is organic, biodegradable and has zero VOC.<br />
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Yesterday, I stopped at a Home Hardware, a Canadian chain of hardware stores, and I was surprised and thrilled to find Miss Mustard Seed's paints!<br />
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The colour I bought is called "typewriter", a wonderful black with slight brown undertones. I have a music sheet cabinet that I envisioned painting in black, this will be perfect to test it.<br />
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So when I found this gorgeous antique server at the curb side (yes, someone was throwing it out! We have pretty good garbage around here!), it was one of those moments, you know, when you turn the corner and the heavens open up with beams of light point to it and the angels going "Haaaaaaaa"! And I thought, there's my blue piece!</div>
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I'm so glad I took so many pictures in Paris (almost a thousand, thank God for digital cameras!!). These will inspire me for years to come, not only for the colours, but also for the beautiful styles. Paris has so many treasures, you can't help return home with your head full of beautiful images and decorating ideas. And if I happen to run out of inspiration? Gosh, I'll have to go back, won't I?</div>
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Happy Tuesday! Halloween is a distant memory, November is well on its way and here the stores have all changed over to their Christmas decors. Crazy. I even saw a few snowflakes yesterday. Gasp!!</div>
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Today I'm posting about a pair of night tables I found at the curb. Solid wood. Gorgeous. The only thing wrong with them was that a couple of the legs had come off. In our throwaway society, that's excuse enough to discard something... At least they had the good sense of including the legs...! All that required was a good wood glue. A simple repair that cost pennies.</div>
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They might be somewhat old, because the name "Peppler" was branded inside the drawer. A little bit of research revealed that this is a now defunct Canadian high end furniture making company that was established in Hanover, Ontario. I'm not sure, but I believe they may have been bought out by what is now the Sklar-Peppler company. I couldn't find any information to that effect. So, I don't now for sure how old the tables are, but they're really solid and great workmanship.</div>
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And a view from the bottom, lol! (It's the piece with green tape at the top left of the picture.<br />
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I remembered to take a photo of the handles mid-painting:<br />
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I painted the tables in Annie Sloan French Linen. I painted the handles with ASCP Old White, and also used Old White to dry brush the wood trim on the drawer fronts to accent them and tie in with the handles. After a coat of ASCP Clear Wax all over, I then applied some ASCP dark wax to the wood trim to give them an aged look. No distressing, just solid paint.</div>
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<i>First off, I hope everyone on the Eastern seaboard managed to stay safe and dry through the "Frankenstorm". Here in Ontario, we experienced strong winds and lots of power failure, but the electricity did not quit where I live, thankfully.</i></div>
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And see the final product in your mind's eye.</div>
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It took hours of sanding, stripping, resanding, restripping to get the crackling finish off. There is no paint in this world that would have covered the crackling without all the bumpiness showing through. </div>
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I used an eco-friendly stripping liquid which, unfortunately, was not efficient at all. Then I used the Circa 1850 (or is it 1840? Not sure, but I'm not going downstairs to check the can, lol!). This product was a lot better, however, this crackling paint was so thick and sticky, I had to reapply the stripping solution times on numerous spots. A LOT of elbow grease.</div>
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I just happened to have three handles I picked up earlier this summer at a garage sale, cause "you never know when you might need them". Well today was the day. They were the right size and I thought they suited the French provincial look a lot better than the original handles.</div>
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Finally, the dresser was ready to be painted. I used Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Paloma. </div>
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What a gorgeous colour!</div>
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I stencilled some patterns with Inka Gold gilding wax in Silver and Old Silver on the drawers.</div>
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Sorry, I took the pictures at the store and there wasn't a whole lot of natural light. You can't see the full beauty of the Paloma colour. It's a nice, dusty lilac. Love it!</div>
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A closer look. Love the "new" handles!</div>
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(I didn't mention the drawer sliders part. My wonderful hubby helped me with that part. I was lucky enough to find metal sliders at Lee Valley for $4 each. But installing them was quite a challenge! Again, labour of love, I tell ya!)</div>
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Wouldn't it be funny if the people who discarded this piece unknowingly bought it again?</div>
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<br />The White Pear Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09401096218788949486noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942652443331788656.post-51656648967347099162012-10-25T21:11:00.001-04:002012-10-30T13:40:37.249-04:00The Square Round End Table<i>First off, I'd like to remind you about my giveaway for a free My Memories' digital scrapbooking software package. Click <a href="http://detout-derien.blogspot.ca/2012/10/and-nowdrumroll-pleasea-giveaway.html">HERE</a> to read all about its amazing features and how to enter. I'm extending it till Monday, so you still have time!</i><br />
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I'm working hard to try and paint all the big pieces in the garage so as to make room, but they appear to be multiplying instead of diminishing, lol! Anybody else has that problem? This is what it looks like:<br />
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Sooooo, it doesn't seem like my goal of getting the garage empty of all the furniture to be painted before the winter will materialize, so I'm facing another winter of parking outside, lol! First world problems, am I right?<br />
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In any case, I did manage to finish a few items that I delivered to Rustic and Refined Interiors this week, one of which was this little table. I found it at a garage sale and I paid a little more than I normally would, but I thought it had really appealing details.<br />
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It is both square and round, proving you can be versatile in life!</div>
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I chose French Linen for the top and the rim and Old White for the legs and the stencilling on top. I decided to keep the square on top, so I used Frog Tape to mark it off. Seeing as it is a little bit on the pricey side, I save my Frog Tape for when I need to create neat lines and detailing.<br />
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I found these 5 cupboard door samples by the curb. And right away I knew what I had in mind for them.<br />
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The plan was to modge podge them in the centre part of the doors. Well, it was a lot of work locating the middle of the door, then the middle of the images. And with my <strike>mediocre</strike> limited measuring skills, it meant having to reprint a few of the pictures because they were off centre. </div>
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Okay, finally they were all centered nicely. Next I modge podged the back of the images and glued them on the doors. So far so good. Next, in order to protect them, I modge podged the front of the images with the matte finish modge podge. Well, apparently, you can't do that with ink-jet printed images; it washes off the ink. ;^( I had to scrape them off the doors.</div>
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Yes I know, there are two doors with identical teapots. It's a mistake, folks. One of them was supposed to be 3 adorable teacups. But with all the measuring and gluing mistakes, I lost track of what I reprinted and that's how I ended up with two teapots. I'm kind of a klutz that way. Oh. Well. I'm okay with it. :^)</div>
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My husband really likes the way they turned out and thinks I'm on to something. Unfortunately, they're one of a kind, because I don't know where I can find an infinite supply of cupboard door samples. For free. The curb is a fickle mistress, my friends. She doesn't offer the same thing twice.</div>
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I was recently contacted by a company called <a href="http://www.MyMemories.com/">My Memories</a>. They offer an award winning <a href="http://www.mymemories.com/">digital scrapbook software</a> that is extremely easy to use. They asked me to test it out and then review it on my blog. As a reward, I get to give one copy of the software to one of my readers!<br />
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My Memories Suite is rated no. 1 by Amazon and TopTen Reviews. It lets you easily create digital scrapbooks, photobooks, cards, calendars and gifts for very little money.<br />
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I started scrapbooking some years ago. I love the idea of telling a colourful story with pictures. However, every time I wanted to work on my scrapbooking, it meant taking out all the supplies like paper, glue, scissors, ruler, markers, ribbons, buttons, glitter and various accessories, etc. and spreading them out on the kitchen table. By the time I had everything selected, cut and ready to assemble, a good chunk of my time was gone and all I produced was one page. Then, there was the cleanup. Putting every bit away and picking up every tiny piece of paper remnants. Not to mention running to the store and buying tons of supplies that I probably won't all use up. I soon got tired of this and you guessed it, the scrapbooking stuff is sitting somewhere in my basement, collecting dust.<br />
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With <a href="http://www.MyMemories.com/">My Memories</a>, I was able to quickly create a few pages in no time and the best part, no mess! This is so much more fun!<br />
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I've been wanting to make a photobook of our Paris trip and this program is perfect for it. Here's the cover page for it that I created with My Memories:<br />
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I also started an album for the kittens I foster:<br />
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This is a very versatile program. You can even make personalized calendars:</div>
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There are literally thousands of elements to choose from. And as if that wasn't enough, you can purchase extra themed packages from their online store and they are very affordable. Some are even free! Really, your imagination is the limit.</div>
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You can even create an album with music and videos that you put on DVD to send to family and friends who can view it as a slide show. Weddings, christenings, graduations, birthdays, the possibilities are endless!</div>
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2. Go to <a href="http://www.MyMemories.com./">My Memories'</a> website and choose your favourite digital paper pack or layout, then come back here and leave me a comment telling me which one you chose.</div>
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It occurred to me that I never posted about this chair. This post was a long time in the making. </div>
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You see, I bought this chair many years ago at an antique shop. I had it for so long I believe it moved with us twice! It stayed in the basement all that time, waiting to be refinished, along with the numerous U.F.O.'s (Unfinished Objects) collecting dust down there. I believe we all have those?</div>
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She has pretty legs, doesn't she?<br />
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As you have probably gathered by now, things happen slowly with me. A few years after I acquired the chair, I finally ordered caning supplies. These only went through one move.</div>
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Well, lo and behold, last winter, I said to myself, "Self, it is time." So I taught myself to cane. Yes I did.</div>
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Here you have Liz Lemon The Cat supervising. She was totally fascinated with the strands being weaved in and out. Small things.</div>
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The pegs help hold the strands in place. It's quite the process, back and forth, left to right, over and under. I made plenty of mistakes. I had to start some rows again. The strands would sometimes break. Gaaah! Definitely an exercise in patience.</div>
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And here it is finished! If there are any caners out there, I know it's not perfect, but please be kind. It's my first attempt!</div>
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I gave it the ole tush test though and it passed! No small feat with my tush!</div>
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I painted her with Annie Sloan Old White, and did a little distressing, keeping the look simple.</div>
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Here she is in all her glory!</div>
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It is definitely feeling like fall now. We turned the heat on a little bit, to take the chill out of the air, it's raining and the wind is blowing, bringing down a considerable amount of leaves with it. Time to put the flip flops away and start wearing long pants, sigh! (On the plus side, I don't have to shave my legs so often, teehee!)<br />
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I found this little art deco demi-lune table at a garage sale for a song:<br />
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I painted it with ASCP Country Grey, followed by the clear wax, but I thought it needed a little something something. I had just found this <a href="http://viva-decor.us/inka-gold">Inka Gold gilding wax</a> at a local craft store, which I bought in three colours: Old Silver, Gold and Old Gold. I was dying to try it and I had to think of a way to make this little table a little more glam.<br />
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This is what I came up with, diamonds set in a harlequin pattern:<br />
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It was easy to do. I started by putting one piece of tape in a carefully angled way, then I used another piece of tape as a spacer between each piece of tape. Then, I crisscrossed the other way.<br />
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I applied the wax with a soft cloth. I used the Old Silver, which has a gold undertone that makes it rich looking. This wax is like any other wax: you let it dry and then you buff with a soft cloth. Easy peasy and the results are beautiful! I like the fact that it offers a nice, subtle contrast.<br />
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This table is now for sale at <a href="http://rusticandrefinedinteriors.com/">Rustic and Refined Interiors</a>.<br />
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