Archives for April 2009

Painted Poppy

Welcome to Met Monday! Thank you Susan for hosting!
I know that Met Mondays are typically for room re-do's and home transformations, but I just had to share this little metamorphosis of such a simple item.

I frequently shop my local Dollar Tree store and sometimes I find stuff...sometimes I don't, but one day I spotted these little garden plaques. They are small, only approximately 7'', and come in a variety of different flowers. I picked the poppy (I seem to be on some kind of poppy-kick). I obviously did not like how it originally looked...but I knew it could be painted.....

Step 1# Source ugly flower plaque :)

Step #2 Base coat the flower, in your choice of color.

Step #3 Apply second coat

Step #4 Use white paint to highlight

Step #5 Go back in with original colors, letting the highlights stay where they would naturally be. Add some, what I call, "Stylized Highlights"

Step #6 After you have gotten the flower how you like it, put a nice coat of sealer on, let dry.

Viola!

A beautifully hand-painted Poppy!

From an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan!

Hope you have enjoyed Met Monday!

Just remember that almost anything can be painted. You can make anything into a little piece of art!

Have a great day and Happy Metamorphosing! :)

Michelle

Tablescape Thursday

Hello and welcome to Tablescape Thursday!

Thank you Susan for hosting! Please visit Susan and all the other participants at http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

Today I wanted to feature some Tablescapes I created at work. I'm lucky enough to be a visual merchandiser and tablescapes happen nearly everyday. The owners are excellent buyers and I love having everything at my disposal! I hope to have a tablescape here at home in the near future.

Hope you enjoy!

This centerpiece encompasses probably the most popular color pallet. Cobalt blue, red and yellow. A true classic.

This color pallet is probably my favorite for spring.

This next color pallet is a VERY popular one.

I must say I like this look too! Basically the red is replaced with the orange.

Believe it or not; these are artificial flowers! Can you see the veining in that lily?

I love mixing color and pattern!

This is 1 of 3 identical arrangements,

that I placed down the center of a long harvest table

Well, I hope you enjoyed and maybe gathered some inspiration for your next tablescape!

Michelle

Tea Towel Art

You know that feeling you get when you know the water's cold but you just wanna jump in? That is where I am.
This is my first time participating in Met Monday, so hopefully I do everything right. Thank you Susan at Between naps on the porch for inspiring me to jump in! http://betweennapsontheporch.blogspot.com/

I was trying to think of what metamorphism I could post...I decided to start small. Here goes...

I bought a kitchen towel set at Target that I really liked, you know the kind-the pack of two, a waffle weave towel and a smooth cotton towel. When I got home and opened up the package, the smooth towel was just too pretty to use...so here's what I did.

I purchased stretcher bars @ Hobby Lobby 2'' smaller than the dishtowel. Stretcher bars are typically used to stretch canvas for paintings. (fyi)

I laid the dishtowel face down on the counter and used the staple gun to attach it to the stretcher bars

After I got done, basically "upholstering", this was the end result! I was really happy it worked out! Easy and Fast art on a budget!

Well that's it! I really love this graphic over-scale design of the towel and it hangs proudly in my kitchen. I would like to publicly thank my 12 year old son, Keegan, for humoring his mother enough to take pictures :)

Thanks for reading and visiting, and I hope you look at dishtowels in a whole new light!

Thanks again Susan!

Michelle