I started out by just buying and collecting old wood items for another medium to paint on along with doing my gourds and this is just a small portion of what I have. I have gone to many garage sales in fact the kids table and chairs above I had picked up years ago in Michigan they were all just plain wood, we also brought a stack of old barn windows with us when we moved. So I my husband if he would get the table and chairs out for m because I decided it was time to paint them . Yes while he was getting the table I had him get some windows out for me
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The windows frames were all painted at one time with white that was now all chipping off or better said "very weathered " ! They also needed some caulking around the glass .
So my hubby took the windows and sanded and caulked and cleaned them up for me so I could paint the base coat and embellished them with all the flowers and leaves. With all the beautiful flowers and leaves in our world to choose from but I can only paint so many.
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So I chose to paint one window with some pink Roses and the other with Sunflowers. So I started out on one corner with the leaves then stand back and take a look at it again to decide if I was going to paint Roses and Sunflowers and leaves in all four corners then I just went on from there...
I also found this shelf at a yard sale it was a long one and I fell in LOVE it.had four pegs for hanging whatever you would like and hearts in the middle. I decided I would stick to the same theme as the windows and painted them with the chalky Blue ( I really like that color )
I added roses and wisteria with vines and greenery.LOVE the way it turned out !
This is the childs table and chairs that I picked up in Michigan and also brought it with us when we moved to Tennessee. I wasn't sure I was going to do with it at first. It started out a natural wood , I thought about it and wanted it to be used by either a boy or a girl ( I raised 8 boys ) so I knew I had the chalky blue and had picked up some chalky pink so had that figured out .
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| I used stencil Alphabet to trace then painted the traced area |
My next was what to do to the table .....LIGHT BULB MOMENT " A CHALK BOARD " and the alphabet letters around the outside of it ...as you can see in the pictures the way I did them ..
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| Did thisi around the whole table |
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| Letters all painted on ..Now to paint the chalk board on |
These are the chairs that I had picked up to go with the children's table.. I stripped them down took off the seats of the chairs and painted them all separate . Of course in the Blue and Pink to match the table I chose to do the outside frame of the chair in the pink and the seats and back in the blue
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| The seat bottoms removed and painted |
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| Working on one of the chairs |
So this is what I came up with they basically all match especially in the chalky blue paint..
This is what the finished shelf looked like 4 pegs and 3 hearts about a 4 foot shelf
I just LOVE painting on my gourds but there are many many different painting surfaces " just about anything " ! Of course these wood hand painted items were to big to sell on our Etsy Shop . So the first place I took them was to Shabby Lane in Historic Nolensville Tennessee . We have sold our items there since she opened up 4 years ago .and it is such a Great Shop ! Within a couple of weeks we sold All of what you see in the picture !!
I LOVE to paint ! I have never taken classes and I know I am still learning everyday, for me it is therapy, relaxing, calming ,sometimes for me it is frustrating and challenging because of my RA. I have my good days and Bad days,but I Thank God for my husband John because on my bad days he ( besides doing All my cutting of the gourds ) he will jump in and help me paint , he always does the shows with me . I don't think I could do it without him !. We also couldn't & wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for All our Fantastic Customers !
So I hope you like what we do and Please stop by our Etsy Shop and take a look around ;
If you have any questions or comments Pleas leave a comment I would LOVE to talk to you !!
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These are the chairs that I had picked up to go with the children's table.. I stripped them down took off the seats of the chairs and painted them all separate . Of course in the Blue and Pink to match the table I chose to do the outside frame of the chair in the pink and the seats and back in the blue 
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