BLOG MOTHERS thank you for the inspiration

This is a shout out to a couple of woman who have

 inspired me, and I wanted to wish them a happy

 mothers day in a special way.?

Gail from

MY REPURPOSED LIFE

did a clock table long before I ever started blogging

but when I first saw it online I saved that image

and patiently waited for the right piece to come to me.

Well it came last week.

The first appearance of Gails clock can be seen here

then the antiqueing here

and finally mounted on the perfect legs here

THANK YOU GAIL!

I really enjoyed creating this

Then there is the infamous

MISS MUSTARD SEED

Shes been doing hand painted signs for quite some

time

 I enjoy them all but never seem to find time to

 make one myself till the copy me challenge.

I ended up going in a different direction for the

 challenge which you can see here but still had

 started something that I did recently get finished.

Take a look at some of Marians signs here

THANK YOU MARIAN!

I will definetly try more soon.

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THANK YOU GRAPHICS FAIRY french bath cabinet

I am always on the look out for fun graphics to use on some of my furniture projects.
I search the internet high and low for fun graphics that I can use in different ways.

The GRAPHICS FAIRY brings together thousands of graphics

making searching a little bit easier.

translated this one reads,

Cologne

specially distilled by

Giraud Son Paris

for

colonial society

department stores

Saigon - Hanoi

 

This is the 8 reversed print outs taped together.

This is what I use to burnish the graphic right onto to the doors.

 

 

After the graphic has been transferred to the paint I used a black sharpie to darken it. 

*SPECIALLY DISTILLED BY*

landed on the first drawer stringer and it didnt look right

so I removed it.

Im referring to this as a bathroom cabinet because it is only 18 inches deep and with the

Perfume label on the face it would look great and function well for towel storage.

But there is nothing stopping the imagination running away with all the different places

in the home it could be used.

You can find a side by side before and after pic here

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