What better way to celebrate my Golden Birthday then to share a blush and gold furniture makeover with you! This pretty piece always had good bones but the badly damaged finish wasn’t doing much for its beautiful details. Several coats of pale pink paint (mixed with calcium carbonate) and some gold bling gave it the…
December 17: Sharpie Metallic Packaging
Have you wrapped your Christmas presents yet? Sometimes I wait until last minute and sometimes I actually have them under the tree a few weeks before Christmas. This weekend I started wrapping the kids presents and decided to make them a little more special than my usual tissue paper and gift bag approach. While…
Fancy Nancy Fourth Birthday Inspiration
My daughter is turning 4 in a few weeks and I am in the process of planning her a Fancy Nancy themed bash. Fancy Nancy is a children’s book series based on a ruffle loving, tutu wearing, always accessorized little girl. She loves all things fancy (and French) and each book teaches readers vocabulary in the…
Olive You! {Baking Soda Paint Recipe}
After a slew of not so happy DIY chalk-like paint finish recipes… #1 {Two-Tone with a Twist} = too runny #2 {Old Pickup Blue Dresser} = too clumpy….Really. This recipe hardened as you worked with it flaking little balls of plaster everywhere! …I’m on to recipe number 3. DIY Baking Soda Chalky Finish Paint 1/2 cup baking soda…