Christmas 2015

I'm so behind on my blog. My reasoning behind the delay in making posts on here is.... I've finished my first draft of my book and begun the editing process :/ I decided that my time was best spent working on that. But I also wanted to update this page for my followers :) 

 A SAVIOR IS BORN

So let us begin with my family's Christmas.

A quiet one really but still wonderful. The girls were up around 7am, so not too bad :) here are some pictures.

After all the gifts were opened and played with it was time for our Christmas meal :) 

YUM

and donning my British tradition of cracking our  Christmas Crackers and wearing the paper crowns while eating our meal

Erm....maybe my eyes were bigger than my belly! LOL

SEREN USING HER FAB GIFT FROM DADDY

AN ART EASEL

I thinking she is following me in the artistic side :)

Thank goodness she has that talent as my maths is lacking! Eek

Then after the mound of dishes were washed and put away we went over to my daughters home to exchange gifts there.

 My sweet, cute granddaughter Paisley in her new outfit we got her for Christmas

 HOW WAS YOUR CHRISTMAS?

SNOW FUN! 

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Quick Art

I tend to change things up, whether it is in the living room or bathroom etc. 

 I feel changing or adding or removing things from a room, can give it a new lease of life.

So, with that in mind, I decided to do a Quick Art project for the girls' room.

I actually saw a picture like the one I painted at Hobby Lobby, the only difference is that mine cost, $12 and theirs $42. Huge difference.

It does help if you can draw, but even if you can't, this is easy to do.

You start with a primed canvas -- any size really, but I had a large on hand.

Acrylic paints, a few brushes, a white paint pen (thin tip) and water, pencil to sketch out your lines.

Start with mixing your desired color paint, and then paint it on your canvas.

Repeat another 2 times, leaving the paint to dry in between coats.

Once dried, sketch where you want the branches & Owl to go.

Paint the branches (3 coats)

Then paint the Owl (3 coats)

I used a silver iridescence paint over the whole owl, once I'd finished painting it.

This gives it a shiny appearance.

I think it looks rather cute, so does Seren and Carys, who cutely named it

"OWL"

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Chalkboard Picture Frame Art

I'm

 On the

 Chalkboard Art Train..... 

Are you?

After picking up a bundle of cheap wood picture frames from the local, Vincent De-Paul thrift store, I knew exactly what I would turn them into.

 Remove the back and clean.

Paint your glass from the frame with Chalkboard Paint, I used Walmart $8 a tin. Just remember to leave it dry for a good 4 hrs after the 1st coat, and when you give your frame the 2nd coat, paint it in the opposite direction. Once dried leave for a couple of days to dry out completely.

Once it's totally dry, you are going to condition/ghost it. That just means you have to prep it before you use. 

Take your chalk and rub it one way then the other. 

Then eraser it, well.

Here's a before & after pic for you to see the difference.

Next I sprayed the frame black, using Krylon paint and primer. Leave it dry

Then I used some left over paint, and gave it 2 coats.  Laving it dry in between each coat.

Then using a small amount of  Acadia white paint, using kitchen towel I quickly rubbed on the paint, then rubbed the excess off, leaving my frame to look like this- pic below

Once dried I distressed it using steel wool & fine grain sandpaper

Then put your chalkboard glass back into the frame, and re-use your backing and secure.

Next it was time to do some 

CHALK ART!!

First I wrote out what I wanted, using simple stick of chalk.

Then using Bistro Chalk Markers I went over my outlines.

AND THERE YOU HAVE

YOUR VERY OWN 

CHALKBOARD ART

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