A Sweet Stenciled Table and Blogging...How Do I Do It!

I admit stenciling a table is not a real WOW, it's just that sometimes you get just the right table, stencil, and paint.....

 ....And the finished project turns out nice enough to share

I haven't stenciled in a long time, but then my subscription to "Do it Yourself" arrived and it came with a bonus magazine "Fun with paint" loaded with stencil projects

  (This is not a sponsored post)

So, when I was trying to figure out what to do with this little table

I decided to "Get my stencil on"

I painted the table with ballerina pink and used my Martha Stewart Stencils

I filled in the stencil with the grey paint that I had special mixed at Ace for my desk transformation

Then I finished the top with a clear coat of wax

And put it in my booth at Orange Tree, priced at $32

Now to switch gears...If you think you could tolerate any more of my yapping for one day, here's a preview of my guest post at...

.....Kathy at Delightsome life.  She asked if I would 

contribute to a series she is doing called

"Blogging...How do you do it"

Thank you for asking Miss Kathy, this was so fun because I've never given the process 

of "How I blog" much thought.  Here at The Polka Dot Closet I have a pretty relaxed 

approach.  I love blogging, I often say "I'm having more fun than a girl deserves"! 

You can see the complete post HERE

And


Remember when I did the post on my "Doggy Bags",

 That post is a guest on "Cozy Home Scenes", Shannon is doing a series  called "Paws and Claws"  How cute is that!  If you missed it you can see it HERE

Happy Creating!

Carol

Water Slide Decal Pictures

I love finding new ways to use water slide decals......This time it was pictures

I already use decals on soap, candles, glass, and furniture.  The full water slide decal tutorial is HERE

I found some great frames and sprayed them with Rust-Oleum Heirloom white, then gave them a little sanding.

I used a vintage table cloth and spray adhesive to cover the backing boards

Then slide the decals onto the BACK of the glass.  The graphics are from Graphics Fairy

 For decals with words, you will have to reverse the image

I love how they turned out and they sold immediately in my booth at Orange Tree

 This was a really easy project.......Now I'm on the look out for more cute little frames.

Happy Creating!

Carol

Kerosene Heater Turned Table

I love when I find these old kerosene heaters, usually I just paint them, but his time I transformed it into a cute little side table

Here's one I had in my booth that I painted and sold for $70, it was a little more ornate, but also a little dented up

So here's what I started with.....Not much of a looker is it?

I was playing around trying to decided what to do with this heater, Here is some ideas I came up with

Unscrewing the top 

Then flipping it over to make a flower planter, or maybe a bird feeder

Or, I could take the whole top off and make a cute little stool by adding wood and upholstering it

Or, I could make a side table!

.....I used a round antique table  top I had laying around and attached it to the top of the heater with picture hangers that were easy to bend.  I turned the heater upside down and using the holes that were already in the top, I screwed through the metal and into the wood and then screwed through the picture hanger right into the wood...It's attached nice and solid 

Now to make it pretty........I sanded the heater, then sprayed primer followed by two coats of Rust-Oleum Heirloom White paint and waxed the top....Ah, much better!

Now, it was needing something.....I decided to use a graphic from Graphics Fairy and transfer it with the "Blender Pen" method. 

 Graphics Fairy has included this method HERE along with other transfer methods

I just couldn't sell this cute little table...Yep, this ones for me!

Happy Creating!

Carol


Partying with
My Romantic Home
Chic on a Shoestring
French Country Cottage

Shopping The New York Garment District

Oh what fun this was!!  

Shopping the Garment District in New York was so fabulous, it was almost overwhelming!

The first stop was "Mood".  This three floor fabric store is featured in the show "Project Runway"

This is "Swatch" the greeter at "Mood".  He just wanders the fabric aisles looking for love!

And he had a lot of aisles to wander....Look at all of this fabric.  Three floors with thousands of fabrics, floor to ceiling.

Here's my "Mood" Purchases.  I know, I should have gotten more, but I was paralyzed by so many choices

My next stop was B & J Fabrics they had tons of fun graphic fabrics

I got this fabric at B & J for my friend, he has a booth filled with midcentury, retro, and art deco...I can see a retro chair or stool covered in this....Jack, this ones for you!

This next store totally flipped me out I just stood with my mouth

 open....M & J Trimming

A wall of ribbons

Buttons

And lace trims

This is where I bought yards of lace, trims, and embellishments

I have a few projects in mind for these lovelies!

 If you ever get anywhere near NY, you've got to shop the garment district...I Love New York!

Happy Creating!

Carol

New York City With Our Swedish Friends

I'm back from NY..... What fun!  I wrote on my last post HERE how my Mom and I went to NY to meet up with our Swedish exchange student Kristina and her family

Kristina is on the left along with her hubby and kids, they are just as fun as they look.  

Here's a picture with Mom

We ate at Del Frisco's Grill....YUM and then we all went to see the play "Jesus Christ Super Star"  It was a great show, but you know how it ends...They never got to the resurrection part!

Mom and I did the rickshaw tour of Central Park, I highly recommend it

  

Even though I have been to NY a few times I have never taken a tour, it was fun to find out where famous people live and the history of Central Park

Here's what I don't recommend, taking a rickshaw that is on the street and not a prearranged tour.  Mom and I took one 7 blocks and it cost $36....Yikkes, had we known we would have walked, humm.......Always ask before you hop on!

I have to tell you one funny thing that happened.  As you might have heard we had ourselves a tropical storm here in Florida. So when I picked my Mom up at Her apartment to go to the airport it was pouring rain and windy.  She put her suitcase in the car and two bags of garbage to take to her dumpster.........

....Yep, we drove right by the dumpster and when we got to airport parking, there was her garbage still in my car.  Lets just say we drove home last night with the air on high and the windows down!

OK, I have suitcases to unpack with lots of purchases from the garment district, wait until you see the pictures of these fabric and trim stores and the treasures I bought.....Next post...Stay tuned!

Happy Creating!

Carol