Shabby Chic; Volume III

jumblejack

toozie wrote: »

Hi JJ
Just wondering how you have made it?
I would love to do one too-apologies for being a copy cat!!!

I can source an old frame, have chalk paint & wax, what about the middle bit?
My friend made me something slightly similar last year, she used an old standing up frame, and printed out a message about "friends" onto the cardboard you find at the centre of roll of birthday/ xmas wrapping paper, then famed it in the old frame, it's in our bedroom.

Have a look on my printables board on pinterest.

I just layered up the images and tweaked them then added text in an Art Deco font

No apologies needed. Its a compliment

Seakay

chalkysoil wrote: »

yes it says "For best and 100% ECO FRIENDLY RESULT mix with water. For less ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY option - simply mix with your emulsion/acrylic base paint ( avoid mixing with gloss paints )"


I'm more in to home made at the moment though, as I have a gazillion tubs of old emulsion to use up. The ingredients list was interesting.

It does seem a very odd colour to choose for chalk paint though - if you just mixed it with water everything would be orange and if you mixed it with paint it would affect that colour.

I'd be really interested to hear what Kevie192 thinks of it

Seakay

chalkysoil wrote: »

just noticed another paint - ingredients list is
Ingredients: Water, various clays, chalk, kaolin, vinegar ester, methylcellulose, titanium dioxide (white and some colours), pigments (some colours), 0.1% synthetic preservative.


no idea what it's like but gives me ideas for my home made recipe!

Definitely one for the MSE DIY option - have you seen the prices?

* Tester £4.25
Covers 0.8m2

Code 67134

0.75 L £13.98
2.5 L £31.18
5 L £55.18

chalkysoil

I am such a hoarder I might be able to repaint my house on stuff I have already if I wasn't too bothered about which shade of off white it was.

jumblejack

https://m.livingsocial.com/deals/1065689-furniture-painting-and-up-cycling-course?utm_campaign=digest_dailyuk&utm_content=72&utm_medium=email&utm_source=blast

Florenceem

This is what I having been recycling - left over curtain fabric.

sillyme673

Jumblejack wow. You are fantastic:j

camelot1001

Been following you for ages admiring your beautiful work. Wanted to show you my latest find but having difficulty uploading a photo from photobucket. Could anyone help please? Thank you.

chalkysoil

camelot1001 wrote: »

Been following you for ages admiring your beautiful work. Wanted to show you my latest find but having difficulty uploading a photo from photobucket. Could anyone help please? Thank you.

all I can say is what I do. The main hurdle is deleting the preprinted http from the MSE box




Originally Posted by chalkysoil
upload your pics on to your computer ( I use desktop so I can find them!) Then upload to imageshack or a similar free photo hosting site.

Then in the reply box on this forum click on the pic icon - which is 4th from the right and looks to me like a post card. When it opens a box appears - delete http from it and cut & paste your imageshack etc url to it.

actually there might be better instructions somewhere on MSE written by staff

camelot1001

Thank you chalkysoil but all I can get is this little box!