If you havent guessed it by now I love crates! the older and shabbier the better they bring fabulous good and necessary goods from here too there they bring fine wines and beautiful floral arrangements too.. but finding these wood crates in a world of plastic isint as easy as i had imagined it would be... I found these 3 wood structures at 3 different thrift stores didnt pay over 50 cents a piece and i love them! but i had looked for weeks too find small crates before stumbling across these ones! you can ask my patient mom and sister *Big Smile* of course the local antique stores have similar items for $30+! Outrageous! I didnt feel a tutorial was needed too explain how i get them Shabbied too perfection! Ill just explain in writing and if you have questions you can ask!
(Im sorry in advanced for the low quality photos, there was some camera drama in the Crate house My nikon D40 was dead batt, my husbands Pentax is awful in my opinion i felt like a monkey with a 25 pound rubix cube, and his iphone was my only hope, not wanting too postpone my post any longer i chose the I phone)
Do you love these vintage tags as much as I do? I have the MOST fun making them!Also the perfect accidental mix of paints provided me with lots of the sea foam green you see above chippy and happy :)
Below: Are the paints i used but before I used these I coated all 3 pieces in 2 coats of Heirloom White by Rustoleam not a nice job just a quick spray i even intentionally missed some spots! Then I coated all 3 pieces in the crackle medium sloppy job there too followed by dumping half the bottle of the blue and greeen and mixed just for a second I wanted some of the colors too show here and there... and a quick coat over the dried crackle medium!
I Love the way they turned out! What do you think? Im debating on using a bit of stain on the edges before i clear coat them.... tell me what I should do! (These Crates and stand, are for use as displays for my etsy store)
Hey, have you thought about what you can do with the old style window frames. They are still around but getting fewer and fewer.
ReplyDeleteso cute!!! great job! thanks for listing my button on your sidebar..so sweet of you!
ReplyDelete@AGwampa Of course! I love those old Chippy paint windows! they are so hard too come by in alaska no less! I have many Ideas for when I do finally get some.
ReplyDelete@Catherine Thank you so much for stopping by! haha I told my husband Oh my gosh If i designed bags its like having Betsy Johnson stop by and complement my bags! <3 your blog!