A Little of this and that...

So, I haven't really been working on any big projects this week, just been trying to finish some of those little ones. This one happens to be one of my favorites:)

After Christmas I found this picture frame Christmas ornament at The Dollar general on Clearance... I bought 2:) It was originally gold, but I have mucked it up with some paint. As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted to turn it into a Shabby Chic Wall Mirror. I just have to get the mirror and I can call it done:) This one will go on Etsy, and the other one I will be keeping for The Painted Lady.

It's big, but I love it for that reason! from the top of her head to the very bottom flower it's 5 inches. Still, I think it will be wonderful on a wall!

I also made these. 2 little white birds in a nest. I used the wrong glue, so it's not sticking properly... but once they're in my roombox, you'll never know. They look better in person, the camera tends to show all the flaws! (The paint appears to be more blended in real life.) Still they're cute:)

And then while I had the paint out, I painted some bowls. These too will go in The Painted Lady. And I made a few extra for Etsy.

I was able to get the bowls listed, and I listed some of my bags..... I made some surprises to go in the girlie bags:) So each bag has something to go with it. Come check it out:)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/katiesclaycorner

Before I forget, In the next couple of days, I will be having a giveaway! I have lots of things to celebrate:) I just have to get my head together first:) So keep an eye open....

LOL.... I have an awful allergy head cold, and I can't write a sentence to save my life... everything just sounds confusing, lol. Now that I've got my 'work' done for the day, I'm going back to bed! Until Next Time......

I couldn't help it....

I had to paint something pink!

Casey sent me this a little while ago, and although I don't think she thought I'd do this to it, I hope she understands:) I started with brown paint, then painted it white. And after applying a coat of Crackle medium, I painted it a dusty rose color.

One day, this too will go to live in the Painted Lady.... Hopefully this summer I can find a fish tank to put it all in. I want to use a tank, cause If I put a lid on it, the cats can't get in to it:) And I need a long roombox to fit all this stuff I keep making in, lol. And I think a fish tank will work perfectly!

Now hold on....

This is just the undercoat.... I did 2 coats of brown..one lighter than the other. Then I did about 5 coats of Apricot. Apple Barrel paint just doesn't go on as well as the Folk Art brand. And yes! You need all these undercoats...

...next came a layer of crackle medium... I didn't paint it everywhere, just here and there.

And then I painted it, in sections, with the Coastal Blue color. And I hit it with a heat gun. The heat gun made the paint bubble up- and I kinda liked it:) Never tried it before, now I know:)

Then I sanded for hours! Once you start sanded it, you can see why I need all those layers.... I LOVE this color combo!!

See where all the 'spots' of orange is- that was after I sanded down where I had hit it with the heat gun.

I also painted the knobs white. I then went around each knob with a black pen, and a few coats of high gloss sealer. I really, really like how this cabinet turned out:)

....now I just need to fill it..... lol

Easier said then done.... And besides, I gotta wait to get a bigger roombox.... ... Until Next Time.....

I put this together today...

A few months ago, I found this kit at our local dollhouse shop..... And I just had to have it! Eventually it will go into The Painted Lady.... and will house some beautiful plates.

It was a really easy kit to put together... and has a lot of potential when it comes to painting it:) Thinking I might paint it orange, then do a top coat of that Coastal blue- sounds terrible, but I've tried it before and I really like how it looks. Or it might become pink? I'm just not sure yet.

Yesterday afternoon, I was going trough my blog list, and somehow deleted everyone! Still not to sure what I did..... but it was not a happy moment! That's how I keep track of everyone. The whole followers thing came out after I started blogging, and I at the time just didn't want to mess with that function. Now I could kick myself in the tush! Not to mention all the wonderful blog giveaways that I miss out on because I don't think its fair to play if I don't follow the rules. But It would probably be easier to have a back up list of who's blogs I like to read. So... I'm trying to get everyone back.... I had almost 300 people in my list..... So if you read my blog, or you know that I read yours and if you don't see your name on my new blog list, Can you drop me a comment and tell me so. I'd appreciate it soooo much. :)

OK, I'm off to nap for a little bit, I have a killer headache, and surfing the net is just not going to work for me right now.

So Until Next Time.....

New Signs

I just got done listing some new signs in Etsy... and wanted to tell you about what I did different. I ordered these little stamps from NORAJANE on Etsy..... I bought a fern stamp to use with my garden signs.... and if I'm right Giardino is garden in Italian....This one is my favorite:) And I also bought a coffee cup stamp to do Cafe signs with. They have soo many stamps- You might even find something you need there! This is another one of my Favorite stamps! And now that I think about it... I should probally do a green one for Cora's nursery..... This will go up in Etsy later this afternoon. Not to sure what I'm doing next...... The weather kind of has me wanting to go crawl back in bed...lol ....Until Next Time......

'Kawaii' Stickers...

Sorry, My pictures are a little blurry today.... Couldn't use the flash, it was washing everything out.... Can't go outside to take pictures because it's cold, and rainy, and Cold! Where did the nice spring weather go?? Ok, before I get sidetracked on the weather.... Let's see what I did all day yesterday. But, first let me start at the beginning!

I LOVE stickers. Always have. So the other day when I was out looking through Etsy, I came across what people call 'sticker flakes'. I thought they were just too darn cute, so I ordered myself a pack from Cute Paper Ect. I had no idea that they were as small as the were... and I got idea! Gift bags.... In miniature of course!

I just used scrapbooking paper to make the bags, and some ribbon I had in my scrapbox. And I added grommets to hold the ribbon. The pink tissue paper isn't tissue paper, it's the bag that my stickers came in:) It's this really thin plastic with white hearts stamped on it.... I just couldn't throw it away:)

The orange bags have orange tissue paper..... Still have to find my white tissue paper to finish the rest of the bags. And look, there's even one for Easter:)

My favorite's are these little girls....

And this set! As soon as I saw the panda, I thought of Minikat's project. She's been trying to add more pink in the nursery she's building... And I thought this was perfect! Then I realized that I still had the little panda birdhouse in my stash... What a perfect pair! Kat, I will get these in the mail to you sometime this week:)

I used a pattern I made to make the bags... And this time I wanted to backs of the grommets and the ribbon ends to be hidden... When they're not, things get stuck going in and out of the bag... Looks so much better now:)

Whenever the sun decides to come out, some of these will go up in Etsy! They'd be perfect in a teens room... and there's some that would be perfect for a nursery scene!

And before I go... thought I'd share a pic or 2. Here's Wilbur and Cleo napping together. The bf calls Cleo 'mini-Wilbur'..... They're just so cute together!!

Thought this was cute... Walked into the kitchen the other day... And saw this on my oldest son's desk... The babies were staring out the window, until the heard me clicking away on that camera....

Alrighty then.... I'm off to see what I can get into today:)

...until next time....

What about a quick tutorial?!

So... The other night when I was cutting up (what I know now is the last) of my molding to do the trim on the birdhouses.... And I kept ending up with all these in between pieces that 'once upon a time' I would of thrown away! Not that day:)

At one point when I looked down, I saw a tiny plate rack!
This next picture should give you an idea of what I'm talking about. Let's pretend the piece on the right is the piece I need, and the piece on the left is trash! In case you haven't learned by now.... Nothing is trash in the miniature world. So I kept the in between pieces and sanded them down. If you look close you will see that I have rounded the corners out.

Oh Just think of the possibilities.... You could make a long plate rack, or a short plate rack. A white one... a brown one.... and so on..

To keep the 'plates' from falling off, I just used this tiny piece of wood, and glued it to the edge. You could use a tooth pick for this. If it's a round one, just sand down one side to make it where it doesn't roll.

The white one was crackled... the gray looking one was painted brown, and then dry brushed with gray.... then without reloading my brush, I used the last bit on my brush to paint the other brown one- understand? Sometimes in minis less is more. You'd be surprised about how much paint a brush can really hold.

This is something else I have started to do lately.... I first did it with the nesting dolls. If I can drill a hole in it, I can put a tooth pick in it, and it makes it so much easier to paint. The side with the hole will be glued to the wall, so no one will know:)

Hope this all made sense.... and that you can use it somewhere...

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.... as I said before, I'm out of molding..... Although I could swear I had another piece around here somewhere?! And that means the last birdhouses will have to wait to be finished.

...um... the background in this post is a piece of scrapbooking paper that I forgot I had- Right up my alley, huh! And the plate is one that I picked up from the dollhouse shop- it was the only one they had. I'm not a Pisces- but one of my dearest friends is- I keep it around to remind me of her!

Alrighty then.... I'm on to the next project:)
Until next time...