Showing posts with label lace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lace. Show all posts

Jan 29, 2011

diy | Lace Topped Table

If you haven't see it already Country Living magazine did a feature in their current issue all about decorating with lace and doilies in unique ways. These were three of my favorites...



Well I took a little inspiration from them and did a little lace emellishment of my own.

It was so simple! I'd previously painted this little side table red so I gave the top a couple coats of a matte off white paint on the top. After it was close enough to dry completley driedI taped the corners of a square paper doily to the top with painters tape. I then dry brushed and dabbed some red gloss paint over the open spaces in the doily, let it dry then did it again.

A little touch up was necesssary but overall it came out pretty darn cute don't ya think?

Aug 31, 2010

Oilcloth Satchel

After working in the handbag department at Nordies for so long I guess I got a bit of the handbag bug. Of course I often get hair brained ideas about making things so here's my most recent project and first attempt at making an oilcloth satchel.



It has it's flaws, actually quite a few since I did not have a pattern and messed up a few times along the way. But for a protype bag I'm pretty excited about it!!! The oilcloth was suprisingly easy to work with and keeps it shape pretty well. I have some tweaking to do but for now I am wearing it around just to make sure it doesn't fall apart...