Tolentreasures

After These were project #5.  I sprayed the apple plates with black spray paint, then painted the centers with chalkboard paint, the color and checkers on the edges. I can change the message to suit my mood, or occasion. I am painting a shelf for under these right now. Before Before above After Another corner, after above, before  below. Before After After above, Before below. I am painting above the door right now, took a break for lunch and blog update. Before After After above, Before below. I can't get rid of the picture.  I brought that home from the Dominican Republic, on the canvas frame, on one of my mission trips.  It was rather large! Too many memories in getting it and the trip to get rid of it. I am looking for something different on this wall. I would love to have a long narrow open hutch someday and get rid of the corner hutch, but for now, it will have to stay like this. Before I have a couple of more things th...

Still working on the growth charts, I tackled the moons on them this morning. Base it in in Gray. Sketch in the details. Highlight with White. Shade with darker Gray and add some drybrushed Blue. Finish details, drybrush with metallic Silver and speckle with Silver. Tops finished which is great because I had to prop them and work as a contortionist to paint them. These are for in my Christmas cards for church next year. They are going to be refrigerator magnets. I would like to give credit to the artist, but have no idea who the designer was. I was given the line drawing from a friend, thanks Marie! Now for the next 30 or so of them. Good thing I have started early. And these apples. I started painting these trees for people some twenty odd years ago and I still get calls for more apples to keep the trees updated. And some ornaments going into the inventory for the Fall Open House. And actually it did snow here today! Did I cause that? And more items. The tavern bo...