Hand Painted Princess Bed

Oooo La La!  Thank goodness I have a little girl who loves glitter and fairy tales as much as I do.

We bought this bed on craigslist (we LOVE craigslist) and it was in decent shape, but needed lots of work.  It was all off-white, a bit dingy, without any color at all- yuck.  So I got out my acrylics and went to town.  The foot board has a mural with a castle and city in the forest.  The headboard has a vintage princess crown that I downloaded from Graphics Fairy.  I printed the crown in black and white and then painted it with watercolors and markers.  I decoupaged it onto the headboard.  So simple!

I did the details in pinks, greens and yellows.  Once everything was painted, I gave the whole thing a good coat of hi-gloss decoupage spray.  While the spray was wet, I added fine powder glitter all over the bed. It was difficult to capture the sparkle in the camera, but the entire bed glitters!

Don't be afraid to buy something at a garage sale or off of craigslist and make it beautiful.

Hooray!

Happy Crafting,

Hand painted vintage roses

Can you see the iridescent glitter?

Hand Painted bed posts look like pink roses now!

The Blue Lady Glass Collage - Re-purposed Bottle Bud Vase

Hello Everyone!
After playing around with my glass transfer sheets this weekend, I was happy to discover that YES you can do collage with them!  Joy!!  Butterflies and blue hydrangea were cut out to surround the image of the dancer.

The re-purposed bottle once held a Starbucks latte.
I used 1/4 sheet of glass transfer paper, so this project cost less than $2.00.

I have loved doing collage since I was in middle school and bringing this technique to glass is like a dream come true...lol.  When I was growing up, the tiny room below our staircase, that was supposed to be used for storage, turned into my Secret Room.  The walls and the ceiling were COVERED in magazine cut outs, placed carefully along with quotes and photos of friends.  Those were the days...endless hours of uninterrupted creative flow... 

Anyway, my Tuesday Tutorial will cover this project in detail, including the glass painting.

The Graphics Fairy supplied all of my images.  She has TONS of scanned in vintage photos, postcards, advertisements- perfect for everything from scrapbooking to image transfers on fabric and wood, etc.

If you have never visited Graphics Fairy and you love vintage imagery, definitely go check it out.

You will be glad you did. 

I linked this post to The Graphics Fairy Monday Brag post! 



















Happy Crafting!