Internet was down so lots of painting done :)

Thanks to some delightful people pinching the telephone cables, to sell the copper wiring, from the centre of our village, we were left phoneless and minus internet from last Thursday until today, which strangely didn't affect me as much as I thought it would and I got quite abit done....

Quite a few photos coming up, so are you sitting comfortably...:)

I had a dresser given to me by a very dear friend, quite a while ago and painted it a couple of weeks back but had forgotten to show photos....my friends just adore photos
So here is the before which I love ....

but it just wouldn't have fitted the decor in our room so it had to be painted and here it is now....

The bits on it won't be staying but they'll do for now....I added abit of detail to the knobs as they were impossible to remove easily, having had pieces of doweling type wood inserted and glued at the back of each handle.

Then about 18mths ago my children bought me a mirror I saw on Ebay,,,I was in 2 minds about it as it was gold and I'm not a fan but I had it and painted that too when I did the dresser....

I haven't got a before photo though there is one on here somewhere 18 mths ago lol

 

Also I want to share with you all a lovely picture my dear friend Aline sent me.  She was trying out sewing on teabag fabric? new to me but she saw the delightful results another friend had got and wanted to try and this was one of the results which I absolutely adore .....

I gave a canvas a pale green wash and glued her picture onto it and then painted stitching around her picture and also the canvas edge and then hung it where I will always see it as that is where I do all my painting and computing :)

And on my table are the beautiful glasses case and mobile phone cover I bought from another lovely friend Lace Hearts at her Sew Happy shop which can be found on Facebook and Folksy too :) ...I just adore the fabrics she uses, so different from anywhere else.

Now on to more recent painting....

Firstly is the dressing table hand mirror.  I love script and this was my first attempt at it, very faintly behind the rosebuds, will definitely be doing this again.

This will be going into my blogshop soon.

This next mirror was crying out for a nautical scene and I think its quite cute :)

Finally a heart mirror with a row of useful hooks for keys...scented hearts...necklaces etc

These were all fun to do and stopped me from missing the internet too much lol....amazing how much I can get done when I put my mind to it and not the web ha!

Pinterest

Hi everyone tis a wet and dank day in leicestershire but am ignoring it as I am toasty warm inside doing a bit of painting and online screen shopping.
It was whilst I was shopping that I wondered if all of you had heard of Pinterest it is really great, especially for me who has zilch short term memory lol.
Here is the link for their FB page as you need an invite to join or you can message me and I will gladly oblige...

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Studiofourseven/102369399854981?sk=wall#!/pinterest?sk=info


Now What is PINTEREST???????

Basically it's a social pinboard...You can have as many pinboards as you wish, follow as many people as you wish and pin and repin as often as you wish...what are you pinning and repinning??/ PHOTOGRAPHS

I use it to visually save anything I see that I like and pin it to the relevant board I have made ..it is all so very simple, whether it be a dress...room setting....poster...shoes...recipes..or you can make a pinboard for each of the people you have to buy presents for and as you see ideas pin them on their board and you have them for later reference...I think its brillant.
You can pin absolutely any photo you see online and it will always give you the original source of the photo even if you repin it off someone elses board.

I hope I am explaining this properly...though I guess not but do give it a try ...I love it...
Do let me know how you get on...''HAPPY PINNING''

Latest makeovers and a sketch

Good grief its been about 7 months since I last blogged....I'm not sure what happened, I suppose life just got in the way lol. 

So lets start with some makeover photographs which always go down well...First is a very small footstool that had definitely seen better days and was found at the back of the shed looking, for want of a better word, 'minging' 

I had some free sample size pieces of fabric from various companies so had a sort through and after a sand and paint job recovered it also added some braiding and am really pleased with the result

The next stool was a small tapestry round one.  I have never been a fan of tapestry but didn't want to remove it so just added another layer of fabric and again some braiding all this was done very amaturishly and should not be inspected close up LOL 

 

Then I decided to have a go at covering some blank mdf coasters that I have had in the cupboard for ages, quite a few of them actually but chose only to attempt 4.

I painted them cream then cut 4 circles out of a sheet of craft paper I had free in a magazine years ago showing various forms of calligraphy and fonts glued them on and roughly part stained with cold tea and varnished and I love them!!

Then onto a coffee table I won on Ebay for £4.99.

I sanded it, undercoated it, topcoated it in a bluey grey and then added a wash of dark grey which I wiped most off but it stayed in the grooves of the design.

Looking at it now personally I think it is too blue so will go over it in a pale grey and again a wash of a darker grey.

Ok I've done enough painting so now fancied some drawing and had a comission from a work colleague to do 3 drawings of his nephew as a present for his sister.

In the top right view he is wearing his favourite ear muffs and hasn't had a funny haircut LOL

I'll try not to leave it so long before I post and will get back to reading all your blogs as I really have missed that side of blogging xxxx

My *Marmite* Ebay listing :)

A while back I bought a pine square chunky coffee table, which was very orangey yuck....

I gave it an undercoat of pale bluey/grey paint and 2 top coats of cream,

I then added a long stemmed rosebud along one side of the top. This was done as a black silhouette, it was then all sanded and distressed to give an aged worn look and I love it but I know it really is a *Marmite* item.

If it doesn;t sell on Ebay I will be quite happy to keep it ...though where it would go I don't know as I have other coffee tables around the house waiting for a makeover. lol 

My Gorgeous new friend 'Missy' and latest commision :)

A couple of posts previous to this I wrote about  having wanted a ragdoll for years but never quite finding one that I wanted well...............a lovely friend, namely Bloomin' Myrtle came to the rescue saying she would make one for me and she let me list my likes and dislikes and let me choose fabrics etc...
and from that 'MISSY' was born and what a truly delightful loveable treasured addition to my family she is...I totally adore her...see for yourself :)...warn you there're lots of piccies.....

Isn't she just beautiful...

I am now going to be commisioning a boy to sit with her ....so excited.

You must all visit this wonderful ladies blog shop Bloomin' Myrtle her work is amazing and her prices soooo reasonable I'm sure she must work at a loss ...she makes absolutely everything ..dolls, aprons..doorstops...hearts...cushions anything infact that you would like and she is an absolute treasure ....once you buy from her you will be addicted as I am :)

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LATEST PENCIL PORTRAIT

Now to show you my latest commision which was of a gorgeous 1 year old boy whose birthday it was this month and his grandma wanted a drawing of him :)

This was on A4 paper and was £35 + p&p

Thankfully she was delighted :)