Painting Sunday

Back to the garage to paint today. I spent most of the morning glazing the grey coffee table. I do not like glaze as it is not OCD friendly so had a few wipe down and repaint areas but finally got the base done. I pondered the top whether to stencil or put a new transfer on it but decided to keep the ornate base the focus so chose to try and stain it black over the grey. The first coat is not to my liking as it looks like glaze too but the shades are different.

above no like, repaint.. below dry wipe.. like

The custom dresser had the hardware scrubbed and put back on, the drawer were sanded on the bottom edges and them and the drawer glides waxed to make them smoother. I also added a bit more of another color dark wax then covered it to dry more to seal the top and be done.

I repaired the dings in the dresser and did some sanding but this pine just looks to damaged so not sure I will proceed with doing it for sale but I did paint a coat of the planned navy on it and will see.

Custom dresser nearly complete

The snow fell lightly all day and overcast so perfect for getting to work on the custom dresser. Today I put a coat of gel stain on the top, two coats on the base then sanded, distressed and dark waxed it. Now I just need to wait about 72 hours of 3 days for the top to dry.. maybe not as long since over top of existing but will see then apply a clear coat and scrub the hardware and it is done.

The white stained growth ruler was sanded and another coat put on. I plan on using the new stencils I received for a super cheat to my usual hand painting.

In between coats I did marketing putting quite a few things on sale and had to update all the sale sites like FB, Etsy, Kijiji and market place. I had some interest on the pink dresser but both fellows fell thru ;(

I also worked on the bread box doing some dry brushing of the dark grey then adding black wax. Staging and writing a for sale post on Etsy was the first step to sell it too.

After a bite to eat I headed back out to start more projects. I scrubbed the pine dresser as well as a long coffee table. Then it was time to paint the coffee table. I went with grey .. and contemplated a black top but went grey on the top too.

Inside just after 9 to write the bread box blog post and get it published, Netflix (Grey's Anatomy) by my side. Kaylin sent me this pic last night of these 2 stinky buddies ... awe

Dixie Belle in the house

My morning started helping our RMPC treasurer get the books for last year done, she needed all the statements and such resent. Looking for a new treasurer.. anyone?? ;) I was then off to town to pick up my first Dixie Belle brand ambassador parcel that was delivered to Amanda's along with a dresser she had found for me. The lady helped me load the beast up and sadly the weight was true to the solid MDF construction. And yes MDF can be repainted but not when chipped and broken so this once pretty number will just be used for salvaged parts.

had I looked closer I would have saw bottom right corner busted in layers.. sign of MDF

but the pretty scroll work and paint make it look so pretty

I grabbed Vietnamese lunch to go on my way home. It was then time to get productive. I mixed up some fresco in paint and started on the bread box.

The custom paint piece was delivered at 1. The weather was great for drop offs being -2.

The bread box received a coat of light grey then scrubbed the custom dresser well with my new cleaner from this am's package. It worked well!

The sanded ruler was stained white with new stain/oil finish I had yet to try and now that the dresser was dry it got a light power sand, wiped and a new product painted on. The current base finish has a red tone so this stain blocker will be perfect.

The last project of the day was to sand the bread box before coming in at 8 for a hot bowl of soup. Marketing, Netflix & a soak in the tub before catching up on How To Get Away with Murder on the PVR rounded out my Friday night.

what a difference a day makes.. and sun ;)

Today is a new shiny sunny day but it is cold -15 to start actually. Sun and a good sleep can make any day better. After doing some marketing and email checks I was off to town for a quick errand run. I restocked on baileys and beer, grabbed a chai and free win donut before stopping at Katy's to load up my items. To my surprise there were more sales then I had thought ;) I also picked up a check from all that had sold to date from drop off which was nice. I did not have any help so had to leave the green antique dresser till next week when prince is home.

and one of these jars, the far left

The latest Etsy sale was dropped off at the post office with last stop to grab mail on the way home. Now to unload the treasures and update spreadsheet and my online sales folders. I did find one item was missed in the check so yeah I have $ yet to come.

Next was writing the jewelry box post and getting it on FB. Thank goodness for homemade soup and banana bread with a side of ice tea, my sustenance for the week ;) Off to organize the garage, it seems I have a custom project coming in tomorrow. The lady had a quote awhile back and thought April but her husband said to go ahead and get it done.. so.. yeah!

More good news.. for the last few months my iPad (old and new) both have charging issues. When plugged in they either trickle charge or display item not supported etc. Sometimes they charge if left overnight sometimes not. I went thru the trouble shooting on the Apple site and never seem to find the answer. Today I tried again first calling the Apple store where I purchased the 3rd party $50 10 foot cable less then 2 years ago, they said that it most likely was the cable but they don't do warranty work for it (I remember them saying this when buying) but to contact Native Union. So next call to them leaving a message. They returned the call in short order and said that yes the IOS updates do affect the cable and although they usually only warranty for a year they would make an exception. Yeah! But I have to cut cable in half and send photo as proof to process the replacement.

Now to do some more testing with my flexible moulds. They stick well to the candlestick I was trying them all just like cling wrap.

Then out to the garage to sand a ruler and bread box to get done up next. The last of the bison pickups arrived after 7 and it did not take long for the 2 of them and i to load them up and have them back on the road to Edmonton (part is going to Cold Lake!) Then back to the projects. I glued 2 of the moulds on the bread box and left to dry well.