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Transformed Tuesday #39 & Features

pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com (Peggy Hale) — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:57:46 PDT

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I have been so busy today! Painting two pieces (well working on two pieces) a chifferobe, that is giving me fits, and a cedar armoire.

And if that wasn't enough, I went to two estate sales this weekend and purchased several pieces of collectible glassware and some other items and I've been doing photos and listing the ones I'm selling on Etsy.

I was going to share some of my finds with you today but just didn't have time to get it together. Maybe Thursday.

Thank you to everyone that linked up last week! It was our best party ever. You are the best and I had so much fun checking out all your post.

Now on to our features.

#1 The Charm of Home...Great Finds

#2 The Dedicated House...Furniture Makeover

#3 Dear Olympia...Mid Century Cabinet in Simply White & Santa Fe Turquoise

#4 Bad Rabbit Vintage...Collecting & Detecting

#5 Old Things New...Goodwill Wall Planters

#6 Hong Kong Chic...Upcycled Denim Purse

#7 The Micro Farm Project...Homemade Dried Fruit & Fruit Leather Recipes

It was so hard to choose this week! Thanks so much for linking up and if you were featured feel free to grab a button below. If you want to pin one of the features be sure to click on the link and pin from the source. Thank you.

This is the button for featured blogs. To link up use the button at the top of the page. Thanks.

Be sure to hop on over and join my friends, Kathy and Kathe, at

their great parties this week! Just click the buttons above after you link up here.

Now before we start the party I have a few request.

*Please take a moment after you link up and visit at least one other post. It's a party folks! Mingle!

*Please provide a back link to the party either by using my button or a text link ON your blog post. Sorry no link on the post no feature.
*I would like for you to follow me via one or all of the social networks. I will follow everyone back and if I miss you please let me know.
*No stores, link parties, or Etsy shops please.

*By linking up to the party it is understood that you are allowing me to use your images to post on my blog and any or all of the social networks. I always give you credit.

One more thing. Don't forget to come back tomorrow and check out Free Graphics Wednesday and pick up some free printables for all of your crafty projects.

So....what have you been creating? We can't wait to see!

Hugs,

Free Graphic Wednesday #57

pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com (Peggy Hale) — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:14:39 PDT

Wow! Is it Wednesday again already? Boy, May is just flying by for me how about you?

We are leaving for Alaska the 1st of June for a wonderful vacation and I am trying to get things all together before I leave. So its been kind of crazy around here.

More on our trip later. Let's get to the free images this week.

If you love my Free Graphics please spread the word. Thank you.

Please read the copyright notice at the bottom of the page even if you have already done so as it has changed slightly.

Another one of my lovely Victorian calling cards.

Something patriotic for Memorial Day crafts.

I don't know about the blue and purple. What do you think?

This was my favorite this week. Was it yours? :-)

I hope you can use these on a future project. Have a wonderful rest of the week.

Hugs,

Here are the rules for using these images.

The above images are free and for personal use only they are not for re-sale.
You may use the images as part of a single project to sell but you may not sell the images or multiple projects using the images. In other words no mass production of items with my images.
International viewers please check the copyright laws for your country.
I do research the graphics to check if they are copyright free to the best of my ability before I share them with you, and because I am providing the graphics for free I am not legally responsible if you use these images and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.
All other images on my blog are copyrighted. You may pin them or share them on your social networks but any other use is prohibited.

All images that are not listed as "free" on this blog are copyrighted and not for public use. Copying my images without my permission is subject to suit.

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Transformed Tuesday #38 & Features

pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com (Peggy Hale) — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:46:58 PDT

If you love Transformed Tuesday please be sure to share on Google+, Facebook, and Twitter.

I'm not feeling well today so we'll go right to our features this week. Thank you for being so faithful to my little party and linking up each week. I appreciate each and every one of you.

#1 Sunflower Hugs...Assembly Line of Tables

#2 Create Inspire...Sweet Little Bench

#3 Painted Style...Scandinavian Style Table

#4 Penny's Treasures...Snowballs, Crochet, & Ironstone

#5 Life on Lakeshore Drive...Mother's Day Organizer Part 2

Thanks so much for linking up and if you were featured feel free to grab a button below. If you want to pin one of the features be sure to click on the link and pin from the source. Thank you.

This is the button for featured blogs. To link up use the button at the top of the page. Thanks.

Be sure to hop on over and join my friends, Kathy and Kathe, at

their great parties this week! Just click the buttons above after you link up here.

*No stores, link parties, or Etsy shops please.

*By linking up to the party it is understood that you are allowing me to use your images to post on my blog and any or all of the social networks. I always give you credit.

One more thing. Don't forget to come back tomorrow and check out Free Graphics Wednesday and pick up some free printables for all of your crafty projects.

So what have you been up to? We really want to see!

Hugs,

Joining the following fabulous parties:

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Free Graphic Wednesday #56

pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com (Peggy Hale) — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:18:19 PDT

Thanks for stopping by today. If you love my Free Graphics please spread the word. Thank you.

Now on to our images this week.

Flower fairies and children from old book.

I just love this silhouette don't you?

A Victorian calling card. I have a lot of these. I think they a very pretty and just love the idea of giving a card when you visit.

Don't forget to hop on over to Transformed Tuesday and link up your latest project. Hope to see you there.

Until next time,

Here are the rules for using these images.

The above images are free and for personal use only they are not for re-sale.
International viewers please check the copyright laws for your country.
I do research the images to check if they are copyright free to the best of my ability before I share them with you, and because I am providing the graphics for free I am not legally responsible if you use these images and are sued for copyright infringement. It is totally your choice to use or not use the images.
All other images on my blog are copyrighted. You may pin them or share them on your social networks but any other use is prohibited.

All images that are not listed as "free" on this blog are copyrighted and not for public use. Copying my images without my permission is subject to suit.

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Transformed Tuesday #37 & Features

pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com (Peggy Hale) — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:33:41 PDT

If you love Transformed Tuesday please be sure to share on Google+, Facebook, and Twitter. The more people invited to the party the better for all of us!

Its May already! Yea! I love Spring don't you?

Well, before I share our features for this week let me share what I've been up to.

I have a couple of large pieces almost finished and ready to share with you but not quite. Later. I did finish this really pretty jewelry armoire.

For more images and complete post go here.

I also posted my weekly Free Graphic Wednesday and you may see all the free images here.

#1 Create Inspire....Drawer Planter Boxes

#2 Biljana Shabby...French Painted Armoire

#3 The Dedicated House...Completely Distracted

#4 Old Things New...Typography Transfer Project

#4 Somewhat Quirky Designs...Dressing the Mantel For Spring

#5 Restoration Redoux...Ruffled Lampshade

#6 Kassandra Shabby...Recycling Plastics

#7 Eclectic Red Barn...Tea & Light Cherry Scones

I'm always impressed by your talent and you continue to inspire me. Thanks so much for linking up and if you were featured feel free to grab a button below. If you want to pin one of the features be sure to click on the link and pin from the source. Thank you.

This is the button for featured blogs. To link up use the button at top of page. Thanks.

Be sure to join my friends Kathy and Kathe at

their great parties this week! Just click the buttons above after you link up here.

*No stores, link parties, or Etsy shops please.

*By linking up to the party it is understood that you are allowing me to use your images to post on my blog and any or all of the social networks. I always give you credit.

One more thing. Don't forget to come back tomorrow and check out Free Graphics Wednesday and pick up some free printables for all of your crafty projects.

So what have you been up to? We really want to see!

Hugs,

Joining the following fabulous parties:

Tuesday
Creative Blogger's Party & Hop

Shabby Chic Pink Jewelry Armoire

pjhdesignsoneofakind.blogspot.com (Peggy Hale) — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:48:17 PDT

My jewelry Armoire was featured at Ivy & Elephants. Thank you so much Patti.

I was also featured at The Fine Craft Guild. Thank you so much. I'm thrilled and honored.

Hello friends! I hope your weekend is going well. I finally finished this lovely little jewelry armoire and thought I would share the before and after with you.

I found this piece at a local resale shop and as soon as I saw it had visions of pink with roses and angels or cherubs. lol I do have a problem don't I?

Yes, I'm still stuck in tissue paper decoupage mode. You may be getting tired of it but don't worry, I'm sure to jump onto another bandwagon soon. :-)

The armoire had that orangy stain finish that I really dislike. It has green felt lining on the inside that was still in pretty good shape so I left it.

Here is the finished project.

I guess those of you who have been faithful followers of mine have noticed that I only have one good area in my home for pictures. I assure you I do have other rooms in my home! lol Now that its warmer I'll have to take some outside again.

Here is the before.

First, I painted it with Annie Sloan's "Versailles," which is a lemony green. After that dried I then added a coat of ASCP in "Antoinette Pink". I love this color!

I then chose a graphic from my own collection that had this little pair of roses in it and printed it out on tissue paper. To do this I take a regular sheet of copy paper and apply double sided tape all along the outside edges.

I then take a white piece of tissue paper and cut it the same size and carefully lay it on top taping down the sides as I go.

If your tissue paper is very wrinkled you may iron it on low heat to remove some of the wrinkles.

Once your paper is ready print your selected image onto the tissue paper side using the "best" selection in printer preferences.

I also increase the color saturation when editing my image because some of the color will wipe off.

I then spray my image with a clear matte sealer. This helps set the color. Next, you cut out your graphic and using matte Mod Podge glue it to your furniture piece.

Apply a thin coat of Mod Podge to the furniture first, center your image and lay it into the glue.

Using a brush coated in the glue start in center of image and apply picture with as few strokes as possible. Working from center out.

Too many strokes and your image will tear or dissolve.

Let dry and apply another coat. Just know that if it is a fairly large picture it is going to have a few wrinkles . You just can't brush them all out without ruining your image. Small pictures do fine.

Once that was dry, I waxed the entire piece with clear wax and then used burnt umber to tint a clear glaze, and antiqued the entire piece. I wanted an aged look to the paint.

On the top I used a heart shaped wreath made of roses from my collection of vintage cards.

The outside of the side doors I applied a ribbon and wreath image.

You get a sweet surprise when you open the doors on each side and see these adorable cherubs from The Graphics Fairy.

The next day I distressed it and applied a final coat of clear wax. Oh yes, the sides of the drawers are painted with Versailles.

You can't tell in the pictures but you can see the green showing through in some areas after the distressing.

Finally, I dry brushed some "Old White" on the edges and details. I also added the white to the drawer pulls. They had all three colors so when I distressed them a little they looked really old and used.

This was a really fun piece to paint and one of those that I would have liked to keep. I hope you like it and will give tissue paper decoupage a try.

One more thing, don't forget to come by Tuesday and link up your latest project at Transformed Tuesday.

Until next time,

Hugs,

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