Just Crackle It

I had never really been happy with the color of this project.
I posted it here...

so it was time for a redo...
I tried antiquing it a bit with some stain....

                      still NOT right.....

so I decided to do what seems to work every time; a crackled, distressed look

          







here's the magic so to speak... 

paint this on,let it dry.


add top color, and

wala....

watch it crackle...

                so much better...( this turquoise is my new favorite color)

Here is a few more items that got this treatment...

these frames hanging here by my kitchen sink....














                                                         

  

            
          this frame; that frames my immortal love...

                          also this mirror in my bathroom...

  (Do you have anything you'd like to crackle? :)  


 After all isn't changing ones mind a woman's liberty?

  linked here... http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.ca/                               

Creative Children are Happy Children...

  Megan at Lilac and Lavender is an artist that creates beautiful graphics. She has an eye for detail and I love to see what she comes up with!  Recently she mentioned pressing flowers and drying them between the pages of a book.  I thought of this lovely card my daughter made with some flowers we had pressed.
   

                                               

                                           

It's so sweet...

she also made this frame..

ALL GROWN -UPS WERE ONCE CHILDREN~
ALTHOUGH FEW OF THEM REMEMBER IT.
     Antoine de Saint Exupery

I have a spot in my basement to display there art and some of there entries in our fall fair.

Wishing you a happy and creative weekend.