Painting the living room

Yes, two posts in one day, but that is the way things go around here.

This is what I am currently working on. Painting the burgundy paint a deep chocolate in our living room. I started out with 5 different samples and let me tell you, I am so glad I did. Some ended up with a green tint, others a black tint. Oh goodness. It was weird.

After much discussion, I am going with the chocolate color that is the farthest left. It's called roasted nuts and is the only one both Rick and I agreed on. It is probably not as dark as either one of us wanted, but it's a good choice. The pic was taken when all the paint was still wet, so it really doesn't look right.



And let me give credit where credit is due. Way back when, I had wanted to paint the lower burgundy portion a deep peacock turquoise color but then decided against that, since that would make my entire first floor some shade of blue. Then my dear husband said the following:

Why not paint it a brown color - like the color of dark coffee with just a touch of milk in it? Can I just say that I married the right man for me? It's like he understands me and my crazy creative brain.

It will be painted this weekend if all goes well.

Tile coasters - so easy

Last week, Ella finished school and I needed to find teacher gifts so I turned to this project that I had done over Christmas time. Oh my - easy and turns out great!

16 cent tiles that I make into coasters.

Here's what you need:

4x4 tiles from Lowes/Home Depot
Modge podge
pretty scrapebook papaer
craft paint
felt
glue gun
paint brushes
Acrylic spray paint

1. Paint the edges to cover the white tile.



2. Spread some modge podge on the tile front and lay a piece of paper down and carefull smooth out. It may creat some bubbles, so make your modge podge very thin. Let dry and repeat this step THREE times. You want three good layers of modge podge.



3. Spray THREE layers of acrylic paint outside or in your garage. Thin even layers work best.

4. Glue felt on the back of the tile.

5. Let the tiles sit for 4 weeks so that they can cure. Don't stack them on top of each other, otherwise they will dry together!

Once they are cured, they are ready to use for either hot or cold beverages! Of course, I put this porject off till the last moment, hence I forgot to take a pic of the final project.....oh well!

New picture art

Last month, I found a new website that was going live and because of that, they were offering a $40.00 credit if you signed up with their site. Of course, I did.

Paper Corterie (http://www.papercoterie.com) is an awesome website. They offer calendars, journals, stationary, posters, photo books, etc.....

Well, I decided to go with the 20x30 photo collage poster! I love it. What is so cool is the poster is vinyl so I can change the frame or put it directly on a wall or whatever! I framed it in a poster frame from Walmart (i.e. cheap) and hung it over our family room couch. I love how it looks. The pictures are each like 3x3 so you get a good look at each person's face.

take a look: