Hi Bloggie Friends,
It has been so very long since I've done any creating just for myself, but this weekend was a break in the cycle. A couple of weeks ago, I picked up this fun little frame at my local thrift store. It was made in Italy, was VERY gold, and did I mention, it was PLASTIC. EEEEOOOOWWW! Anyway, I thought it had potential, and went ahead and purchased it, even though my husband rolled his eyes at me.
I'm terrible at remembering to take "before" pictures because I usually just want to get to work, but I did find this image on Pinterest that is what my little piece looked like except mine was a really garish gold. I saved the little cherub for use in another project sometime.
A little chalk paint, a little wax, clear, followed by brown, and then adding back a little gold with a wonderful French gilding wax gave the frame the look I wanted. I covered over the worn red fuzzy backing with a nice damask paper and finished the back (not pictured) with a similarly styled vintage wallpaper. Then, I added a pretty lady and some gorgeous old French silk ribbon work trim. After putting her all back together, this was the result.
Beautiful details...
Love me some beautiful old ribbon work any day of the week and twice on Sunday!
And here she is, hung on the wall in her forever home (well, okay, maybe just her "for now" home, but whatever). I'm so pleased at how it turned out.
Thanks for coming along for the show and tell. It's been a long time, hasn't it?
Until next time,
