Chocolate, shoes, and tools all have one thing in common: you get what you pay for. Paint brushes are just like any other tool, the better the quality the higher the price tag. Good brushes are a good investment, whether it is a nice brush for cutting in walls, or a thin tipped detailed brush, in my experience quality cost more, but it also lasts longer. You can fight with a bad brush and use it 2 or 3 times before you give up and buy a better brush – or you can ... continue reading...
Sign Painting 101: Picking Paint
This week I thought I’d share a little bit about how I paint signs. With a few basic skills, a couple of brushes and the right paint, you can make any little sign your heart desires. First things first: Picking the right paint. You can paint the base of the sign with any good quality paint – it’s essentially going to become your canvas, so you want something that will be smooth and easy to paint over. I have used every kind of paint imaginable, depending on what I have on hand, what look I’m ... continue reading...
How to Paint Artwork: Sweet Tea Served Here Sign
Sweet tea served here! Of course, having a southern kitchen means that sweet tea is always on the menu, so this sign was the perfect addition to our kitchen. Sign painting it pretty easy to do, and if you're looking for a distressed look then perfection isn't even an issue. If you can color with a marker then you can make this sign with my How to Paint Artwork: Sweet Tea Served Here Sign project. Mr. SCC built me a big ole sign by putting together boards with a cleat connecting them ... continue reading...
Desk Makeover
Earlier today I shared my neat little trick to transform knobs – and this is why I did it: a desk makeover. I picked up this $25 Goodwill find a few weeks ago, then the holiday season kept me from attacking it. I bought it for the shop – but I had a plan when I found it. She’s kinda sad looking, huh? Oh but those lines…. ahhhh…. She just needed a little lovin’, that’s all! First I painted her all out in my silvery white Glidden Paint. On my walls it looks more grey – on the desk it looks ... continue reading...
Easy organizing ideas
Organizing is scary for me. Seriously! First there’s the sorting and purging, then there’s the dividing of things, then you have to figure out where to put it all. It’s like an exorcism of stuff. During my holiday break, my new assistant Mariah and I got down to business. We culled out, cleaned up and started making some changes to our work days run more smoothly. There were two big things I kept wasting time looking for over and over that needed a simple solution: thread and small stuff. ... continue reading...
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