Creating Love And Joy: Meet Myra

sometimes i fall off the wagon...i hate when that happens because i get that sort of depressed feeling and i don't want to do projects...then i get a swift kick in the behind and it all comes back...so that is my reason for lack of posts...

right before thanksgiving, a friend of mine asked me to do a few things for her...i couldn't say no...we go way back and i felt like i would be letting her down if i didn't do it...i was still in my depressed state...lack of projects and no energy to do any...but when she said it had to be done by thanksgiving for her big feast, i had to get going...

this project was so fun for me..i have a fondness of sewing machines and their cabinets...although this one lacked the sewing machine, i didn't care...i just couldn't wait to get started...

here she is...miss myra...named for my friends great aunt...i think it fits her perfectly..

after i gave it a quick sanding, i applied some turquoise chalk paint....i had never used this technique before...i had the request of letting some of the turquoise paint show through the black...

this is after i painted black on top of turquoise...i also mixed the black into chalk paint...since i was on a tight schedule, i had to go ahead and sand...its better to wait until its dried out...it makes the process easier when you aren't working with the dampness of the paint....even thought its dry to touch, the paint sticks to the sandpaper when its not cured

here is a close up of the sanding process...see how the turquoise is peeking out?

i kept the original hardware...cleaned them up with some oven cleaner...years of gunk on them came right off...i then applied wax and it was finished!! i did this in a days time...a little faster than i normally like to go