Monochromatic Fall Buffet

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I thought I would try out a white and silver Fall display. I like to use what I have, and not to buy a lot of stuff that will just go into storage after Fall again. I should have plenty of storage space, but I don't. Hmmm...wonder whose fault that is??? I really am not sure, that is not a rhetorical question. There are 5 people living here, each with their own individual hobby and the junk stuff that goes with it.

Where was I? O yes, the buffet that I transformed a while back. I have never really decided how to decorate it, so when the time came to start decorating for Fall, I decided to do this there:

Let me tell you about this little group:

I got the chicken at Savers a while ago on half off,  and the birdies at the Dollar Tree. They were all colored (the cicken and the birds) , so I sprayed them with Heirloom White..now they look more like a respectable bird should look..

The plate was also an earlier Savers buy, and these cutie rub- ons were from the 

$1.50 section at Michaels. I saw them and and bought them, and then saw what one of you very clever, crafty bloggers did with them, so, I copied you.

(I have spent the last 90 minutes looking for the inspiration blog, but, no luck in finding it. So, please, if it's you, let me know, I REALLY would like to give you credit. ) 

 Some $ store plastic pumpkins sprayed silver....

Another cloche made from a cheese dome, a ceramic plate, and a candle holder...with little wooden fruit from Goodwill, sprayed silver.

Gorilla Glue is my friend...that's all I have to say about that!

 Chalkboard  made by painting an old silver tray with black chalkboard paint -

 

 Another Gorilla Glue project....white candlebase glued to a little glass vase.

 The frame is from a thrift store. For the inside I just made a little collage with some fall scrap paper, and a picture of my happy daughter ... 

And....one last look...

Are ya'll getting in the Fall spirit yet?

Have you done a monochromatic Fall display? I would love to hear about it!

             Suzanne

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Decoupage frame

Hi There!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I certainly had. A weekend of doing nothing. We all need one of those every once in a while, right?
Wonderhusband was working, the kids all had stuff to do, and I had almost the whole weekend by myself....heaven!
So I crafted...uninterrupted and without guilt. Did three  projects, all decoupage.

First one I'll show you is the frame:

          I started out with this wooden frame and some decoupage paper..
I applied the "modge podge", which, in my case, is plain old Elmer's white glue, slightly diluted by wetting the brush. I don't recommend it, but it works for me, for smaller projects.

After I stuck the paper on, it looked like this...

Then I added some words, which I had to buy , because I do not own a Cricut....yet...my birthday is next month, Hubby!

I actually found some really nice vinyl phrases at The Dollar Tree a while back, that I bought with a project like this in mind.

Distressed the edges by sanding lightly, then used an ink pad  on the edges to antique . OK, I'm lying through my teeth here. I do not own an ink pad, so I "borrowed" Wonderhusband's brown shoe polish. Worked just as well.

I sealed it with three layers of Polyurethaine sprayed on.

TA DA!  The finished product...

I apologise for the bad pictures..it was dark and I had to use a flash, which just does not do it justice. That seam, for instance, does not show up half as clearly without the harsh light of the flash. I would make sure to avoid that if I make this for someone else. As this is just a trial run, I let it slide...

This is a no cost project, since I had everything, but if you want to count the Vinyl, it was $1.00.

Not too bad for a dollar, don't you think?

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