Project: More 1:6 Scale Furniture (Part 2)

Yesterday afternoon, after I had finished the wardrobe, I painted the table and chairs midnight blue (a colour I mixed myself to match the fabric I'm going to use on the chairs). But I wasn't really pleased about the table looking just like a painted wooden table.

I had in mind something a bit different, like one that had a marble or granite top. So I pulled out these two Folk Art paints from my stash (#659 Metallic Pearl White and #660 Pure Gold) along with a couple of small pieces of sea sponge and began dabbing first with the Pearl and then while it was still wet I dabbed with the Gold.

You have to be very careful NOT to drag the sponge across your work, dab straight up and down, making sure there is not too much paint on the sponge. I always have an old rag beside me, so I can dab on that before I dab the table.

Now all I have to do is give this a coat of gloss, as I want it to shine, then I can begin upholstering the chairs. Sorry the photos are not very clear, I just took a couple of quick snaps, to show you what I am up to with the furniture.

Big hugs,

X

Project: More 1:6 Scale Furniture (Part 1)

Just over a week ago, I ordered more furniture pieces to play with.

One tall wardrobe and ten tiny hangers.

A round dining table and two sturdy chairs.

Plus two rolls of pretty wallpaper.

Everything arrived in good time from Fairy Meadow Miniatures and the wardrobe and hangers are painted the same colour grey as the other pieces. The table and chairs are going to be used in a different room, and will be painted midnight blue.

The room box still hasn't progressed any further than a picture in my noggin' and a few scribbles jotted down on paper. However, the picture is much clearer and construction pieces are being researched and noted for future purchase. More details will follow at another time.

Hope your week is going to be productive too!

Big hugs,

X

Coming Up Roses

Perhaps not all pink, but these roses do make me feel happy, just as pink and Fridays do.

I hope they make you feel happy too!

If you are buying rose bushes for your garden how do you choose them? For scent? For colour?

The man of the house advises, "Always buy your roses after a shower of rain."

"That way you can tell the ones that are going to look bravely up from their stems come sunshine or shower, from those that will droop in a bad summer."

My favourite rose is Double Delight . . . it has the most beautiful old fashioned rose perfume, just like potpourri . . . and reminds me of my grandmother.

Heavily flushed and edged carmine to red. It begins with a red bud opening to this lovely bi-colour and then fades slowly to cream with a light pink edge. Bushes are of medium size, of good health and vigor with long strong stems and a strong fragrance.

Double Delight is one of the World's favourite tea roses, and was inducted into the Rose Hall of Fame in 1985.

Do you have a favourite rose?

Big hugs,

X