A dark and stormy day, but a bright and cheerful redo
how-to projects, redos
Slight change of plans…. Sorry, I wasn’t able to get the flickr photos of the 100 birthday cards for Caroline’s 100th birthday done today.
It stormed all day and the light simply wasn’t good enough to take decent photos of the cards.
So, instead, I painted my bedroom that soft, dreamy grey/blue/green color that I bought to match my new vintage-ish bedspread.
I painted the ceiling the same color, then accented it with free hand vines, swirls and leaves done in sepia and bronze.
Tomorrow I’ll take more photos of the space when the light is better and the room is put back.
This photo was taken when I layed on the floor and looked up. This will be my view when I lay in my bed at night. The paint is a bit metalic, so when light hits it, it has a nice sparkle. I think I will like it.
There wasn’t quite enough paint to coat the bath area too, so I’ll need to go back to Home Depot tomorrow before I can complete the room. Drat it. I hate to leave a project over night.
While I had the metallic paint and sepia colored glazes left over on my palette, I decided to glaze the goddess statue I bought at the flea market the other day.
She was already base coated with spray primer in white. I then painted the dark glazes into the crevices and covered the entire piece.
Normally, I use a torn cotton tee shirt for glazes, but all I had handy was paper towels and I was too impatient to go in the house and find a shirt to cut up.
I don’t recommend using paper towels to wipe up wet glaze, it gets a bit shreddy. But it worked.
I wiped off the glaze, leaving it in the deeper places.
The goddess was pretty good at that point, but I decided I wanted her more stone like.
So, I put some moss, mink brown, and ivory on my plate and dabbed it onto the statue.
I was using the same shredded paper towel to do the dabbing, and mixing the paint on the statue as I went along.
I dipped the disintegrating paper towel into all three colors at once and dabbed and smooshed it on the raised surfaces, leaving the previous dark glaze down in the crevices.
Isn’t she pretty? All she needs now is a crown, and to be placed in my newly painted room.
I’m afraid I missed my window of opportunity to take pictures of the birthday cards for a few days. I heard from Fifi and she needs the article I am supposed to write for Romantic Country.
So, I need to take care of some business and get that article done in the next day or two, plus put my bedroom back together. I’ll get the photos done soon, and tell you when the flickr site is updated.
Jen Rizzo.
Maria Elena sent in a cross stitch all the way from Chile.
I promised to show my paint color for the bedroom, it is a barely there blue/aqua. And what a perfect name, "Nurture". I’d paint all my walls that color just because I love the title of it so much!
Instead of sitting down around the table, we pulled up chairs to the patio table and took our plates outside to enjoy one of the loveliest days of the whole season. What luck, to have a garden party on such a pretty day.
A lot got accomplished here at my cottage today. All because I had to get up at 4am to get my husband to the airport. 
A big change from how she looked when I got her at the flea market.
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Sarah Duckett of 
And of course, the French doors to my art studio are a rosey red. Ruby Tuesday was a good day for me to join in the party, ruby reds are more appealing to me than Chinese or orangish based reds.
A good sized portion of my day already went to weeding the garden. All of that work will pay off when these plants start producing. See the red on the little plastic tag in front of the tomato cage? That is a promise of goodness to come! I think it is my favorite red of the day!
Today is Present Day! I get to announce the winners of not one but TWO May giveaways!
