Big hit with the kidz!!!

 HI GUYS

 

I think this maybe my favourite post up to yet!!

 

what have I been up to?....

 

I have been making more plaques and also some name blocks, more excitingly... for children and their bedrooms!!!!!

 

I have enjoyed this soooo much and they have also been very popular among friends and family and their children too :)

 

Ive used Annie Sloan paint, acrylic paints, time and a lot of patients.

 

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE comment and let me know what you think, and send me some photos if you decide to have a go :)

 

Here gooooes....

 

Below is one I made for my daughters bedroom, it looks so nice sat in her window :)

 

 

Blocks and Names

 

Below are all the name blocks I had done up to making this blog, what do you think? aren't they so cool? WE have a lot of boys who love action characters, The first one for a little boy called Lucas loved Spiderman and Iron Man

 

 

Below is the one that kicked it all off, Ethan my little boys name blocks!!! He has now got a lot more character blocks than just Batman and Robins at in his window to go with his name lol 

 

 

Another boy one, this time with Hulk and Spider Man character blocks :)

 

 

Last but not least, we finally got a girls name to do, that was a huge fan of Peppa Pig. 

 

 

 

I truly hop you liked this quick post as much as I do :) let me know what you think, and please let me know if there is something you would like me to blog about :)

 

I am currently working on abit of beauty and fashion for my next blog, just going over things I have bought etc :) I hope you enjoy my next blog...

 

See you all again soon :)

 

love and kisses

Amy

xoxox 

 

Step into Spring!!

Hi Everyone!!

 

Hope you've all had a lovely day, I just wanted to post this that I made a few days ago.

 

I wanted to bring a bit of the outside inside, so I thought what better way than to dress up a plant pot and pop some beautiful Daffodils inside, after all its almost Spring, its bright and makes me smile when I see it in my window.

 

Below is the plant pot and water dish I purchased. (looks very boooooring)

 

 

 

And.....tadaaaarrrr!!!

 





 

 

It really didn't take that long, I was making dinner in the process so quick and easy enough to do when your a busy Mummy like me.

 

I painted the middle bit of the pot first a light creamy yellow colour and left it to dry 10/15mins then painted it again, it took two coats to cover all the pot. I then mixed a bit of bright yellow acrylic with the creamy yellow emulsion to do the rim and the water tray. I then painted those left them to dry and painted them again.

 

Its always a good idea to just go over it a third and final time, just to tidy any areas that you may of missed.

 

I painted inside but only up to where I knew the compost would lie when finished.

 

Once it had all dried thoroughly, I took it outside and sprayed a clear sealant on it so that the paint wouldn't come off when I watered my flowers, left the sealant to dry for 10 minutes then sprayed it again. I then left it outside a good half hour to get rid of the smell as it is very strong and needs to be well ventilated.

 

After this was all done I added a bit of  self adhesive lace to give it a finishing touch.

 

Finally got some daffodils with some compost and potted them up. (you can always plant these in the garden when you have finished with them, so they come again next year)

 

Leave me a comment let me know what you think :)

 

 

What I used

 

Valspar - Clear sealant in satin finish cost around £7.98, its good stuff for sealing the paint onto the pot but make sure your in a well ventilated area and read before you use it.
I got this from B&Q but they do sell products similar on amazon and eBay

A tester pot of matt emulsion in the colour lemon twist, 75ml pot cost around £1.00 it was a really nice pale yellow colour, it gives a nice soft look.
I got mine from my local garden centre, just shop around you'll get the colour you require.

Acrylic paint 12ml -  This was called Lemon yellow but was a very bold yellow colour, so I just added some of the emulsion to this to get the colour I required.
This came in a set of acrylic paints cost around £5.00.
Again I got this from the local garden centre, shop around you'll find some at a decent prices.

Plant pot from my local garden centre - pot £1.25 and the tray £0.95p

Lace - eBay  £1.98  and you get plenty to do other pretty things as well, I got mine in a ivory colour but their was plenty of colour to choose from

Have a go and send me your versions :)

xox Amy xox