Upcycled Vintage Tray: French Kitchen Art Tutorial

What to do with a vintage metal tray? Make it your own style!

 In this case, I used an antiquing method to add a little French flair in the kitchen.

This heavy old tray came from a thrift shop. It had charm, but I disliked the decor decal.

With the idea of turning it into a French antique tray, I cleaned and sanded it. Then printed out some graphics to decoupage onto it.

For raised scroll work, I swirled on some white glue all around the decoupaged prints.

Then painted the glue and the rest of the tray with white acrylic paint. I lightly painted over the graphics to blend with the glue work.

After the paint dried, applied a clear coat in polycrylic. 

Then rubbed on wood stain. 

Where the stain didn't take over the glue, I painted on dark brown acrylic paint to finish the antique process. 

 Finally, a light clear coat of polycrylic over the entire surface.

The final results.

The sides and back of the tray remained original... a rusty patina.

It's "artsy-craftsy" wall decor, but the technique can be applied to numerous subjects. Maybe on furniture, mirror/picture frames, boxes, trunks, reclaimed wood, cans, scrap metal, cardboard... so many options! 

Denyse's Fall Inspiration Team

I'm honored to be a part of Denyse's Creative Team. So today I'm sharing her post with you! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do! Check out what we put together for her and click the links to her latest posts.

Happy Fall!
Now on to Denyse!

OCTOBER!! It's October already. Where did September go?? I was ready for Fall but not for the drastic change in temperature we got here in NC. But, you know what comes with cool, fall weather? Fall decor!!! I'm sharing my creative teams best Fall decor.

Mary Beth from Cupcakes & Crinoline made this gilded chalkboard pumpkin. She gives a great tutorial for you to make your own. Stop over and tell her how awesome she is!

Robin from Re-do it Yourself Inspirations shows us how to make a very different kind of wreath for the front door using corn. I hope you visit Robin and let her know how beautifully Fall her door decor is!

Kirsten from Sweet Tea & Saving Grace made this adorable blessings board. This time of year we are all about the things we are thankful for. I'd love for you to visit my dear friend and see how she created this beautiful DIY blessing board.

Industrial pumpkins!! Say it isn't so!! Mindi from My Love 2 Create used brick ties to make these gorgeous pumpkins. For the love of metal, you can cherish these for more then just fall. Walk....no run..to see how Mindi created these.

Michele from Shelstring is in the fall mood with the crisp, clean air. She took some drab candles and created a warm and cozy fall decor. Stop on over and see how easy it was. Just think perfect gift!

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I hope you will stop over and visit my Inspired Team's Fall decor ideas and be inspire to create your own.

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How do you like those pumpkins? I love them! Thank you to Denyse for having us! We love creating together! 

Denyse's Team with a Halloween Roundup

Can you believe nearly half of September is gone already?  Denyse was getting ready for Fall and decided to put a few of us together to share some Halloween ideas over at Glitter, Glue & Paint. I'm sharing her post with you so you can check out the eye candy!

Mary Beth from Cupcakes & Crinoline made this wicked awesome door mat for her front door. Wait until you see how she did it. Hint: Years later it still GLOWS!!

Michele from Shelstring, made these glitter spring bats. They are too cute and she had me at GLITTER!

Who does not love a good wine bottle project? Robin from Re-do it Yourself Inspirations shows you how to decorate after you drank that yummy wine.

Kirsten from Sweet Tea & Saving Grace takes her Halloween memories of her daughter and turns it into Halloween decor. So easy, cute and creative!

A Trick-or-Treat jar!!!!! Mindi from My Love 2 Create is passing out more than candy and doing it Apothecary Style.

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I hope you will stop over and visit each of the blogs to be inspired!

Have a "boo-tiful" day!

40 Bedroom Decorating Ideas for Kids and Tweens

When Hometalk contacted me about my post on my son's bedroom makeover and the light up headboard, they asked if I could curate a kids room board. My response was, "oh, yes, I can!"

There are hundreds or maybe thousands of fun ideas to make kids' and tweens' rooms more exciting. So much, that when the ideal board should contain 20; I came up with 40... just on Hometalk! More could very easily be added. So many creative rooms have been posted. 

(Click on photo for link to each Hometalk's "how to" for each feature.)

Let's take a look at some of the headboards. 

How about some clever bunking! 

And some decor ideas!

 

Accent walls can totally make a room.

Storage and display ideas can go wild.

As you can see, space can be decorated, painted, utilized, streamlined, personalized and themed. Every kid's room for any personality can be created for fun and fabulous!

I had fun putting this collaboration together and hope there is plenty of inspiration to get you motivated. So much potential for rooms large or small, the possibilities are endless!