Saturday, March 24, 2012

i miss it already

we have a thing, this tray and i. i've spent the better part of the past two weeks either working on or thinking about it. i've sanded it, painted it, re-sanded it back down to wood, and painted it again.
i've cursed at it, i've broken a printer over it(lexmark printers dislike burlap as media). i've skipped dinner because of it.
and when i tied the bow around it today i realized i was going to miss it.

and i do. but happy birthday, mary.

so from a tag sale misfit score

the demo and build up can be found here.  it's really turned into something i'm pretty proud of.

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and just to prove that no one's perfect.  ok well -i- am not perfect, here's how the first insert turned out after hating the excess transfer material on the burlap.  a little too distressed for the tray.  there's shabby chic and then there's 'can you please hose that down before i touch it'

 i've kept the original insert because there's something about it i really like.  i'll find something else to do with it.


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14 comments:

  1. Well done! I wish I had friends that gave gifts that nice!

    Thanks for sharing on Show Off Saturday!

    XO

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  2. OH I love makeovers that turn out SO fabulous! OH and I am sopping by to say THANK YOU for the sweet lil note you left me about my house numbers! I LOVE that color of blue too! It's in my kitchen, stairway, and front door!
    Anyway THANKS!
    Andrea

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  3. That turned out so cute! So how did you get it to print?????

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  4. thank you all for the nice comments, i really had fun with this.

    i didn't get it to print. it's a iron on transfer that i trimmed as close to the letters as i could.

    i should post the first try, that i tried to salvage by distressing. lol it's bad.

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  5. Saw your tray on The Graphics Fairy. WOW - fantastic transformation!

    http://cinnamonpink.typepad.com/

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  6. Definitely worth the time and effort. This is beautiful!

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  7. Lovely. If you have an extra, you could send it my way! How did you manage to do it over the tile?

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  8. Love this - and I love the first one too!!! You couldn't go wrong with either one.
    I have a party going on at Project Queen if you would like to link up!
    http://projectqueen.org/welcome-to-link-party-27-turning-the-daunting-into-the-do-able

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  9. I love this tray. It is right up my alley. Very creative.

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  10. I love it, such a great job for the first one. I think each one is great. Your tray is so very pretty, and you are so creative. Great looking. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration at Sunday's Best.

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  11. Hey doll! I'm featuring your tray on this weeks Show Off Saturday! http://www.nutmegplace.com/2012/03/show-off-saturday-8.html

    Thanks again for linking up!!

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  12. Great ideas! Thanks for linking up to our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday." We love having you and hope you'll be back next week! -The Sisters

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  13. Featuring your tray at Project Queen's Highlight Party tonight. It turned out beautiful!!!
    Thanks so much for sharing it last week.

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