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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just something i whipped up at the girl creative