Pretty Birds to the Rescue

Hello!  I hope your weekend was GREAT!

Here's something I fixed up for the Christmas Craft Sale:

A small stand of drawers from the second-hand store

was green.

Very green...

with red underneath;

Christmas with John Deere.

A coat of slate black chalk paint,

then a light green,

 and finally a wash of white.

I picked out some Spencerian images

from The Graphics Fairy.

Charcoal pencil on the back of the image,

placement on the furniture,

tracing of the image,

 and then outlined with my calligraphy dip pen

with permanent brown ink.

(I also added and rearranged some of the

swirls around the birds)

After dried, 

I added some hint of colors to the birds.

A coat of clear and then brown wax

and

some new knobs:

 Now, I just hope it will sell.

 I'm almost done with about 30 gourd ornaments

(just waiting for the German glass glitter to arrive),

and around 10 snowman basket ornaments.

Now on to the furniture and small household pieces.

One week left to go.

Yikes!

Of course,

the surprise snowfall that came on Levi's birthday

made painting ornaments 

with Christmas music

and candles burning

a fun task.

I think Levi thought the snow was for his birthday.

Linking up to:
Between Naps on the Porch - Metamorphosis Monday
The Graphics Fairy - Brag Monday
A Bowl Full of Lemons
Miss Mustardseed
Funky Junk Interior