August Pinteresting Project #1

 As I told you in my last post ,

I have been doing a lot of Pinterest projects lately.

( Just haven't been posting about them )

I had wanted to do a project a day,

but I knew that was WAY to ambitious for me !

Plus I don't get much done on Addie days....

So it will be sporadic...

but here is project #1.

I got this mirror at a church sale a while back for $5.

It has great detail.

I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it at first,

but I knew the gold had to go .

Then I remembered something I had pinned.

( yep , I've pinned so many things , I easily forget them )

It was from  centsationalgirl.com.

She told how she used a votive candle to rub over the detail on a chair,

then painted it and the paint wouldn't stick to the wax.

Perfect , right ?

So first I painted the mirror red.

Then a rubbed a tea light over the flowers and some of the squiggles.

Then painted it white.

Now, here is where I screwed up.

First , I should have re-read the post with instructions.

Then I would have known to use baby wipes to wipe off excess paint :(

Second , I think I let it set to long before trying to wipe it off .

Double :(

Anyway ....

I got out my little sanding block and went over some of it.

It worked , but not with the results I wanted ....

Bad picture #1

Bad picture #2.

Close up.

Moral of the story ,

when attempting a project you have pinned ,

first read the original instructions :)

Oh well...

it's still better than the gold :)

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