Part II - Whimsical Thrifted and Painted Child's Rocking Chair

I have been very busy  with projects and my SweetCreations decorated cookies...and I have been loving it.   But tonight I want to show you the thrifted child's rocking chair I've been painting. Last month remember it looked like this....

until I painted it like this.....



and now I've painted it with Martha Stewart paints of many sweet colours...

a little closer up with some circles....

I really like the colours...don't you?

and then I painted on stroke dots...

using a little of all the colours on the rocking chair...  I'll brush on a satin varnish and thats it.  One sweet Great Niece will be arriving at the beginning of May and this will be for her.  I will sign and date it on the underside.  I hope it'll be a keepsake.   Have a great evening... Judi xoxo  

Painting of a Whimsical Child's Rocker... Part 1

I had thrifted a child's rocking chair before Christmas.  It is in great shape, sturdy and so worthy of a whimsical facelift...

Today so far I've primed it white..

I will give it another coat of white and then proceed with the fun painting.   At HomeDepot little sample pots of Martha Stewart paint regularly $4.99 were on sale for $1.00 each.  I purchased 11 different shades and paid $11.00 instead of $55.00!  Is that not a great bargain?  I thought so.

For this project I'll be using some of these colours....

up close you can see the colours on the bottles...

and saving these colours for another day.

As I blog I can sit and look at my newly painted diningroom table covered in plastic and newspaper the perfect height for painting the rocker.  Last weekend's "Happy Shamrock Day" decoration still sits in my shamrock plant.   Peter and Kirsti's helium filled balloons that were forgotten from last weekend's celebration of their recent birthdays fly with the wind.  At least my chandalier sparkles in the mess...*s*...

I'll share the chair with you when its done...if it turns out ok...*grinning*... Have a great Sunday... Judi xoxo