Under a Blue Moon

Decor, cooking, organization, all the pretty things

Well. Where did the time go?

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This is the state of my studio kitchen at the moment.  I have an assembly line going to create the rest of the tags and I’ve taken over the entire counter.  I just have to apply the embellishments on the tags so I’m in the home stretch.

I don’t know why I took a week off posting.  Work was at a crescendo this week, which is part of the reason.  The other reason is, well, crafting failure.  Takes the wind right out of my blogging sails.

Last year I saw a beautiful frame at Anthropologie.  It was dove grey with white, raised scrolly designs on it.  It was really pretty (comes in yellow and green too, I think).  It was out of my price range but it kept thinking about it.  Then I decided to see if I could recreate it.

I went to Ross.  I know!  And found a likely candidate for $8.99. 

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This frame is a wee bit more dimensional than the Anthropologie frame – which had more of a two dimensional look to it.  But what the heck, it’s only $8.99.

So I painted it grey.  Then tried to paint the raised bits white.  I wish I had taken a picture.  Let’s just say it didn’t work out.  It was hard to know where to put the white and where not to.

I decided to try something out of my comfort and normal decorating zone and repaint it turquoise.  I saw a picture of an ornate building in some Carribean country and wanted to recreate that vibe.

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Umm.  No.

We just aren’t turquoise people around here.

Thank goodness it’s just paint.  I still wanted to elevate this dumb old frame to something other than it’s typical, baroque origins.  So I decided red.

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Maybe not.

Sheesh – can we just get a breeze around here?

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  1. nicole says

    boy, do i know this feeling! personally, ( and I know you are just foaming at the mouth for someone else’s opinion) I think you’re tagged out. Plus, those damn tags are so awesome, there’s no way that a stupid frame can compete? Not right now anyway, but in a few days, something will pop up and you’ll be writing about how you decided to “burnish the raised bits with silver foil” or something. And all the rest of us will sigh or moan with jealousy!

  3. kim says

    i like both colors but with all the scrolly things going on i would go with straight cream and a brown antiquey glaze???? just a thought i am having the same troublw with a frame i painted it silver but it looks cheap so i am still pondering… good luck and keep us updated….