Painted Bread Board

 I started collecting old bread boards about 14 years ago.

The first splurge was from Inessa Stewart in Dallas.

I bought two large round boards and I was beyond thrilled to have them.

Some of them hung up the back staircase for years.

Some of them I have used for my artistic pursuits.

We all know that the itchy twitchy paint brush can't be denied.

This morning I felt like making something.

Magoo and the pups were snoozing away and I hopefully had a few hours of 

semi clear thinking before the chaos descended upon me.

I brushed on a mixture of several ASCP colors.

I had mixed the color when I had a small amount left in the cans, 

so I'm sorry that I can't give you a very accurate way to reproduce the color.

I'm guessing that it's Louis or Aubusson with some Graphite.

I watered it down to get the muted look I wanted.

I created a reverse transfer on PicMonkey and applied it with CitruSolve,

let it dry and then waxed it with MMS clear wax.

I used a sweet brown cow cabinet knob as the hanger,

(from Hobby Lobby)

and hung some small dried hydrangeas that I found hanging in the garage.

I am quite pleased.

I'm off to make dinner and finish the laundry now, 

but I did something for myself today and it feels good.

I've had a few weeks of "MOM! Can you help me?" from the manchildren,

and new puppy takes up a lot of my time.

Jack Henry is an escape artist...more monkey than puppy.

He seems to dislike Bruce's wardrobe.

Bruce must retire to his favorite chair for a nap and hope that 

the tiny monkey doesn't escape from the kitchen.

It's tough work being a big brother.

I hope you find the time to make something pretty this week!

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