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milk paint

Milk paint on wood

I love the colours you can get in milk paint; gorgeous earthy reds, greens, yellows and blues. I imagine you might be able to make your own, but we are using Gallagher’s.

I was using them to paint some winter gnomes (more on that another day) when Master D picked up a brush and asked to join in. So we found him some wood and he got painting 🙂

While using the slate blue he said ‘these have lovely colours mum’. Although he seemed to favour the red brown colour. This is what he created:

Thanks for reading, Kelly

November 10, 2011 by

Gnomes and fairy doors

Browsing through Etsy (as I often find myself doing) I came across some gorgeous fairy doors and gnomes. After buying a couple (who could resist) I thought I would have a go at making some myself. Luckily I came across some great tutorials and patterns on Wee Folk Art.

This is one I bought from Beneath the Rowan Tree on Etsy

After rummaging through the garage to find some wood scraps and buying a wood burner (new tool yay!) I gave it a go. I did some test burning first and then tried out the gnome patterns and some fairy doors. My husband then gave me a quick tutorial in using the jigsaw and off I went (with a new found love of power tools)!

After I had them all cut out, I got to try out another power tool – a dremel (what fun!), before doing some hand sanding. After they were nice and smooth I painted them with milk paint which is non toxic. Awhile later I made up a beeswax and olive oil treatment to go over the top. Here they are – I love them and have a whole new lot ready to go!!

Using the gnome pattern

The next lot

Thanks for reading, Kelly

October 26, 2011 by