Shabby chic painted dress

shabby chic dress

detail of painting

The frame and board I found on a second hand market in Nelson last year.
I first painted the board and frame with a white undercoat and next used crackle medium before painting the frame with blue.
On the board I let colours run into each other by thinning the paint down with water to create a muted effect.
The pattern on the dress is created by stencilling through a paper doily and then shaded with a darker purple.
I have glued lace onto the dress and made a coat hanger hook from gold beading wire.
The painting looks nice in my studio, that is part a sewing and part an art studio.

Decoupage projects from the Shabby Chic course.

 The photographs are finished decoupaged pieces from the Shabby Chic class held at Waimea College.
The top photographs is a tray decoupaged with old music paper and finished with roses cut out of wrapping paper.
The face is a reversed image from a photocopy, interesting the black and white image has a green tint to it now.
The last photograph is a decoupaged tray with cut out teacups again out of wrapping paper.

Gilding or applying gold leaf

Crackled heart

Wooden candle stick gilded

Gilding in progress

Partly gilded frame

Finished candle sticks

Furniture in progress

All photographs are projects done in the Shabby Chic class at Waimea College,Nelson.
Last week we tried gilding or using imitation gold leaf, by mistake I bought copper gold leaf instead of the gold. The ladies liked the copper and I must say I love the finished work.
Also the crackled wooden heart as part of a Christmas decoration looks great..