Crackling furniture 101
I love to crackle furniture. I don’t think I will ever get tired of it!!!!!! I often get emails from my readers asking me how I get such rounded, uniform crackle. So thought I would give you my instructions.
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Jennifer Allwood
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Please join us on our adoption journey
The latest on our adoption journey can be read here:
http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-finally-have-tiny-bit-of-news-our.html
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There are several previous posts including:http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2012/03/our-first-appointment-with-foster-care.html
We are stepping over the threshold of fear at http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2012/03/adoption-update-stepping-over-threshold.html
My word of the year = courage at http://themagicbrushinc.blogspot.com/2012/01/word-of-year-for-me.html
I am …
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Tiffany blue, zebra and polka dots – OH MY!
We had the pleasure of updating this tween girl’s bedroom. The stenciled ceiling she had for years was still beautiful and very sweet. It pained us to paint right over all that hard work. But, she had outgrown it and …
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Perhaps my pretty, pale pink is actually putrid???
My husband picked this dresser up for me at a garage sale this summer.
I envisioned it a pretty, pale pink.
So I painted it……
And blinged out the pulls in typical Magic Brush style.
And tried to resell it
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Candycorn pumpkins- not as easy as they look
So I saw this adorable pin on Pinterest (yes I am on it, yes I am addicted)….courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens….and decided I need to make “candycorn pumpkins” for my front steps.
The description says the pumpkins are spray …
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My Pottery Barn wanna-bees
A few years ago, I saw something similar to this in the Pottery Barn catalog for like a jillion dollars. Since I don’t have a jillion dollar budget, I made my own knock off.
I bought 5 grapevine wreaths for …
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Our adoption journey: Part II – my life is not mine
……Continued from part 1. Click here if you missed it.
Warning: this post is long. With few pictures. And many references to crazy conversations I have with God.
I do hope you read it.
So after months of paperwork …
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So this is what domestic adoption looks like…..part #1
When we began our paperwork to adopt domestically last October…..I had a friend tell me to “hold on for the ride…it’s a roller coaster”.
Another friend told me “adoption is pain”.
Turns out….they were both right.
We just had our …
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