Papered Bookcase

Delayed Renovation-

A while back I begged my mom to go pick up a kijji find - your standard, brown bookcase for the centre of my living room.  Someone has got to get a bigger vehicle...I moved it in, and there it sat, holding crap for a number of months.  I stopped seeing it after a while.  Here is a 'sort of'before picture of at least one shelf.  It has my faux mercury glass vases.  BTW, I have never found any real looking glass spray paint in Canada.  If you see it, let me know.




See?  Same accesories but waaay nicer bookcase

Mid Way Progress

I forgot to take a boring beige picture - this is it mid way through

I LOVE books.  I mean it, despite the tearing apart of the books to use them for crafts, I really love books.  I love reading them and recycling them.


I hope to be forgiven for not remembering who first shared this in blog land.  I saw a book papered wall and thought that Ian would never allow that.  I did not even bother to ask.  A bookcase, however, could be managed without too many rolling of eyes.


A bit of procrastination in the project department, meant that I could not move on to another sewing project until I painted this sucker.  I also wanted to paper the back of it with one of my favourite books - Outlander by Diana Gabaldon.  I hope she is not mad.  It was an ode to a fantastic book and series that I had read a number of times.



Here is one shelf. 



I love this shelf!  See the glass container?  LOVE it.
 You can't quite see the eggs but yes, mod podged with sheet music.  Sick!

It was pretty easy; I thinned out some white glue, the elmers kind, and painted the book pages on to the back.  It took a bit of doing in the summer heat.  I hate having asthma.



And here it is completed!

A quick coat of wipe on poly and it was ready to go back in the living room.  I think it looks lovely.  Don't you?  I am linking here. and here and here. Of course I am showing off at Miss Mustard Seed.

Live High,
Heather

Paris Table Complete!

My family is rather bored of the Paris themed items I have created lately.  Poor Ian is feeling some pressure.  What?  Three kids, educations to save for, bills to pay, a quick trip to Paris just the two of us for a few weeks seems like a  good idea....Some one will feed the kids right? Right??




Bonjour!, Cafe latte sil vous plait.

I have enjoyed making a few things over.  It has been a trip.  I am not sure I would do it for much more than fun.  It is a lot of work.  Head on over to Red Hen Blog if you want to see some awesome furniture redos.



I found this awesome table on kijji, like me it has great legs!!  It required a good sand down, some primer and some various paint colours so it looks like it has been old.  I added a bit of blue and yellow on top of the primer.

See it has been sanded down on the edges to make it look old



See the wood stain

There was this great graphic from the Graphics Fairy that is awesome french graphics, perfect for this table.  I transferred it with a pencil.  Easy Peasy.  You just cover the back of the graphic with pencil and then trace it to the table.  I filled it in with a sharpie.  EPIC FAIL.  It required a lot of sanding not to look like it was just done.  Next time, I will use a super fine paint brush and some black paint.

After the transfer was on, I washed the table with some wood stain, let it sit a minute, wiped it off and then sealed the deal with some polycrylic.  Nice.  It does not yet have a good home in the house, it kinds of sits in the living room. 






Paris Table, tres bien nést pas?

Next up - the round coffee table - and yes, I do have a nice french graphic for it.  AWESOME.

Live High,

Heather

Living High

I admit it.  I am a huge Jason Mraz fan.  You can imagine the hassle I put my friends and family through while counting down the days until the concert. 

It was a real thrill to see him.  We arrived early just to take in the vibe of the crowd and to enjoy the view. This is me just outside Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto.


 

Ian and I have seen Jason in concert a few times, while we were waiting for the concert to start, we were trying to remember exactly how many.  I think this might have been the sixth time we have seen him in concert.  One year I saw him twice!!



We discovered Jason when he opened up for the awesome, wonderful Chantal Kreviazuk.  Ian made me go to the opening act - he said it would be rude not to go - I guess I owe him a lot for pushing me to put down the fork on that cheese cake and huff it over to Convocation Hall.  Thanks Ian. 

Christina Perry opened for Jason this year.  I the past, we have seen Ka'nan and G.Love.  Yep, I own a few more cds thanks to Jason.

Here is the set change from Christina to Jason-




I had ninth row this time.  Wicked.  I did not take any worthy pictures.  Here's the link to youtube and the reason why I sign off my blog - live high.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA6sh1FM82w
Still buzzing from the concert!

Live High,

Heather