Frenchy Coffee Table

I finally finished a coffee table

that's been sitting in my garage

since last April!  Poor thing has

been used for the last few months

as a stand and "catch all" for my

other painting projects.. I thought

it high time she receives a makeover too!

This is the only before picture I could

find of the coffee table, it was taken in

the back of my truck.. upside down..

I picked her up at Goodwill for a song!

I sanded it down, painted it white,

shabbied her up.. just a bit ~

For me, there was just something missing..

So, I hopped on over to Graphics Fairy

to see what I could find.

I found this wonderful French Typography

saved it to my computer, then enlarged it

by 250%.  It printed out onto 6 sheets of

paper.  I trimmed the paper down, taped it

all together (like a puzzle.. lol).

I put carbon paper underneath my copies,

and drew with pencil on top of my

copied paper so that the design would

"print" off onto my table from the carbon paper.

(I wish I would've taken a picture for ya'll

to see, but, once I get started on something

I get so excited to get going, I forget to

take pictures.. sooo sorry!!)

After tracing over the entire graphic,

I took a Sharpie Paint Pen and filled it in.

This is the end result!

As you can see, I screwed the "B" up

a little bit.. but, overall I think

it turned out great!

What do you think?

I haven't waxed her yet, I'm still

debating whether or not to

shabby over the graphic or not.

~

On another note, how many of you

are headed to Renningers this weekend?

Click here to see some pics from last year..

I am sooo excited, I can hardly contain myself!

I am planning on going all 3 days and

I hope I recognize some people from blogland!!

If you recognize me, please say hi, I'd

love to meet you!

Sherri

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