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Tole
Painting Projects
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Some
of my favorite surfaces to paint on are vinyl, paper mache
boxes and terra cotta pots. I love angels, Santas, Teddy
Bears and bird houses, so I paint a lot of pieces with
these themes. My craft room has been slowly transformed
into a more "functional" space. Mike made me
an "L" shaped desk with filing cabinets on each
end (for all my books/patterns and paper goods), and I'm
trying to store all my pieces and parts in containers
for a tidier look.
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These
3 pieces are floormats painted on the back (paper side)
of vinyl flooring. It's a very nice surface to paint on,
preparation is easy, just basecoat with a flat latex paint
and you're ready to paint your pattern. They wipe clean
with a damp cloth and hold up great.
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Country theme floormat painted for my sister, Jaye.
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This vinyl floormat was in front of my kitchen sink (a
heavy traffic area) for about 7 years. This photo shows
alot of yellow, but that was just the camera, the background
colors are actually green. |
Another vinyl floormat I painted for Denise because she
likes wooden swings.
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This is a paper mache "hat" box. I painted
one for an exchange gift and one for Tiana. The picture
doesn't clearly show the colors, the background is a
deep purple.
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This
is a wine bottle painted with pumpkins, and a gourd with
a hummingbird and flowers painted on it. Mike drilled
a hole in the gourd and hanging outside it makes a nice
birdhouse. Of course I don't have it, I gave it away!
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This
is a small photo album, painted with penguins and snowflakes.
Painters will paint on almost any surface!
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This
is a tray I painted for the fall exchange, as well as
a small tera cotta pot. To learn more about Tolefriends
(the list that sponsors the exchanges) please click here.
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These are the two birdhouse gourds I painted and gave
away!!!
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This
is another fall tray I painted, I also painted the pattern
on a cllipboard.
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Here
is what I painted for the summer exchange 2003. I made
the napkin holder and used my router for the edges. I
painted roses because I'm "practicing, practicing,
practing" to try to get them right!
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