Showing posts with label butterflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label butterflies. Show all posts

Monday, April 23, 2012

Butterfly side table

Butterfly side table brings Spring into the house...


This time of year, it's great to bring a little of the Spring indoors, even though, truthfully, the weather around me has been more winter-like than anything.

I have been wanting to paint some butterflies on something, but needed a good medium on which to do it.

I have accumulated some inexpensive fold-up/stacked tables. The ones that are really cheap and used as little end tables or tv trays that you can find at any store for dirt cheap-I think I paid $2 for mine.

I have also accumulated an assortment of wood trays, so I decided to combine the two and came up with a really cute table that is perfect for displaying butterflies.

I attached a tray to the top of the table and painted it in  Annie Sloan Old White Chalk Paint.  Then hand stenciled my butterflies on top.  (I threw in a couple of dragonflies as well!).


I stenciled a butterfly on burlap and displayed it in a frame I had recently painted.  It is a nice touch on top of the table.


The result is definitely the Springtime feeling I was looking for. 
  
Now if only the weather would cooperate!


Sweet Crafting!
DeeDee