My first DIY!! Yipee...paintbrushes...

[Bpink62581]

That looks FANTASTIC! Oh I'm so borrowing your idea! Thanks for sharing

[JanineA]

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Originally Posted by KarenM Great job Janine!! Can't wait to see the finished product!

Thanks Karen I was really inspired after seeing your paintbrushes in your planning thread I had to do some of my own!!

[~Angela~]

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Originally Posted by ~Angela~ Very nice!!!!! Where did you find the antique crackle stuff? Is it paint? I found some signs on Etsy that have it that I love, and I was thinking I could probably save myself some money and do it myself if I could find the write materials.

I am a teacher and was just re-reading this thread and saw I used the wrong write. It should've been right!!!! How embarrassing! LOL!

I am going to go to Michael's this weekend to get supplies!!!! Did you use black as the base coat?

[JanineA]

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Originally Posted by ~Angela~ I am a teacher and was just re-reading this thread and saw I used the wrong write. It should've been right!!!! How embarrassing! LOL! I am going to go to Michael's this weekend to get supplies!!!! Did you use black as the base coat?

Yes I used the black base coat...you can also use brown base coat but they were out of brown when I went. You can either use white crackle or cream. Though my colors are ivory the cream was a bit too yellowish. I got the Valspar brand but there are others. If you want it to look even more rustic you can get a piece of sand paper and just sand out edges...that gives it a sort of weathered look but be careful if you sand away too much it looks botched. I was looking up signs last night and came across someone selling the whole set of paint brushes, sign and pail on etsy for $99! I was like holy cow it costs less than 1/4 of that to make it.

[Thomasjsgirl]

Very nice! I've always loved that look. It's very classic.