A special little package arrived on my doorstep the other day.
It was as exciting as a delivery from the stork! Our retailer’s sample kit of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint — three samples of my friend Marian’s much-anticipated paint, plus some crackling medium, wax, bonding agent and hemp oil. Heaven in a box.
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Our kit included Tricycle, Ironstone and Shutter Gray, and after this preview we can’t wait to see the nine other colors of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint.
I didn’t wait long before I started mixing up some of this gorgeous paint. It really is simple to use. Measure our your paint, add water in the right proportions, stir (or shake) and dip a brush in.
I chose Tricycle red for my first project, this wooden child’s school chair.
I loved this true red color the first time I saw it on Marian’s blog and even more when I saw it in person at Lucketts.
Because my little wooden chair was old and well worn, I didn’t add the bonding agent to the milk paint. (The bonding agent helps the milk paint adhere better to finished surfaces.) The stained wood surface of my chair just soaked in the red pigment, but two coats was all it took to get the coverage I wanted. (This stuff goes on quickly and dries quickly, too, so I was able to finish this chair in an afternoon.)
A little red chair would have been nice, but as is usually my habit, I wanted to add a little something else to make it even more special.
Well, inspiration was staring me right in the face.
What would make a Tricycle red chair perfect? A tricycle, of course.
I made a tricycle stencil out of vinyl using my Silhouette Cameo.
I stuck it down to the seat of my chair. Then, I filled in the image in Ironstone, a creamy white the color of antique ironstone dishes.
I finished the chair by distressing it heavily with sand paper, removing part of the paint and scratching parts of the surface to give it an old and authentic look. The milk paint didn’t really chip in this instance, so I had to nudge the distressing along. I finished with a coat of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint wax and hemp oil.
I’m officially in love with this chair and with Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint.
We’ll be getting our initial inventory of this paint in very soon — within the next two weeks, we hope. It is available for presale now through our online store, and we’ll also be selling it at our retail location inside Golden Antiques in Summerfield, N.C.
We are carrying the entire line of Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint — all 12 colors — plus furniture finishing wax, bonding agent, hemp oil and crackling medium.
And don’t forget about our upcoming Milkpaint Masterpieces linky party.
We party at the following places:
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Barb says
Are u sharing the Bike design? I just love it and would like to try it too!!!
Thanks
Barbara says
Well I’m jumping on the bandwagon, and featuring you as well! Love this project and I’m featuring you on our link party going live at 7 EST on Thursday! Please make sure to stop by and grab a button!
Atta Girl Amy says
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I’ll grab that button! I really appreciate the feature.
Meredith @ Wait Til Your Father Gets Home says
I LOVE that paint! I’ve got to get my hands on some :o) And your tricycle chair is adorable! I’m featuring it today on my Facebook page.
Thanks for linking up with Keep Calm & Link Up last week! We can’t wait to see what you link up this week!
Atta Girl Amy says
Thanks, Meredith! So excited about the feature. And we will be selling Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint, if you can’t find somewhere local to you that carries it. We will ship it and actually have it for presale in our etsy shop.
Shirley@Housepitality Designs says
Amy…I love that color…I recently used an Annie Sloan red, but so love this one better!….Love the tricycle cutout..How do you like your Silhouette Cameo…?
Atta Girl Amy says
Shirley, I’ve used Emperor’s Silk in Annie Sloan Chalk paint, and I like this red much better. It’s a truer red, I think.
And I love, love, love my Silhouette. I use it for all kind of crafting — vinyl cutouts, stencils, cardmaking, you name it. I definitely recommend this product, and they’re not paying me to say this. I shelled out cold hard cash for my machine, using some birthday money I got in January. Since then, I’ve used it for so, so many crafts. Search my blog for Silhouette and you’ll see what I mean!
sara @ applestone drive says
Oh wow, that is adorable! Thanks for stopping by my blog from the CHQ blog hop. 🙂
Gina says
Your creations are very pretty. Do you have any recommendations for learning how to create and use stnecils? Whenever I try them, paint always seems to sneak underneath the stencil and not have the nice pretty lines that you do. Thanks! Coming to you from the blog hop!
Atta Girl Amy says
Thanks so much, Gina. I’m looking forward to exploring your site some more.
As for stencils, my secret is that I cut my own using my Silhouette Cameo machine. (Similar to a cricut.) I cut them out of sticky vinyl material and put them on my surface to paint, making sure to press down the edges, just as if I were using paint to mask something off. Then, I peel off my vinyl stencil before the paint is completely dry.
The vinyl decals are one-time-use only, unfortunately. That is really the only drawback. And if I do have not-so-perfect lines, then I will usually distress the piece more heavily to mask my mistakes! 🙂
I have had the same problems you’ve encountered with traditional stencils.