Decoupage Teapots Surprise!

Happy Weekend!
I've been sluggish on getting any of my projects completed. Today was actually a great day for it weather-wise as our temps dropped a good 10 degrees! But I just couldn't get the energy up to take the furniture outside. This is definitely one of the challenges of living in an apt with no outside area. At least with a patio, I could leave it outside until finished during this time of the year. Oh well, maybe whenever I finally find a new place . . . : -(

On the positive side, I did finish this small project that I had started about 5 months ago!  Crazy huh . . . but I'm sure you've also been there before. -_^   This post is heavy with pics so get the coffee going before you start. : )

Here is the before pic.

These had been my mom's.  I had noticed the metal frames had begun to rust.  So I painted them white with a quick drying enamel craft paint.

But the print was dark and just didn't work with my decor anymore.  My intention had been to use it in my bedroom which has bright colors.  But then i realized I wouldn't have room on the walls in the bedroom.  So I decided to take it dark for the bathroom by going over it with black and then a chocolate brown latex enamel to get the look you see in the first picture.  It matched my new bathroom mirror perfectly!  Then came the inserts which is what took so long, more decisions.  Here are my supplies:

 I just couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to put in there.   So I painted over the print with a latex white.  You can see a little of the old print underneath it but it won't show.   I thought of covering the whole thing with fabric but instead went with decorative paper which is actually a page from a 79 cent writing tablet.  Use what you got to get what you want, right! lol  After cutting the paper to size, I used the Plaid Decoupage Finish to glue paper down and trimmed the edges with an Exacto knife.  Then I was stuck again as to what to add on the paper.

My first thought was to just add these:

But when I pulled them out, I found this fabric which was given me by a dear friend; thanks Fern! : )

Isn't it adorable!  Teapots from vegetables and fruit!

Now I knew exactly what I wanted to do, finally. lol   So out comes the scissors and more decisions . . . which ones to use.  Can you see the gorgeous cabbages/lettuce toward the bottom and in the middle?  So I cut them out and glued them down.

Once they were dry I added the black and white rub-ons I picked up at the dollar store.

And here they are in their new home in the bathroom, which still isn't completed!  -_^

See how well the frame color matches the mirror frame?

Whew!  I finally finished something and I must say I'm quite pleased with it!  So thanks for following along through all the pics.  Hope your weekend is going well.
~Barbe~
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