Tea, Anyone?

So for my school I had to do some water color paintings. Well of course I couldn't just do my school assignment, I *had* to get creative and being that I love tea and I have this thing for non-traditional Union Jacks, I came up with this! What do you think? 

Have an amazing day! 

DIY Union Jack Purse.

Most of the ideas I get come to me after looking at Pinterest. I’ve seen some Union Jack purses and *really* wanted one, but I would never afford one, or just decided to be happy with the purses I have now. Well I went through my closet last week and when I was going through my bags I found this purse that was great, but it lacked some style. Voila! After some Googling, I decided to give it a try. I just happened to have all the supplies I needed, which was awesome. 

I started with the plain man-made leather purse that I got from a thrift store. 

I used a white, blue, and red Acrylic paint. For the white I mixed it with some water due to it being a heavy body paint. 

First I sanded down the part where I was going to paint, then I wiped it clean with a rag that had some water on it. Next, I wiped it down with some nail polish remover. You will then need to tape off the section you want painted.

This is what the first coat of paint looked like. I did around two three white layers all together. 

The next thing I did was to draw on the design. 

After doing two coats for each color I got this. 

What do you think? Will you try painting your old, boring purse? I know I will do another one!

Have an awesome day!

Union Jack Dresser.

I was finally able to finish my dresser this past week. I've been putting it off 'cause it's a rather heavy piece to move....Now it is happily sitting in my room where I've pictured it being for a couple months. It turned out just as I imagined. :)

It started out as this green, which fit our decor at one point, but not anymore. 

After painting the top and sides blue, I started working in the drawers. 

I had a little fun with the paintbrush... haha

I had to draw a picture of what the flag looked like and this is what I came up with. :P

All I had left to do was paint on the blue.

Here's the finished product! What to you think?

~RandomKitty