1yr Blogaversary Giveaway Reminder~Ramblins & What I've Been Workin' On

Hi ya'll hope this post finds ya'll in GREAT spirits.

If you haven't signed up for the 1 yr Blogaversary Giveaway yet be sure and click the link ~~~> Blogaversary Giveaway to sign up for it. Winner will be drawn this Sunday afternoon. I have another item added but forgot to get a picture of it...shucks. Well maybe we'll just leave it a suprise for whoever wins ;0) I have everyones names written down, and I assigned numbers to your entries for the original giveaway post. For those of you who sent in the mustard wood item pics I also assigned a number in the order I recieved them. I am using a number generator for this giveaway. I am going to give everyone another chance to get a few more entries. So if you missed the last chance......you get another try =0)

This time take the word Primitive and see how many words you can make out of it. For every 10 words (must be at least a 2 letter word and up) you can come up with I will give you an extra entry. So if you find 30 words that's 3 more chances. Wooot Wooot

And believe me there are a lot of word possibilities there lol.

For this chance at extra entries email me your list of words to WillowBendPrims@yahoo.com

Also let me know in your comments to this post you are playin' along so I know to be on the lookout for your email. Sometimes I forget to check my spam folder for awhile and some emails I get from Prim Pals end up there =0(

Ohhhh and do ya'll like doin' things like this for extra chances to enter giveaways ? Just wanted a lil feedback for future ones. I really love to share my love of prim things with ya'll and trully enjoy doin' giveaways. I wish I could give every one of ya'll a lil somethin' !

This is one of the things I've been workin' on gettin' together.

I bought one just like this at an antique store last year. It recently got knocked off and broke a piece of it. =( (concrete subfloors stink !) So we used the unbroken pieces to draw up a pattern to make a new piece to fix it. Well hubbs cut it out for me and I did the prim'n. I saved the pattern as a pdf file and thought about sharin' it with ya'll that like to do your own "do it yourself " woodworkin' projects.

Then I wondered would that be o.k. to do ?

Seein' how it's not my pattern, I have no clue who made it, how old it is for sure and I didn't wanna do somethin' I shouldn't sooooo

I'd love your input on this. What do ya'll think about it ?

O.k. now on to the project......

The Base .... Now after I paint it I go back and go to town with sandpaper. Really get in there and sand ;0) I make sure and get edges really good and any other areas that should look (or you want to look) like they are worn with time.

 Back panel

one of the side pieces

Putting on the stain. I used..... ok my CRADT kicked in....oh wait I have a pic of it lol.....

(cradt = can't remember a darn thing ;0)

That poor label has seen it's better days ! It's folkart walnut stain.

The longer you leave it on the darker your results. You can test it out on a scrap piece beforehand to get an idea how light or dark you really want it to look. Play around with it.

Wiping off the stain. I left mine on for a few minutes and then wiped it off. I didn't think it was dark enough so I did it again. You can use an old rag or sometimes I use paper towel or even coffee filters. I love seeing the results after this stage.

I think it turned out pretty darn good don't you ?

Pic below is it all put together......

And ya can't even tell where the new section is ! Wooot Wooot Good cuttin' there Hubbs ;0) and yepp sometimes Hubbs does read my blog. So my racing heart post I probably woulda' eventually been caught bloggin' and NOT removin' the stuff from my wall that was to be painted lol. Speakin' of.....Hubbs got the light rewired so all I need to do is paint and stain it and it'll be ready to go up ! Yeahhhh.

Hope you enjoyed seein' what I've been up to. Will share living room pics maybe next post. We got that...well I got it all painted lol. More on that later ;0}

Oh and be sure and check out this awesome giveaway as well.....

 It's being hosted by Shabby Kat

here's the link ~~~>shabby kat primitives sundries n such

Her Prim goodies look soooo divine !!!!

I have to be at work at 11:15 and it's 10:30 now so I guess I better get a move on. Hope your day is off to a wonderful start !
Till next time Prim Friends
Prim Huggs n Blessins