"Serving" Tray

A couple of months ago I came across an amazing blog, called Elm Street Life, from a lady Franklin, TN.  She made this super cute plaque with the words, "say grace" on it.  We always used the term "say grace" when I was growing up, so I fell in LOVE with the plaque project.  I have yet to make one for myself, but I decided to take the idea and make another craft with one of my favorite Bible verses!

I have always been fond of the verse from Joshua 24:15, "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."  My grandmother has a needlepoint of this Bible verse hanging next to her front door, and I've always felt it was special to me.  I also just happened to have a unfinished wood serving tray that needed a purpose other than to hold junk that needed to be thrown out a loooong time ago!

So this is what I came up with:

The concept was great, the execution needs some work!  I had and still have several issues with the outcome.  My paint pens kept breaking on me and splattering gold paint all over the tray.  Then probably the most obvious things are that the majority of the wording is too small, and for lack of a better term, crooked as a dog's leg!  It must be the font that I used.  It printed out fairly straight on paper, but when I applied it to the tray it came out with an obnoxiously obvious slant to it (aka: crooked as a dog's leg!).

I am probably going to completely redo it, because I am a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to things like this, but I wanted to share the idea!

Knies Knacks

A few years ago, Adam decided that my Mary Kay stuff was swallowing our only desk. So one day he brought a desk home for me because a patient of his was getting rid of it.  I completely understand why!  It was a hot mess, but I never look a gift horse in the mouth!
I've been wanting a new desk for awhile, but the ole purse strings are a little tighter these days with the bambino.  Have you priced car seats these days!  Anywho, I decided to just paint the desk to save a little money and give the ole girl a makeover!
Now let me explain the essence of this desk!  It's a particle board dream nightmare with laminate overlay on the top!  It's okay to be jealous!  Anyway, I wasn't sure if you could paint laminate or not so I hunted around on google and found out you could.  It's not easy but it's doable.  So, after some sanding, priming and painting it black, I have a decent looking desk!

The fabulous desk

The side pieces were literally taped on!  

Sanded

Primed

Finished!

Now it matches my hutch!