The Graphics Fairy has so many wonderful old prints and engravings. This was a copy of a Circa 1850 Paris print. It's a delicately engraved frame with a laurel wreath embellished with lots of roses. I had seen it several times on her site and wanted to find a way to use it.
So, I decided to use it as the centerpiece on our kitchen table. I could put a vase or other dish in the center and the painted design would still show. When I add the leaf to the table I'll have to use a table runner since opening the table will split the design - but that's okay - when we need a larger table we usually go to the dining room anyway. When I printed it out, I set it at 300 times the actual image. That stretches the design out so that it is quite a bit bigger than the original image, however, you have to tape all the "parts" together. This time I used carbon paper to transfer the image to the table. I didn't want the wreath to face only one way, so I split it horizontally right down the middle, flipped it, and painted the top half twice - kind of a mirror image. 
I used a pretty watered down dark and light gray to paint the design. I was intentional in loosely painting the design and I'm still thinking about lightly sanding it to make it even more faint.
 The design before the dark wax was applied.   Linked to: Brag Monday at The Graphics Fairy and Flaunt It Friday |
