Birds on a Branch Vintage Style Plaquette

I love bird designs especially vintage style bird designs so I couldn't resist making this lovely plaquette which I am so tempted to keep for myself.  The pink base is a mix of red, white and cream paint that I mixed up myself to create this great colour.  Of course, I didn't write down the amounts so it will be a challenge trying to make the same colour again!  I think the pink is a great match and at the same time, contrast to the blue and I will definitely reuse this design - maybe next time I will try it with an orange background.  I hope you enjoyed my post, I'd love to hear what you think or answer any questions, so don't forget to comment below or on my Facebook page.

Bathroom Decor

If you're a regular visitor to Funky-Junk you will know that I recently revamped my bathroom using little more than a some chalk paint.  If you missed the posts you can see them by clicking here and here.  After all the hard work on the floor was done, a few accessories and some wall decor was needed to replace the items that had been removed and I thought it would be nice to make a couple of plaquettes for myself (for a change). I had a beautiful floral vintage design napkin that was given to me as a gift and some of the flowers were orange - a perfect match for the bathroom and I was looking forward to using it for a découpage project.

First, I sponge painted the base of both plaquettes with two different shades of orange chalk paint.  I then découpaged one of them using the napkin with the orange flowers.  For the second plaquette I used a mix of napkin and paper découpage.  The Edges were given a distressed finish and a few coats of sealant were added.  Topped off with some green velvet ribbon, they're just what was needed as a final touch.

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