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Salt Lake Valley Silver Spoon Cake

I thought you might enjoy my daughter and her cake creations in Salt Lake Valley. Her company is called Silver Spoon Cake. http://www.silverspooncake.com/ and her blog showing how she creates her fun cakes can be found at: http://darcyandsilverspooncakes.blogspot.com/

I am so proud of her. She not only creates beautiful cakes in the Salt Lake City area, they taste as amazing as they look.

She has taken her God given talent and run with it in an amazing and totally unexpected way.

Darcy is a creative event planner and chef. She can be found here:

(385)209-8249

silverspooncake@gmail.com

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SK & Modern Masters Paints

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Tiny, Tiny Bath with SK

I have fun with tight spaces, especially baths. I have been known to go a little crazy with fun, bright colors and patterns.

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Literally From Rags to Riches with SK

Exacting every ounce of creativity from a woeful old chair.

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SK's Poppy Chair

This little office chair was bound for the dump.

Poor baby, she had given her all for many, many years.

She was on her way to an anonymous end. Unexpected things happen in my sub-consciousness when I see an old miserable piece of furniture. The swirls of "what Ifs?" start zipping through my mind. Can it be saved from a woeful end and what could I do to brighten it's future?

Could she be loved again?

I brought her home against the better judgment of hubby.

I bought two painters canvas tarps planning to try my hand at reupholstering....Who was I kidding?

After painting a couple of yards with a large damask stencil I starting to strip the old chair. I love the creative process more than the actual work of getting the chair recovered.

Carefully trying to take each section off in the reverse order of how it was previously attached.
It made sense to me to try to use these pieces as my pattern. As this was happening I found the pieces were in such dire straights they just shredded. Sooooo.....I had to make my own pattern.

The arms were covered first, then the seat, the front bottom of the seat, each side, the front back and finally the back piece.

I wanted a very eclectic look. So the painting came as I finished each section. I added a damask here and a free-handed poppy there. Filling spaces with French lettering, butterflies, birds and swirls from The Graphics Fairy

Using simple acrylic paints I started to paint in my outlines.

As I started to complete the basic drawings I couldn't wait till the actual painting began.

My poppies are a favorite subject. And I wanted a very hot pop of color to balance the cream and the black damask.

The Graphics Fairy Supply me with endless graphics. This site is far my most favorite haunts.

Design balance is important in a crazy piece like this.

It had to be fun but the heaviness of the black damask needed a strong balance or the chair would feel off balance and whacked.

I am going to add buttons to pull the back into a diamond pattern.

Thanks The Graphics Fairy for inspiration.

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Ice Cream Parlor Of Yesteryear

Antique Soda Fountain Parlor Set Reclaimed by SK Sartell

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Heidi's Ice cream Parlor History

Heidi's History of The Ice cream Parlor called McGuire's in Harlem, Montana

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Saved Antique Details Of La Chicken

This poor baby was rescued for pennies. After I researched this little heavily built table, I discovered the hand carved front drawer panel was from a destroyed cabinet.

Smoke and burn marks are apparent. I envision this being in a old, beautiful and much loved cabinet. When the fire was extinguished, this little carved piece was all which could be saved.

The cabinet is built like a brick, well-worn and used. The body, legs and T-support were built from old wood. The builder wanted to save the hand carved drawer panel, so he built the entire table to showcase this feature.

I am excited to see The Graphics Fairy has featured this fun table. You can visit The Graphic Fairy story here:

Beautiful Farmhouse Table – Reader Featured Project by SK Sartell

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Painting Stripes With SK

I love striped walls.

I just hate the whole taping process...So...I just made it easier on myself and still got the results.

These walls are very heavily hand textured. Trying to stripe them with any taping method is almost impossible. The tape will not stick to the nooks and crannies of this texture.

I painted the whole room with a satin based paint. I let it dry overnight. This particular color is called Satin-based Svelte Green from Sherwin and Williams. I also had my paint store mix a quart of the exact color in semi-gloss paint. This will be my stripes.

Using a 6' level, I taped the level into the corner of a 8.5 ft. piece of ninety degree metal corner. This metal corner is usually used in the application of sheetrock corners and corners of windows before taping and texturing.

I wanted my stripes to be 6'. I measured around the whole room, and with a pencil marked every 12".

With the level taped to the inside of this metal corner it now became an 8.5 ft. level. This makes it possible to lay this long homemade level on each mark, making sure it was plum and straight. I must say this is easier with two sets of hands.