Old Paris Frames

Hello to all the DIY loving people,
how are you today???

 I'd like to show you something smaller and different from what I usually do.

Ever since I saw Gesso Magic post at Villabarns by Rosemary,

this'd been on my to do lists for a while :)
What Rosemary does is just amazing, I love her work:)

According to Wiki, there are 3 kinds of gesso.
Traditional, Acrylic and Soy-based.
What I used is Acrylic gesso, probably the most readily available kind.
I'm not going to bore you by pasting detailed info here from Wiki,
 so if you're interested in learning more about gesso,
here is the Wiki contents about it :)

I bought 2 old frames with different flower inserts,

and I got acrylic gesso in white at a local Michael's store.

This is the Acrylic gesso I bought.

First, I painted the frames in grey.

This was regular latex paint from Behr.

I dried it with a hair dryer ( cuz I couldn't wait until it dries itself...lol)
then slathered on some gesso.

Then I wiped off some excess with an old sheet,
added more gesso where I felt needed and kept going like that

until I achieved the look I wanted.

Then I framed them with Old Paris images.

I just love Paris!! (who doesn't?)

So anytime I want some images or words that I'd like to add to my project,

it tends to be Paris or French related.

Oh did I mention my husband is French ( Canadian though!)? lol

Anyway, here are the finished products.

Aren't they lovely?
Those images are sealed with Mod Podge, by the way.

I love the old look gesso can create,

I'm totally smitten with the result:)

Have a great weekend everyone!!!



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