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DIY Two-Tone Picture Frame

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A couple of weeks ago I shared another free printable with you.  In case you missed it, you can take a look at it over here.  The frame that I chose to put my copy of the printable in was a two-tone frame that I painted myself.  Today I am going to share a simple technique on how to get this two-tone look.
  

Lately it seems that I  cannot get enough of chalk paint.  I am sorry if it is overload for you, I just cant help it.  However, for this project you do not have to use chalk paint, you can pretty much use any type of paint that you want. yay! 

I first took a plain wood picture frame that I picked up from my local craft store and painted it the accent colors that I wanted.  Now you can see from the pictures that  I painted the entire picture frame with the accent colors.  After I was done with this project I realized that I really only needed to paint it in the places where I wanted the accent paint to show through- lesson learned.  After letting the accent colors dry I painted the entire frame white. 
After the white paint dried I used some 120 grit sand paper to gently distress the white paint so that the blue and green would show through.  I thought it would be cool to do two different accent colors.  I found out that this particular blue and green are so similar that once I had sanded the frame I could not really tell the difference between the blue and the green parts.  So, if you decide to do two different accent colors choose ones that are quite different.  The cool thing about this project is you can sand off a little or a lot.  If you sand off too much, have no fear, just add another thin layer of white pant and re-sand.
Once I was done sanding I used a clean cloth to remove all of the dust.  I then used my paint brush to apply a thin layer of wax.  I used a separate clean cloth to buff and wipe off the extra wax.  This frame turned out super cute and it was easy peasy.

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  4. I loved how it looked before you put white paint on it. But it turned out so nicely. The saying is very catchy and yes I sang the words right away, not sure it was right tune but doesn't really matter does it?
    I'm going to save all three as I'm going to print them out for people I know. Good thing to hang up to remind people huh? Thanks for sharing this with us all. The colors you used are very pretty, my favorites.
    Trying to cool off, been out seeing to the chickens (5) we got from daughter's neighbor 3 weeks ago. They're laying eggs already, they're about 6 months old. Egg today was way too soft shelled but Sunday we had a blue one, were surprised. Been feeding them lots of treat party mix and Oyster feed and make sure we give them cool clean water twice a day. It's really hot here so want to keep our little girls happy. I've never had chickens but had relatives when I was kid that had lots of chickens. It's kinda interesting to watch them, getting used to them. Certainly never thought we'd have chickens. Our daughter started it with her girls, they had 3 but one turned out to be a rooster, so they gave him away. One of their neighbors is moving to Denver area so can't have chickens, gave us chickens, carrier, feed/water dishes, and a very nice coop. Have you ever had chickens?
    Enjoy your wonderful printable/frame. Happy summer days

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  10. The frame came out great. I actually liked the mixed of colors before the white paint a lot too. Visited you on Sverve too. Thanks for sharing on Merry Monday.

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    • Erlene thanks for stopping by! I liked the mixed colors too but ended up just going with the white and a hint of color. Still trying to figure our Sverve, thanks for visiting over there.

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  11. I can see why so many people love chalk paint. There's so many creative things you can do with it! I love how you were able to get both paint colors to show through.
    Thanks so much for linking this up to the Frugal Crafty Home Blog Hop–this will be one of my features at our next party!

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  14. My brother suggested I may like this website. He was once totally right.
    This post actually made my day. You cann’t believe simply how much time I had spent for this information! Thanks!

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