This is an old chinese style cabinet I had knocking around. I have painted my kitchen table and chairs with french linen, I wanted an injection of colour, so I painted the cabinet in Emperor's silk here it is

cabinet before

cabinet after

you too can paint your lamp shade!

Today I painted my lamp shades. They were dark purple and didn't match my new decor, I bought new ones. They old shade had a large fitting to fit the light and the new ones had a small, the large ones in the shop were all funky colours, so, I painted my old ones :) I used Annie Sloan chalk paint in original. The shades needed two coats of paint as the colour was so dark, take a peek

lamp before (un-painted)

Lamp after (painted)

Today I painted my kitchen table and chairs, they were very tired and needed a new lease of life. I decided to paint them in Annie Sloan's french linen and limed them with original. All in all it was a very pain free experience and I can highly recommend this paint. There is no prep work involved at all just that the piece been painted is clean. No sanding, no primer, nothing just the chalk paint

Table before

Table after

my cake journey

My name is Geri, I love to bake and craft...here are a few of my cakes. I started baking in 2007 when I made my brother-in-law's wedding cake (brave man) and have made quite a few since. Let me show you some of them...