Paper Cowgirls and Kitchen Re-do (no relationship)

Last summer, I had such a great time at Paper Cowgirls and I saw how much fun Karla and Lisa had teaching, so I was tickled when head Cowgirl Cindy invited me to teach at this year's event.

My class is based on an article I did for Sew Somerset magazine that featured an altered baby dress.  Cowgirls in the class will have their choice of two versions of the dress- or they can mix and match elements from both of them. 

Paper Cowgirls is March 14 and 15 in Waxahachie Texas- which is just a darling little city with a real downtown with one of those grand old courthouses and  great shopping- gift shops, antique malls and a fantastic scrapbooking store- The Crafty Scrapper, where the classes will be held.

You can get more details on the Paper Cowgirls website and class sign-ups are here.

And onto something completely different.  Do you know what the best way to redo your kitchen is?

Have your friends do it for you....

On Friday, Karla and Karla painted my kitchen cabinets.  I wish I had a "before" picture, but imagine the cabinets looked like the door in the first picture.

I'm lovin' the clean light look.  I would have been scared to death to attempt it myself, but I trust Karla with paint like I trust my hairdresser with scissors.  I know everything will turn out just great.

The kitchen looks a little bare and spare, but I think that since so much of my house seems to filled with "stuff"- stuff to sell, stuff to sort, stuff to make other stuff out of, it's refreshing to have a room that looks like it could be in anyone's house.

Karla took quite a few close-up pictures and I think she's going to do a how to on her blog- but one of the best ideas she had was spattering.

She took some dark glaze, put it on a toothbrush, and then ran her fingers along the bristles so the paint spattered into little spots on the cupboards.

It's very similiar to what happens when a wet dirty dog shakes in your kitchen- so when that DOES happen, well, I won't have to grab a rag and clean up- (not that I would have anyway)- but now it will just fit right in.

I'm pretty lucky to have a friend that's a talented painter and can't resist a make-over challenge and another friend that just likes to paint.

Comments

[karla nathan]

I want to see the room with the door painted! Yes, I'll have a post about it tomorrow. Too bad we haven't had any rain yet so that you could see how the dog mud spatter blends in with our glaze splatter.

[Sandy]

Beth,

Your Paper Cowgirl project is stunning! I know you are going to have an amazing time sharing your talent there.

What great friends, love the new look!

[Annette]

It looks so great!! I knowhow it feels to go from the dark cabinets to white.....very uplifting!! and how great to have friends who will do it for you......you are lucky.
Annette

[fairyrocks]

Lovely redo!! Lovely friends. It must feel like a breath of fresh air!!
Well done indeed Ladies

[jeanie]

Saw Karla's tutorial and wanted to rush over here to see if you had a posting. Love it -- looks terrific in every way!

Also, the cowgirl photo -- lovely!

[Laurie]

Yes you are lucky in your friends! I am glad to see those photos of your Somerset-like pieces because I had wondered just what size they were when I saw them in the magazine. They are cute!

[Jeanne]

I wish Karla ans Karla could come to my house to transform my cabinets for me. I love how they turned out. It's something I've been wanting to do to my cabinets for a long time, but have just been afraid I would ruin them. I do hope that Karla decides to do a tutorial on how to do this.
Congrats on being selected to teach at Paper Cowgirls...that is exciting!
xo
jeanne

[Lara Bathurst]

I love that shade of yellow. It can look good in just about any type of room. Your kitchen cabinets perfectly match your walls. This is, indeed, a lovely kitchen you have here.