Saturday, September 8, 2012

Knock Off MacKenzie-Childs Candlesticks

I recently bought a pair of brown wooden candlesticks at GW for $.50. I primed them, painted them white and then painted black checks on them:
In no time at all, I had a pair of cute "knock-offs":
A little 14K Gold trim and some spray acrylic finished them off nicely:
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Patti @ Pandoras Box
Patti @ Pandoras Box

I live in central NY and I am a retired family and consumer science teacher. I enjoy all types of crafting, decorating and cooking

9 comments:

  1. These are adorable. I recently bought a pair of brass candlesticks and wondered if you might be able to paint them. I'll send you a photo and see what you think. ;-)
    Happy weekend.........Sarah

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  2. Patti, these are adorable. Such a cute shape, and the courtly check looks perfect on them!

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  3. I love the shape of them! You are the CC queen:-)

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  4. Those are great! I saw the teapot you painting for Hyacinths for the Soul. That was amazing!!

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