Christmas crafts from a new country girl
• Ornament storage from recycle wrappings
Crafts and DIY
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Choosing a paint color using Photoshop
(a Photoshop tutorial)
Imagine taking a jar of butternut squash soup to a paint store to find the perfect shade of gold. It was a good idea I thought, at the time ( it wasn't actually me) ... and the painted dining room was fabulous, BUT... now days we can take an easier route and play with paint colors in Photoshop. This has REALLY saved me a lot of time and money in decorating, and is easier than carrying around soup.
Old versions of Photoshop work just fine for this type of craft, PLUS a photo of whatever it is you want to paint. The picture of above is the corner of a fireplace mantel I am painting. You can see on the left a clipboard picture of the fireplace that was generated by Photoshop. It's coming out really good, I think!
Here's the nook to the left of the fireplace above. I chose the butter-color trim (I actually named it honeysuckle), and the old-gold wall paint using Photoshop. This Photoshop design work is documented here, if you'd like to learn this high-tech way of choosing paint colors!
Wicker bench rehab, with multi-color paints (read more)
Tropical colors swimming together add up to one of my favorite color combinations, read more about this color blending technique on wicker here.
Christmas crafts from a new country girl
• Ornament storage from recycle wrappings
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