Basket Insanity and Paste Wax

Ok, I know how you all love Miss Mustard Seed as much as I do!
I caught her post on using a paste wax for a finish and HAD to order some to try it.
(And believe me, try it I did! Again and again and again, I am currently into distressing everything and then finishing it with the lovely paste wax!)
If you don't believe me check out my pictures!

I went and cleaned all the baskets out of the thrift store, (sorry ladie in my town, I shouldn't have chosen Easter weekend to buy out all the baskets, but I'm telling you, this waxing bug has hit me hard!)

Sprayed them with primer,
(*just another little note to make you believe how insane I went on the baskets- all those baskets in the pictures above,that just have the primer on them are STILL not painted, the ones I have already painted are in the pics below :)

and then painted them with lovely colors.
After that was dry, I sanded the edges to make them worn.
Then I added a coat of clear paste wax. (Minwax)
After that I rubbed in a layer of the Fiddes and sons Rugger Brown Paste Wax.
It just adds that brown, used look to the sanded parts and makes them really pop.

This mirror was (and still is, underneath the lovely paint and distressing) a cheap plasticky brown looking thing, HUGE improvement!

Had to add a few Clay tags to dress them up!

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Could this be zinc, or pressed tin, or?

So,

whaddaya think?

                                                         
                                                                       Could this be~

                                                                            Zinc? or~

Pressed tin? orrrr~

Oven Bake Clay?

Weellll,

It used to be this~

Until I did this,

removed the red block that was the house,

sprayed it with Bullseye 1-2-3 primer,

Rolled out some clay and cut it to fit the coat rack,

                                               Stamped it with a lovely vintage inspired design,

Made 3 round pieces of clay to fit over the ends of the coat hooks,
stamped them,
formed them to the shape of the end of the hook,

                                                   Took a fun pic of the formed, stamped circles:) ,

Then I baked all the clay on a cookie sheet,

Hauled out the fabulous Gorilla Glue and glued the circles on,

put glue on the main part,

Carefully placed the large piece of clay on and lined it up with the rounded edge,

Then came the paint,

2 coats of dark gray,
Followed by a dry brushed layer of black,
and then a whitewashed layer of
ivory, pearl white, and a touch of dark gray.

So there you have it!

Not zinc, or tin, but CLAY!!

I totally love this look and I think I will try this on an old desk or nightstand.

Maybe glue a layer of the stamped clay to the drawer fronts?

Follow me and see!

(Although I am not promising when it is gonna happen~ might be a little while)

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