I had a friend throwing away this old oak kitchen table and chair set...I of course entertain alot and thought I could do something with it. I sanded down the table and used Red Rustoleum paint and rolled it on the table and chairs. I did have to use a brush in some areas. It took about 4 coats and hours and hours of drying time. I then cut out the houndstooth stencil on my silhouette machine and used contact paper that you use to line your cabinets since it is only about $7.99 for 12ft vs silhouette vinyl or craft vinyl which runs $9.99 for just 2 24 inch sheets.
My husband had to help me layout the pattern because it did literally make me cross my eyes..
I then rolled over the stencils with the aqua blue paint which was a valspar paint since it can be tinted. After 2 coats and dry time...I then used the clear coat from Hobby Lobby that runs about $39.99 unless you use a off coupon. I then mixed equal parts and poured it over the tops of the chairs and table top. It says to allow 24 hours dry time which I allowed about 48 hours and that still wasn't enough time because the chairs did crease and have leaves stick to them once I placed it outside. Other than that it has held up great with rain and snow...Good Luck and Enjoy !
I first used a cookie cutter to cut out the pound cake hearts then stuck a fork in them
Then I mixed vanilla and chocolate icing and dipped the hearts in them. I used caramel and softened it in the microwave and used a spoon to flatten it. Then I cut out the ear shape with a butter knife. I used white icing and chocolate chips for the eyes...Red hots for the nose and Candy hearts for the tongue. I used the oreo cookies with one vanilla and one chocolate side and crushed those for the puppy spots.
