UPDATE: ROCKINGHORSE

the lovely Jenny over at frecklewonder has featured my rocking horse re-vamp on her blog! i am truly honoured. it was her presto, change-o! posts after all that kick started me into action. her blog is great by the way if you haven't been over there...then do. her bit about me is here.

ROCKING HORSE RE-VAMP!

a while ago we bought this wooden rocking horse for stanley for cheap from a flea market. i liked it, but was never in love with it and always thought it needed something more. it's face always bothered me, especially the naff boggly eyes, like it lacked character or something... well this amazing bit of sunshine inspired me go outside and give it the paint job it deserved!

so in the end we went from this:

to nicely sanded and ready for paint.

i chose these colours from fired earth and

did some design research.

in one afternoon i had achieved this...

i then gave a spray with some varnish as the paint is quite chalky and i didn't want it to rub off with use. i think stanley approves too!

inspired by the presto, change-o! post on frecklewonder