Is it a Pinterest Fail?

 

 

I am not nearly as creative as some of my family members.  My husband, Steve, is very creative and so are my kids.  They get a lot of the creative genes from the Oxley's.  Don't get me wrong, I like to create.  I love to cook and create yummy goodiness in the kitchen.  My mom, my grandma (on my dad's side), an my aunts (again on my dad's side) are all wonderful cooks.  I guess that desire and love to cook came from these wonderful ladies.  Our youngest daughter Becca, loves to cook too.  She is amazing and will way surpass me with this skill. 

(Sorry, I went on a cooking rant)

If I do anything crafty, I need tutorials and pictures to copy.  I'm not creative enough to come up with the ideas on my own.

This is my latest creation, copying someone else's idea.

 

Ikea Farmhouse Basket

(Idea from Jami Ray Vintage YouTube video)

The Ikea basket after applying stain

I went quickly to Michael's to buy the chalk paint.  I haven't ever used chalk paint before.  This is what I picked out.  It worked just fine (at least I think so).

I applied the gray pewter, thinned with water.  I wish I would have applied it a little more sparingly. 

 

Next I added the white chalk paint.  I tried to follow Jami Ray Vintage as close as I could.  It dried very quickly and then I added the plants which I also bought from Ikea. 

I really like the way it turned out. It looks like weathered old barn wood.

It reminds me of Spring. 

What do you think?