How to paint mackenzie childs checks

119.7K I found this table on Craig’s List. It was being sold for $40 and I thought, nice price let’s go check it out. Upon arrival, I must have looked hesitant because the guy dropped the price to $20. And as tempting as that sounded, I’d decided to pass. Then I hear this magical word echo out. FREE frEE...

Have you seen the new Mackenzie - Childs catalog? Every page is full of gorgeous eye candy. I love the whole Courtly Check line. Every single piece!! You can describe MacKenzie - Childs products as gorgeous, fabulous, beautiful, unique, original, definitely high quality. Affordable, budget friendly, inexpensive??? No, you would never use those words to describe MC products. This little black and white check pot was inspired by MC. First off I painted a few coats of white acrylic paint onto a…

Have you seen how much those MacKenzie-Childs topiary urns sell for? $800!!! This is a budget-friendly way to get the same look. I'm all about the black + white patterns so I'd love to show you how I did it. Click over to the blog to see them in action ... and how I decorated them with pumpkins at Halloween. Plus I'll give you the exact paints I used, where I bought the original urns & exactly how to weather proof them so they can sit on your front porch for any season! #christmasporch…

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Hand painted DIY courtly check on Goodwill plates! Uhm LOVE! Not 100% perfect, im still learning & practice makes perfect, right?!? Hopefully I can perfect it soon! I used nothing fancy, just acrylic paints from the craft section at Walmart (these can be found at any craft store, I live in a super small town & my nearest craft store is around 40 minutes away! Boo). The paint brushes I bought at Walmart also, I found a value pack for around $4 bucks. Cheap! Make sure the end is squared, not…

I have been painting a lot of pumpkins lately. One of my friends asked me to make her some pumpkins with the MacKenzie-Childs patterns. I was a bit hesitant but…

Traditional doesn't always have to LOOK that way... see the nutcracker makeover that could be used most any time of year! Black and whit...

Several of you have asked how I get the colors in my checks. There are a couple of ways to do this. You can pull through as you go along...

DIY Black White Check Flower Pot Inspired by MacKenzie - Childs: