The First Project: Emrie

I am lucky to have such a great husband.  He has encouraged this new love of mine, pretends to listen to all of my ideas, and so far hasn't complained that I've started stacking the garage with furniture.  I grabbed this little end table from an antique mall  flea market; I thought it was so cute!  It was actually in really great shape, but since I can't stand plain brown wood anywhere but the floor I knew it needed my help.
I am also lucky to have such great friends that support me in my new love as well, as one of them has already laid her claim to it for her daughter's bedroom.  Therefore it is named after her.  Meet Emrie!

Don't you just love this cute knob?!  I think finding these things is one of the best parts of doing this so far!

And this paper, it seriously makes me happy.

My intention was to paint cute little clouds, but I cannot paint clouds (I have now learned).  So my attempt at copying the bird/branch pattern is now inside the drawer.  I am still undecided.