A new lil' Cottage Industry tutorial blog.

 You all know that old book pages and sheet music are part of my signature look, and have endured seeing countless projects done this way. Well, the other day, I was over at Carter's home helping his Mama to add some book pages to an old book case for the home office in her new home, and she had the fabulous idea to film me for a nice little tutorial to share with you.

I'll tell you right now that I insisted she film my arms only for this first time online tutorial because :

A. I am a woman over 50 that is more vain than I'd like to admit (and I think most of us "girls" that are over 50 are this way....) and 

B. I was having a really bad hair day, (No, seriously I was.) and 

C. I was caught in a typical Pacific Northwest (I still can't really believe I live here, can you?!) downpour before going to Carter's home and it made the bad hair day oh-so-much-worse.

Anyway.

Now that I have shared why you only see my hands (and a fraction of my nose and lips in one ten second spot) I would like to share the very first tutorial video with you.  (By the way, Carter's Mama created the new blog for me on Blogger because Typepad, as much as I love it, isn't so video friendly as I would like.) I will however, be jazzing up the looks of this tutorial blog in the very, very near future (As soon as I get the password and such from Carter's Mama.)

The first (in hopefully a nice long series) of tutorials is on Decoupaging book pages. You can find it here. (The link to the tutorial blog is now on my blog's sidebar.) 

Oh, one more thing...I have a fair amount of kind of...pauses....and I do not usually talk this way (any, I don't think I do) but, I was trying to get my thoughts together, and there was a bit of a race for time, as we could hear Carter on the baby monitor, stirring from his nap, and time was of the essence. 

Comments

[Kathleen Solomi]

50 you are a mere child , anyway I think my hall table is due for a revamp . Its a small drop leaf and is decoupaged with full blown roses at present . I,ll do the other leaf with book pages after reading your blog. I,m off to the post off,. but will be back to read your blog--cottonreel

[LindaSonia]

Your tutorial was excellent and truly well done. I didn't notice any long pauses or awkward moments. It was perfect!! Thanks for sharing :)

[Farmlady]

Listen to you. All the disclaimers and insecurities. I took a look at the video and it was great!
Can I do a painted wall with this same technique? If I wipe it well with TSP? If it's a flat paint?
Sure looks good in your video. Thanks for the tutorial.

[Tracey Buxton]

Yes, the technique works great on ANY surface! If you look at the one link in the post, it goes to my old bathroom at 41 Taylor, which the other Tracery and I did up in vintage book pages.
Tracey

[sandy]

Oh come on, you are a very pretty lady.

[Barbra]

Hi Tracey ~

I luv'd your "word intro." & the video; it was very informative/the camera shots were cinema clear/& the instructor was A+!! :o)
(Now I'm waiting for the tutorial that shows us "how you do 48 hours worth of work in 24 hours"!) :o)
God Bless,
Barbra.

[Betsy Derr]

That was great, Tracey! Thanks for posting the video. I look forward to more video tutorials in the future.
It's funny, your voice sounds totally different to me than I imagined it would! But now I feel like I know you that much better and will be able to hear your voice now in your posts, like we're talking over tea : )

[patricia eaton]

Since we are 'our own worst enemies,' I think you shouldn't worry about your arms, your voice or any of those things...your tutorial is quite nice and you sound nice too! Don't worry so much, as those of us 'out here'and 'way over 50' think you are fabulous!!! I learned something from this video and isn't that the important thing? Thank you...pat

[sue]

MY HERO! I'm about to tackle a project just like this for the very first time and was looking for a help. MY SAVIOR! XOX Can't wait to watch the video and begin!

[rene@missgracieshouse]

I tried it and it was incredibly easy! THANKS!
Rene