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Paging Mallemo; Red Lantern progress

whitelinen — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:26:25 GMT

Just finished the lantern.

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whitelinen — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:28:08 GMT

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Re: Paging Mallemo; Red Lantern progress

whitelinen — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:43:03 GMT

Several things I would change if doing again.

First, would definitely use Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (ASCP) instead of the craft paint from HL. It chips and peels too easily. "You get what you pay for" springs to mind!

I debated about using Sloan's Emperor's Silk, a beautiful red like the color I chose from HL. The HL paint I used is outdoor paint; I think the ASCP could be weatherproof with a couple coats of her soft wax (like I used on the metal top of the lantern).

I would not take the time to put paper on the glass. It really did not prevent paint from adhering to the glass, and it acually caused more problems than it prevented. Next time I plan on just scraping off the paint that gets on the glass, comes off easily.

I used ASCP soft wax on the the metal top. It's a little spotty so I will apply another coat and polish.

I am very, very happy with the results.

I have a few bronze finish lanterns I'm going to try to paint white with ASCP for the FP for Christmas. Cancelled the cream Luminara lanterns; going to try to recycle what I have on hand. I don't know if the ASCP will stick to the slick bronze finish so I will do a test patch and hope for the best.

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Just Plain Crazy — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:51:04 GMT

Not mallemo but that is really nice whitelinen, look great. Great job on it. Can't wait to see it decorated. Thanks for sharing

JPC

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whitelinen — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:59:20 GMT

Hi J!! Thanks for the comments!

It took longer than I intended, but doesn't it always. I was too OCD about it; was just not needed for this lantern since the original finish is rustic.

What do you think about a plaid ribbon with an evergreen topper?

Still thinking about what's going inside, as well. A large Santa would look great. Will be on the hunt for one at my local resale shops since there always seems to be a lot of them available.

Don't think my JS Santa's are large enough.

What are you doing with yours? Using it for Christmas? Would love some ideas!!

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~moxie~ — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:22:09 GMT

Love it white linen. Awesome job.

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Just Plain Crazy — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 01:26:42 GMT

On 8/31/2014 whitelinen said:
Hi J!! Thanks for the comments!

It took longer than I intended, but doesn't it always. I was too OCD about it; was just not needed for this lantern since the original finish is rustic.

What do you think about a plaid ribbon with an evergreen topper?

Still thinking about what's going inside, as well. A large Santa would look great. Will be on the hunt for one at my local resale shops since there always seems to be a lot of them available.

Don't think my JS Santa's are large enough.

What are you doing with yours? Using it for Christmas? Would love some ideas!!

I could tell by looking wl that you put a lot of time into the lantern but it was worth it. Looks better than if you'd bought it that way.

I think a plaid ribbon with an evergreen topper would be really nice. I agree about the Santa and do think a large Santa would look good, maybe one that looked older. I think one that has cloth clothes and a snowy white beard and hair would look neat in it. That would pull out the red color of you lantern. How tall a Santa do you think you would need???

So far I haven't done a thing with mine yet but am thinking of what I can do with it and when out and about looking at things I wouldn't have looked at before wondering if they would look good in the lantern. It will be for Xmas though and hopefully next year will have time to come up with other ideas for each season.

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Theoriginallacey — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:00:13 GMT

You did a beautiful job.

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whitelinen — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:15:59 GMT

Many thanks moxie and luvmyboxer! Yes J i totally agree with your vision of the Santa! My thoughts exactly. My local GW seems to have a lot of those Santas. Will be lots of fun to find just the right one. Red of course!!

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BornToShop — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 02:56:01 GMT

Simply stunning WL!! A labor of love & job well done. I can't wait to see what you do with it, what you'll put in it, not that it needs a thing. I'm still playing around with mine, I' m geared towards Halloween at this point.

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Marsha2003 — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:23:29 GMT

Whitelinen, the lantern looks fabulous. I think you did a great job with the transformation and I can't wait to see how you decorate with it.

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rosehill — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 03:49:57 GMT

You did it again, whitelinen! That is one BIG lantern, and I can't wait sot see how you style it. You have great taste, and can always be depended on to create something unique!

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whitelinen — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:10:43 GMT

Thanks to all! It was simple to paint. I think I made it harder by taping & putting paper on the glass.

So those of you wanting to change the color of your lantern, go for it! Craft paint is available everywhere. I think the outdoor craft paint I used was the problem.

You can find any kind of paste wax at WM or a hardware for the metal top. That took about 5 minutes. An hour for the painting & cleaning up the glass, and you are done.

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whitelinen — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:20:21 GMT

On 8/31/2014 rosehill said:
You did it again, whitelinen! That is one BIG lantern, and I can't wait sot see how you style it. You have great taste, and can always be depended on to create something unique!

Hi rose! So happy to see you here. Yes, it is BIG!! Guess I got what I wished for!

Have to blame that old enabler mallemo this time. I really did not pay much attention to the width when I bought it; I was so concerned about getting a tall lantern. It was pretty shocking to see actually how large the thing is!

But I think it will fill up pretty quickly. May be nice to have some extra space and not have to cram things in.

Next up for the hunt is an evergreen topper with a plaid ribbon.

Are your Grandbabies back in school? Are you keeping any Littles this winter? My youngest DGK is 3, and he will be in nursery school three days a week.

My oldest DGK is 12! Hard for me to believe they are growing up. And a little sad. Don't think there will be anymore as my son (my youngest) is dating a girl with a 7 year old and they have decided that's all they want. His choice, but I am having a little trouble with it. I would never pursue it with him. Sigh.

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rosehill — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:23:56 GMT

On 9/1/2014 whitelinen said:
On 8/31/2014 rosehill said:
You did it again, whitelinen! That is one BIG lantern, and I can't wait sot see how you style it. You have great taste, and can always be depended on to create something unique!

Hi rose! So happy to see you here. Yes, it is BIG!! Guess I got what I wished for!

Have to blame that old enabler mallemo this time. I really did not pay much attention to the width when I bought it; I was so concerned about getting a tall lantern. It was pretty shocking to see actually how large the thing is!

But I think it will fill up pretty quickly. May be nice to have some extra space and not have to cram things in.

Next up for the hunt is an evergreen topper with a plaid ribbon.

Are your Grandbabies back in school? Are you keeping any Littles this winter? My youngest DGK is 3, and he will be in nursery school three days a week.

My oldest DGK is 12! Hard for me to believe they are growing up. And a little sad. Don't think there will be anymore as my son (my youngest) is dating a girl with a 7 year old and they have decided that's all they want. His choice, but I am having a little trouble with it. I would never pursue it with him. Sigh.

Your paint job really turned out great. You could probably find a spray of greenery that already has some ornaments and berries on it, if that is the look you are going for. You could wire it, along with your bow to the top finial.

My DGKs are pretty young. The oldest is going to be 4 in November. She will be going to pre school two days a week- one day when her other grandma has her- one day when I have her. Her sister is only 1 1/2. That's all I have. Our other son isn't married, so no kids. Boo Hoo. Maybe your youngest son will reconsider as time goes along. I know how you feel, as I keep hoping our oldest will find a nice girl. Sure would be nice to have some grand babies from him, too!

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SHOPR — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:42:39 GMT

It looks great, WL. I think you chose a perfect red.

The way I see it, it's pretty straightforward when thinking of using two candles in this--either staggering or equal heights, flameless or the VPH electric glitter candles, then adding greenery and/or other embellishments both in the lantern and attached to the top. I think this general idea is going to work nicely with this lantern.

I'm struggling to figure out what I might do, though, if I decide to use figurines for a sort of vignette inside the lantern. Since there are two identical arched display windows, I'm trying to imagine what would look best. Know what I mean? For example, if you place a Santa in one side, what will you do with the other side? Trees? Reindeer? Something shorter or taller? A snowman? Where are your thoughts headed? Anyone have any plans to share yet?

I like my lantern outside the front door so much, that in spite of its starting to show surface rust on the screws, I placed it back out there again. My mom saw it for the first time, and loved it. But would you believe that she said, "I was thinking that it would look even better and show up better if it was painted red". She doesn't read here, but she does know that I've been thinking of painting it.

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whitelinen — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:12:02 GMT

On 9/1/2014 SHOPR said:
It looks great, WL. I think you chose a perfect red.

The way I see it, it's pretty straightforward when thinking of using two candles in this--either staggering or equal heights, flameless or the VPH electric glitter candles, then adding greenery and/or other embellishments both in the lantern and attached to the top. I think this general idea is going to work nicely with this lantern.

I'm struggling to figure out what I might do, though, if I decide to use figurines for a sort of vignette inside the lantern. Since there are two identical arched display windows, I'm trying to imagine what would look best. Know what I mean? For example, if you place a Santa in one side, what will you do with the other side? Trees? Reindeer? Something shorter or taller? A snowman? Where are your thoughts headed? Anyone have any plans to share yet?

I like my lantern outside the front door so much, that in spite of its starting to show surface rust on the screws, I placed it back out there again. My mom saw it for the first time, and loved it. But would you believe that she said, "I was thinking that it would look even better and show up better if it was painted red". She doesn't read here, but she does know that I've been thinking of painting it.

You gave me a lot to think about SHOPR!!

Two luminara's, staggered like you said, would be perfect with greenery. I am too cheap to buy them right now, and my CI will probably work. HL usually carries small to medium pedestals that would give the candles extra height. I have several, but I'm using them so will search for something that might work.

I do like the Santa in the lantern. A couple of large trees to the right would look good; along with the battery operated micro lights.

SHOPR your mother has great instincts . . . the lantern just pops now. I think it would also look really good painted white, or black. It has great lines, lol!!

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whitelinen — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:18:35 GMT

Where is mallemo? Looks like her last post was on the 26th?

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whitelinen — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:21:30 GMT

Not red, but I like the way this one is presented. Cute JS Santa; I'm sure JPC has this one!!

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GCR18 — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 01:28:29 GMT

The lantern turned out nice. I probably would do something boring like put two candles in it. Good job.