How to paint mackenzie childs checks

A brief history of the "Courtly Check."

Check out my free youtube painting tutorial for how to paint this MacKenzie-Childs Inpsired Painted Knife Block. I hope you feel inspired from this easy courtly checked upscale! 👑🤩 In this paint finish video you'll learn: ✔How to make a checked grid pattern! 📏🏁 ✔How to get great paint coverage with minimal coats! 🎉 Isn't this a sharp 🔪 new look !🤣 This is a great small painted decor project to use Dixie Belle Chalk Paints -- makes thoughtful handmade gifts!

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…

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…

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...

As long as the thrift stores keep putting wooden knife blocks on their shelves….. I will keep painting them! My painting blog will show you how to create your own thrifted knife block makeover. Read it now or save it for a small painting project to do later, especially if you'll need handmade gifts ideas. This one I painted was in black and white checks - MacKenzie-Childs style #traceysfancy #thrifted #upcycled Painted Kitchen Decor Ideas + Knife Block DIY

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…

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…

A friend of mine asked me to paint these for her. I have to say that out of all the pumpkins I've been painting lately, these are my absolute favorites. They just add a little bit of class to the regular ole pumpkin. And if you've priced the real ones....you will want to make your own. I started by painting regular foam pumpkins (I got these at Michael's) that would have white in them - all white. Then I added the black. For the checked pumpkins, I started at the stem with a pencil and began…