Penny table; Part 1

Penny table beginnings ... I suggested to the husband that I really wanted a table for the back porch, we have an outside dining type patio set, but I want it on the front porch so I can do homework out there. I wanted something big enough to hold a few drinks out back. 

So he tells me ok he will take a piece of board we had left over from another project to work and have it cut into a circle on the water jet machine they have that cuts wood like butter. So while he's at work he sends me a text and asks me if I want a design like a scallop.... And I'm thinking of this table at the miller house...

And of course I was super excited and said YES! And he brings me home this beauty....

I had already planned on recycling my old milk can....

Then I start thinking how can I make this table a little more "stylin" I love the brass of the miller table, but I live in an old farm house, and remember I wAnt this table to weather the summer outside. So fancy isn't going to cut it for this household :) 

My first steps were to spray paint the wood a copper color ( here's a pic with my door plaque and my rose wreath all being spray painted the same day) 

And here's the beginning look with my glass of inspiration, modeling a "before" shot. 

Then me and Wes, started searching the house for pennies, it wasn't too hard, the husband had a bunch hoarded in a drawer and I had a few more stuck in an old purse waiting to get cashed in. So we got some super glue and put them down.

We ran out and I ended up taking Wes' penny stash to finish it! Poor kid, the things he gives up for the sake of my art sometimes :)  he had a whole 5 pennies left when I finished gluing them down. 

So now we are stuck at this stage. I have some heat and bond foil to go around the edge, but I want to pour a resin top on it and I'm still in the research stage of that. I've read where people use duck tape to hold an edge while pouring and curing resin, but I haven't figured out the right resin to get either. After all I don't need a gallon of resin for this table, maybe a quart probably a lot less.

So we are at a stand still at this point. I have finals next week and then 2 whole weeks off before summer classes start, I'm hoping to finish it before then. I'll keep you posted :) 

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House numbers super cool nail art sign

So I've seen a few different house signs on Pinterest that I thought were pretty cool. I wanted something that I could see from the road,so I went into Photoshop and made a mock up of #s on a regular piece of paper! I did a few different designs and ended up not using this first one... 

I did use the tracing paper , but as you can see I cheated a little and used so e rusty old roofing nails that were In the shed from the previous owner and used snips to cut off 4-5 nails at once and hammer them in on the line. 

And here's the final product, I like how it looks, unfortunately from far away it's kinda hard to read unless you are almost in front of it. So the husband hung it by the back door for me as art :) 

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