The Napkins, The Barn & Fox Hollow Cottage

You've seen the dining room chair backs, and heard how I loved the whole process of redoing those chairs (my nose just grew because that is a complete lie) but you did not see a tutorial on how to transfer the image.

Mostly that's because when I'm in the zone, stopping to take photos almost never happens.  That and my tutorials usually suck.

But when I do a guest post I don't skimp.

So while my friend Shannon is on vacation in my old stomping ground of Southern California, I'm at Fox Hollow Cottage today with a tutorial on how I took some old muslin napkins and used the image from my chair backs and made matching napkins.

The tutorial is the same process I used for the chair backs.
Here is the mock up along with one of the chair backs, side by side.  

Chair back computer mock up on left, actual chair back on right

Ok, great Bliss, but what's this business about a barn have to do with a tutorial at Fox Hollow Cottage on napkins?

Let me just tell 'ya....

In case you don't know, Shannon is an aqua lover.  And although I can think of a lot of people who would like to get their hands on some authentic aqua barnwood, when I see the color it's her that I first think of.

Early Fall of 2012 I took some photos from my neck of the woods.  I did a post that included pictures like this....

There are no less than 4 wineries within 15 miles of our house.  This one is right down the road.

Along with the beautiful countryside, I took photos of this barn also down the road from me.....

I saved the photos of the aqua barn specially for Shannon.  About a week later - on pinterest - were photos of the barn!  At first I was all like HEY, who lives by me and blogs that I don't know about?  Then I was sad because Shannon saw the aqua barn that I was saving special for her.

So in honor of my guest post over at Fox Hollow Cottage; 

Shannon... I love 'ya man, this barns for you.

And the aqua outbuildings too....

Just keep in mind that right now they are covered in a bunch of this stuff......

Head over to Fox Hollow Cottage and take a peek at my napkin tutorial using the CitraSolv method.  They turned out P.D.C. (pretty darn cute) if I do say so myself.

Or as Shannon would say...... 

they've been  

"Blissed".