...finished...

So, last night I posted a little sneak peek of something I was working on...well, it's done.

I had wanted to make a painted rug for a while, and last week I finally dragged my bottom to IKEA and bought the soon-to-be-painted ~~victim~~ volunteer rug.

Here it is straight off the showroom floor (in all it's $9.99 glory)...

...fine rug on it's own, but not what I wanted...

And here is my inspiration...

source via Pinterest

This rug is going in my kitchen, so I wanted something kind of "food-ish" on it...I thought about French words and stuff, but when I saw this photo, I sort of changed direction...

I had to prime the rug (twice)...then I painted it with Martha Stewart's Gull in Eggshell (twice)...holy crow, I thought the paint would never cover that pattern...

I cut big 'ol stencils from my Silhouette (who has yet to be named...I'm leaning towards Mable or Frances...don't those sound like totally dependable work-horse names??? Please please please forgive me if your name is Mable or Frances...), placed them on the rug and went to work with some Martha Stewart Lagoon in Eggshell (I love the red in the original photo, but I think the Lagoon worked better in my kitchen)...

Here it is (almost done!)...