Modge Podg-ing for the first time

I've been researching some pretty cool projects with Modge Podge on Pinterest..And since I moved to California in late December, I figured I needed to make something Pacific-Coasty-ish...

After a long bike ride with the kiddos, I went to Michael's because I needed a few things...(like a stencil for another project that is blowing my mind right now)...and I came across this!

$19.99 at Michael's

It's absolutely PERFECT!  So then I needed that roller, and the brush to brush on the Modge Podge...I bought the whole kit and caboodle!

I was having a fun time!  LOL!  (Who knew it would be so easy?!)

Either way.  This is the mess awesome piece that I bought from Goodwill for only $4.99!!

Since I am new to this refinishing thing....I really hadn't a clue what I wanted to do with it until I found that scrapbook paper...I did have a theory in my head that Wanted this blue color badly on everything.  (That will be in another blog...Don't worry!)

I DO love this blue, however, it's sooo.....umm...BLUE!  It is very bright...I needed to tone it down a bit.  (This was before Melissa told me about the Antiquing glaze.)  So I just went with it.  I had used Ebony colored stain for some drawers, and the blue on the Sides of the other drawers.  It is Valspar Latex paint that I had made into chalkboard paint with plaster of paris.

Then I started my first attempt with the Modge Podge...

EEEKKKK!!!!!  I was so scared!!

I traced out tall the shelves on the back of the scrapbook paper.  Then I put my layer of Modge on the shelf, used my roller thing to bend the ends, let it dried and then sealed it about 5 times with more Modge Podge!

Then on with the Antiquing stain....again, since this was my first time using the stain, I actually used the bottom of the one blue drawer to play around with it...I will say, it wasn't too bad!

Now, I wasn't liking the black drawers...I felt like it "needed" a bit something more...

Some of the blue had scratched onto the black and I thought, Wal-lah!  I will dry brush the blue onto the top rim of the black drawers to give it a little "something" extra.  Then, I used more of the scrapbook paper to line the inside of the drawers~with my new friend Modge of course!  :-)

With that, here is the final product!  I have yet to polycrylic it...but it really came out adorable!  For my very first project ever, I will have to say I didn't do too shabby!