Tea Light Bridge Creatively Sam's

On our last visit to the thrift shop, we found a wooden tea light bridge. I liked the shape of it, but brown wood doesn’t go with my home. What did I do? Painted it, naturally. 😉 This is the Tea Light Bridge now.

This is how the Tea Light Bridge looked when we got it. I think they wanted to make sure the buyer knew the price. The original tag was on the bottom. It was from Target.

The first thing that I did was to lightly sand the piece & then prime the entire piece with black acrylic paint.

Then I gathered the colors of paint that I wanted to use to make the stones. I used black, white & a medium grey acrylic paint & a small flat paint brush. Once I’d put the paints on the plate, I mixed them in separate areas.

There is no rhyme or reason to how you load the brush. I just dunk the brush in a section of the paint, and then touch one corner to a lighter shade. I added a row of ‘stones’ in a brick pattern with the lighter shade towards the top. The second row was done the same, except the stones were put added in the brick pattern. Keep adding rows of ‘stones’ until you reach the top, keeping the lighter shade towards the top.

(Sorry about the blurred pictures)

Repeat on the other side, making sure that the lighter shade faces the top. Keep adding paint as needed by dunking the paint brush into the paint puddles & putting the lighter shade on one corner.