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Altered Pages, Dixie Belle and Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween!  Well, not quite, but it's never too soon to start planning, right? Halloween is probably my favorite holiday and  I guess I have a bit of the Halloween bug already. So I thought let's go with it and give a cute little candle holder  a fabulously vintage Halloween makeover    with some Dixie Belle Chalk Paint  and Altered Pages  of course!     This is what I started with, a cute little tea light candle holder  that actually has been made over a couple times.   This most recent makeover included paint with  Dixie Belle Paint in Pure Ocean  then using  black acrylic paint I added some swirls.   This was fine, but it's been that way for a while and well, it was just time for a fresh look.  So, I gave it a light sanding with my sanding sponge.   Then,  wiped it clean with a mildly damp paper towel.    Next, came a layer of b...