Crafting a Photography Prop

Last week I (with a lot of help from my hubby) crafted a weathered wood prop for a breastmilk jewelry photoshoot. 
I used a few craft blogs for inspiration but my Dear Hubby and I ended up modifying the designs with (in my opinion) good results.

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The board after its first coat of white paint.

We started with a Edge Glued Board and painted Side A with with a whitewash  (white paint diluted with water). 

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Side B after most of the stain was removed with paper towels.

After Side A dried I flipped it over to Side B and stained it with Minwax classic gray. I used paper towels to remove a lot of the stain.

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Side A after it was completely weathered.

​To finish Side A we sanded then stained over the whitewash. After it dried DH sanded in random patches. Lastly DH lightly painted with white paint with just the tip of the brush.

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Little time lapse video of the board being stained

Time lapse of the stain being applied to the other side of the board. Also a picture of right after I was done applying stain & a picture of right after I removed some stain with paper towels. □□□ • • • #diy #diyproject #diyphotographyprops #photographyprops #photographybackdrop #diybackdrop #weatheredwood

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Side A of the final project including the hand hold.

​To finish the prop off DH drilled a hand hold on the right side of Side A.

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The final result was used to photograph keepsake jewelry by the 
Birdie and the Bear.

Birdie and the Bear makes keepsake jewelry from a lot of different materials including breastmilk and flowers.
Check out her Instagram