chippy paint

okay, i HAD to talk about this.  i am usually not this excited about a craft i do.  but i have been trying to figure out how to get the look of "chipping paint" for a long time.  i have tried using a candle to rub wax on the wood and that works pretty well.  but i LOVE this look. 

here's what i did.  i stained my wood (with my new favorite color - provincial) and then took soap and scraped it along the sides and corners.  i rubbed the soap over the top of the detail part of the piece as well.  this wasn't just any soap though.  i got it at michaels or hobby lobby.  sorry i don't have a pic.  i bought it a long time ago and the package is long gone.  it is over in the soap making section of the store.  it comes in a bag (pink bag maybe) and it is small white squares.  this soap is softer than regular bar soap.  as i scraped it on the wood i kind of pressed it down onto the wood.  i so wish i had taken pictures of the process, but i had no idea i was going to love the outcome so much.  i promise to do more and take pics.  after i soaped them up, i sprayed them with heirloom white spray paint.  after they dried, i took a metal scraper and just scraped away.  anywhere there was soap, the paint just comes off.  here's a close up.

and here's a "B"

i realize it is sideways.  i'm a little sideways sometimes.  anyway, this is my new fav distressing method.  try it.

jb