Paint Chip Art

I have seen ideas like this around blog land but lifecraftsandwhatever has a tutorial Here and so I was inspired by hers to make my own. (I need to put something on both sides of the picture thinking some candle sconce things.) This is made out of paint chip samples. I actually took a piece of my curtain along with me to Home Depot so I could match the colors to my living room. First I cut all the samples down to 3x3, then laid them out randomly to my liking. (I had to make mine 36x36 to have it centered and also cover an outlet from our TV that used to be mounted on the wall.)

I then cut a piece of plywood that we had in the garage to 36x36. I started using spray adhesive but found that to be to much of a pain so I switched to mod podge. First I painted a layer of mod podge in small sections (about 3-4 squares at a time) laid the squares tight to each other then brushed a light coat of mod podge on top, I used a small plastic scrapper and rubbed the mod podge around to give it a different textured look. 

I let that dry over night,

 then I used some dark stain my mom had and painted a heavy coat,wiped off and let dry. I did this about 3 times (until I got the aged look I wanted)

As for the edges (frame) I just hot glues some gross grain ribbon that I happened to find at the dollar store in a solid dark purple that matched perfect. I'm not sure if I am going to make a frame for it or not maybe down the road, as I have said before I have little patience for long projects and I am ready to get this on the wall in my living room!

All together this project only cost me a dollar! Gotta love that!

(paint chips - free / plywood, hot glue, stain, and mod podge - on hand / ribbon - dollar

This is by far the largest project I have ever attempted.)

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Friends Frame

I  want to start by apologizing for the lack of posts lately. Our labtop took a crap and our home computer runs really slow so I had to get it cleaned up before I could even do anything on it. Plus I haven't had much time to do any crafting due to my daughters summer activities, family events and working. Put I do have a quick easy craft for you today! I am hoping to have a little more time in the coming weeks to work on some wood crafts and one huge project that I can't wait to share with you guys just as soon as I can finish it!

This is a super easy. I have a bag of scrabble tiles in my craft supplies that I was using for the tile necklaces. I just found the letters I needed for the word I wanted and a frame I had on hand and hot glued the tiles onto the glass of the frame. I also had some butterflies (which are one of my favorite things) that I glued on also for a little something extra.

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Monogram Wreath U

This wreath I made for our door.

The U and the yarn I scored at Goodwill for 1.00 total, the wreath form again from the Dollar Tree, and the flower premade bunch from Hobby Lobby for 5.00. I attached the letter to the wreath with clear fishing line.

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Monogram Wreath H

I made this one as a gift for my best friend for letting us stay with them when we visited.

The wreath form is from the dollar tree, I wrapped it in some yarn, then hot glued some flowers on that I got at hobby lobby. The letter I got from goodwill for .25 and just painted it blue. I attached it with some clear fishing line so it looks like it's floating. Total cost under $10.00. (the wrapping of the yarn around the wreath took awhile but it let me catch up on some of my shows on the DVR)

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Wine a Little

I have a wine theme in my kitchen and wanted a small sign for the side of our cupboard.
I had some left over scrap wood that I cut down and painted A deep red then I used my cricut to cut out a saying "Wine a little you'll feel better". I used my sticker maker to adhere them to the wood, and added some wine glass and a bottle sticker, drilled 2 holes for some wire and your ready to hang.

(I didn't coat it with mod podge but you could, I am going to see how it holds up since its just hanging on the wall.)

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Soap Pump

I made and posted a Halloween version of this already but it was so easy I made a few more here is another one

Materials:

any soap bottle

 spray paint of choice (I used a brown hammered look)

graphic of choice (sticker or die cut)

mod podge

Directions:

1. Empty soap into a temporary container and rinse out

2. Spray paint bottle and if needed paint pump asm.

3. When dry attach graphic with mod podge only applied mod podge on and around the edges of the graphic. (If you use a vinyl sticker you don't need mod podge)

4. Refill with soap and you are ready to use.

You could easily personalize this for a housewarming gift.

Wine Bottle Light

I had this cool wine bottle (its hard to tell but it is a really pretty green color) that I've been hanging onto for this reason but just hadn't gotten to it till we moved. Our kitchen is rust, and brown tones so I went with a wine / bistro theme

I just went through my christmas stuff and found a small strand of lights and stuffed them into the wine bottle. I don't have a glass drill bit and didn't want to go out and buy one just for this so I just left it out the top. (it's in a corner so you really don't notice, but if I make anymore I think I will have to get one) I found a wine cork and trimmed it so it would fit in the top with the cord coming out. I had the wine glass got the grapes at walmart for like a $1.00 and voila!

Another idea I have seen is attaching the grapes to the top instead of a cork.