Wreaths and I are finally friends.

Examples of wreaths the inspire me to try and make one.

I love both of these styles.  They make me smile.

How cute is this!!!!  Made out of marshmallows.  hahahaha

maybe for Christmas...

I hold a deep dark secret that frustrates me to no end.  I agonize over it.  I feel like a crafting failure because of it.  I can't make wreaths.   I throw my hands up in frustration every time I attempt to make one.  Why out of all things, is it the little round wreath that gives me such trouble?  Show me a picture of most anything else and I will pretty successfully copy it for cheaper of course. ;D  I think God forgot to give me a wreath gene.  And of course I refuse to pay for them though.  They are so stinkin pricey and even over priced at that.  So because of my handicap with the wreath I normally hang something like THIS on my door.  With so many of you making the most adorable wreaths this year I decided to give it one last go.  Here are the photos of my attempt.

Painted a styrofoam form from Hobby Lobby.  The paint is called Pistachio, but it's more lime green.

 So far so good.  

I found some cute cupcake holders at Hobby Lobby for 1/2 off.

 

All I did here was fold the cupcake wrappers into flower shapes and hot glued them on.  This got a little frustrating for me because my crafting OCD kicked in at this point and a few didn't look as good as I hoped.  I plugged along in hopes that the more I got on there the less the bad ones would show.  I did a small grouping on each side of the wreath.  Top, bottom, left and right then filled in the gaps.  Trying to keep it balanced.

A better view of the cupcake wrappers and how they looked glued on and bunches together. 

 I was very hopeful at this point.  

I used 150 wrappers for this project. 

I hot glued a pink ribbon down a white one I had to coordinate with the wreath's colors.

And, now I can say the wreath and I are on the road to becoming friends.  Possibly BFFs one day.  Well, lets not get carried away Kelly.  Baby steps right?  My front door finally displays a wreath for the first time.  I am quite smittin with it.  Maybe one day I will attempt something harder but for now I will sit back and enjoy the fact that I can now finally say, "Hello, my name is Kelly and I can make wreaths."  

What kind of projects do you struggle with?  Share with me so we can be joined in our struggles together.  Happy Crafting!!!!

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Birdie Love on Spring Break

Over Spring break my friend Amy and I got together to craft.  She wanted to do something with birds on it.  Birdie art is all over blog land and in designer magazines.  When my sister came to town she loved it and wanted to make one for my nieces room.  These are such a quick, easy and inexpensive project to add decor to any room in your house.  My inspiration came from the blog UNDER THE SYCAMORE.

my birdie's still need eyes

They are hanging on either side of the kitchen entryway.  They added more color here.

Amy's art

Cherie's art for my niece's room

I just love these colors!!  Wish I had a little girl's room to decorate.

Love this bird too with the pink eye.

My canvases were recycled, so cheap for me.  All you need are canvases of any size, scrapbook paper, mod podge, black sharpie, paint(if you want to add color to your canvas) and buttons for the eyes.  
1.  Paint your canvas if you want to add color
2.  cut our your birds and leaves(I printed some off line and cut them out then traced onto pattern paper)
3.  Draw out your limbs with a light pencil stroke. 
4.  Use the black sharpie to trace over pencil strokes.
5.  Place leaves and birds where you want them to go and then mod podge them down.  What for about 10 min and then go over the entire canvas with a layer of mod podge to seal.  


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Ballard Inspird Clock

This is the clock that started this project.  It is time to come out of my "theme" phase of decorating.  My Kitchen is coffee themed.  For 2 reasons...1) My husband is an addict and 2) I love the color scheme.  But it is time to move on and move on inexpensively.  If you aren't familiar with  

Ballard Design then go check them out.  If you can copy cat projects this is a great source.  Their items, in my opinion, are way over priced and can be copied for pennies.  My inspiration for the clock is all over blog land and in Ballard.

Original Art from Ballard Design

 CHECK OUT THESE OTHER BLOG EXAMPLES:

Paint chip art

Abstract Art with paint chips

Dollar Store Ballard Art

I am normally not a contemporary design kinda gal or abstract but I am drawn to this design each time I see it.  So here is what I did with my coffee clock.

supplies: mod podge, paint chips and foam brush

Paint chips are FREEEEE, but I felt bad taking so many which is why I did a small project.  Maybe if I hit different home improvement stores I wouldn't feel so bad. 

I mod podged the clock and the back of the paint chips.  Don't put any on top of the paint chips yet.

I decided to cut a tree out of the extra brown and leaves from the other colors.  Just to be me.  Makes it a little less abstract for me.

 I then flipped in upside down and trimmed the edges with my razor blade.

I forgot to take a picture of the step before this, but I glazed it with brown to age it a bit.  

I then covered the entire clock with 2 coats of mod podge.  Letting it dry between coats.

Horrible picture, but the walls are a yellow and this is the final clock picture.  I think the yellow was too overwhelming for my camera.  Sorry. 

Imagine the possibilities with paint chips.  This cost me next to nothing to make.  I already had the clock and the chips were free.  My only out was the use of mod podge.  See what you can redecorate in your house for next to nothing.  It's a great feeling when you do!!

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