Sunday, July 10, 2011

recent projects

diy jewelry holder:
i stapled chicken wire to the back of a frame and drilled holes for drawer pulls to hang necklaces on. bad news: i already want to do something different so this may end up in my craft room as an inspiration board and i’ll make some cute clothespins to clip ideas to the chicken wire.


yarn wrapped letters:
i think this is pretty self-explanatory.


mason jar soap dispensers:
these were not-so-fun to make. we scored two super old mason jars with lids at first monday in weatherford (think smaller scale first monday in canton) and bought two ugly soap dispensers from ross and attached the pump to the lids of the mason jars. bad news: the waterproof sealant we used is not actually waterproof. so we’ll be going for a round two pretty soon.


diy artwork & frames for our bedroom:
this was one of my favorite projects recently. i bought a map of dfw area and tea-stained it. then i mod podged pieces of it onto two canvases (the thin ones—is that still a canvas?). one has a heart around richardson-where we met, and the other has a heart around kaufman-where we got married. i wrote out my wedding vows to stan and it hangs on his side of the bed and he wrote out his vows to me and it hangs on my side of the bed.
i also made the frame out of 1 x 2 dimensional lumber. i stained it ebony and dry brushed it with whitish-grey paint to make it look weathered.



i’ve done a few other things but failed to take pictures of them. maybe i’ll do that soon…that’s it for now!

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