Showing posts with label wall art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wall art. Show all posts

10.19.2011

Some Easy Wednesday Projects

I've had a vintage Singer sewing machine for over 12 yrs. now (since my hubby & I got married...whoa! where has time gone?!).  And because I have yet to replace the pedal that was lost years before, I've never learned to use it! So I've settled for Liquid Stitch instead. I absolutely love me some L.S.! These materials came from Hobby Lobby and with their fabric & ribbon usually on sale, these projects were really cheap.


You'll need a frame, fabric, Liquid Stitch, pencil and a hot glue gun
Turn the fabric upside down and trace around your frame with the pencil. I left about a 1/2" all the way around and used the liquid stitch to glue it down.  I cut a little slit in the middle of the fabric and cut out the picture opening where I'd traced. 
Cut diagonal slits on all 4 corners. Fold these back and hot glue them to the back of your frame.
Then pull the edges and hot glue them down. To finish it off, I hot glued a pretty, rose & lace border around the picture opening. 
It's hard to see the border here, but with the lace I had left over, I bought 2 inexpensive lampshades and added some pretty to them. =)


For this super easy project, you'll need: fabric, frame (& as always the funkier the better), 
and a wooden letter
Trace along the middle of the frame on the backside of your fabric and cut about an inch extra 
all the way around. Pull the fabric tight around the edges and hot glue. 
Take your letter and hot glue it to where you want it.
And there you have it!

 Bella Nest linked up with:
The Shabby Nest

10.16.2011

Sunburst Mirror

   If you love Pinterest like I do, you've probably seen the famous sunburst mirror a million times! 
I had to come up with an easy version for myself and here's what I came up with:                  

       


With the disk, I didn't have to use so much hot glue as some others I'd seen. Just start poking a long layer of skewers around the back edge of the disk and the second shorter layer around the front then grab your spray paint and go to town!  Hot glue your craft mirror to the disk which also serves as the hook to hang it. To jazz it up, you could hot glue some beads around the border of the mirror like I did (I spray painted mine to match) or use some funky ribbon or metal. 

Just get creative!

Skewers: $3.00
Styrofoam Disk: $2.99
Craft Mirror: $3.99
Beads: Free

Total Craft Project: $9.98



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Craft DIY Ideas