Someone gave me some free time, handed me a can of spray paint, a warmed up hot glue gun, and a whole pile of beautiful fabric.
I have been in heaven.
Disclaimer: Only one out of the three projects I'm about to show you is finished...and turned out the way I originally intended it to.
That's usually how my crafting goes - Macgyver-style.
Let's get real. I don't actually know the technical way to do anything.
I just make stuff up and alter as I go along.
Sometimes it works. Sometimes not so much.
Here's one that worked...the second time.
You'll have to use your imaginary eraser to remove the hanging wire, then use your imaginary husband to hand all of the components on the wall - and then you'll have an idea of what it will look like soon (hopefully tomorrow).
Or you could just wait until I post pictures of the finished project. :)
Initially I wanted to decoupage words and images from our wedding cards onto the "L".
Remember that time when I had lofty goals but less than lofty creative ability??
Thwarted again!
It's ok, I think I actually like how these turned out better with the fabric.
And the "L" has been padded to make it stand out.
I have no tutorial. You wouldn't want to see it anyway.
It would just be a lot of pictures of me grimacing, bubble clouds above my head laced with swear words, and lots of scrap fabric strewn about my dining room table.
Not exactly inspiring stuff.
Just keeping it real.
Moving on.
Next, there is this project...more than a year in the making...and still not finished.
It's toilet paper roll art. Looks good, right?
Not anymore it doesn't!
That picture was the first coat of primer. And it looked great.
And then I tried to spray it with a glossy yellow.
Bad idea. Bad. Idea.
Oh, and did I mention I did it on a windy day? Outside? Under a tree? During the time of year when our neighborhood's cottonwoods are puking cotton all over everything?
No, I didn't mention that?
Oh, well, I did.
And now my beautiful craft is more like crap.
I'm going to try to salvage it. I'm not holding my breath.
Luckily we're a family who believes in using the toilet on a regular basis, so I can probably throw another one together...in another year or so.
Lastly, let's take a peek at my hubby's Father's Day present. Yes, I crafted it.
It's his fault for marrying me.
Ta da!
I booked him and his dad a Summit Brewery Tour! Yeah for FREE beer!
This was super easy. I stole, er, borrowed the Summit logo off their website, fired up my Word document, pasted it in there, wrote some silly text and printed the whole shebang off on my home printer. I made two, one for my hubby, and one for his dad.
Done and done.
And then I may or may not have used two Eggo waffle boxes as gift boxes and wrapped them each in pieces cut from one of my husband's old shirts.
Yep, I'm that girl.
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