Word Art Tutorial on Vintage Breadboard

Just in time for



Thanksgiving...















And,

Making "useful and decor",,, merge!

First, I started with a rather large old breadboard. These can be pricey, but I picked up mine cheap at a garage sale.
Using my Silhouette Electronic Cutting machine, I designed and cut out a 'stencil' using clear contact paper. (If you don't have one, you could still do this on your computer and

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DIY: Sunburst Mirror

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Here is long due and promised post on Sunburst mirror tutorial. Lot of readers mailed me to know how to make this sunburst mirror, so here I'm sharing it with you all lovely and wonderful readers :)

Supplies:

Hardboard -2 (8 Inches diameter)

Mirror-1 (8 Inch diameter)

Skewers 32 (I used broom sticks though)

Glue gun

Embroidery mirrors in 2 sizes

Stones/sequins

Card stock

Craft glue

Scissors

Hook

Acrylic color of your choice

Paint Brush

Step 1:

Get mirror of your desired size. Stick back of the mirror to the hardboard with glue.

Step 2:

Cut the card stock diameter greater (Approx. 2 Inches) than  hardboard/mirror's diameter  Now on this card stock draw a circle with diameter 4 Inches less than mirror and cut it with paper cutter/knife. Inner circle is of no use. Keep the remaining part.

Step 3:

Paste this card stock on mirror as shown.

 

Step 4:

Stick sequins/stone in a way so that it is half on mirror and half on card stock.

Step 5: 

Now mark the back side of the mirror i.e. on hard board side as shown in pic. Tag every mark with B for Big Skewer. M for Medium Skewer, S for Small Skewer. If you want to keep all the skewers in same size then no need to tag them.

Step 6:

Cut the skewers in three different sizes. Small, medium & big as shown in pic.  

Step 7:

Stick all the skewers accordingly. That is big skewer on tag B, medium on M & small on S. Let it dry for at least 2 hr. Refer pic below.

Step 8:

Now stick another circular hard board on this arrangement of skewers (i.e on the back side of sunburst mirror) and fix hook on it to hang it on wall.

Step 9:

Turn the mirror side up. Now start sticking embroidery mirrors on these skewers in a manner that you like. Try different orientation  and go for the one you like most.

Step 10:

Now color all the skewers in golden color or color of your choice. Let it dry.

Sunburst mirror is ready. You can go wild with your imaginations. Try making one and let me know.

Here is my sunburst mirror that looks beautiful against my mango yellow wall. 

Hope you will love this and will going to try this :) Happy creating!!

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Beaded Spoon Tassels

A new twist on what to do with old silver spoons.

I made Painted, Beaded, Tassel Decor out of them.

They are fun and unique.

This is not a tutorial

but instead, the process

that I went through to get to the final product.



First, I took an old silver spoon (I find these for pennies at garage sales and thrift stores)...I drilled tiny holes around the edge of the spoon and painted it (them)

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MacKenzie Childs Inspiration Ornament Tutorial

I have decided to have some fun with Christmas decorating this year and switch things up a bit.  I adore MacKenzie-Childs Courtly Check designs and try to replicate what they do. So this year, I have made my version of a MacKenzie Childs Christmas Tree complete with ornaments in Courtly Check design.


Here is a hint on what I did with my tree.



This is a tutorial of how I made my Courtly Check

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Framed Book Page Tutorial

I decided that I would treat you to a tutorial on how I make my framed book pages. Are you wanting to learn how I do it? Here we go...



Choose a frame and get a piece of foam core or cardboard.



Pencil a line from the inside of frame onto the foam core. Make sure you put your pencil inside the area of the frame inset. Use a razor blade or knife to cut out the shape. Trial fit the foam core

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