Pretty up that planter base!

Ok, so I have this really cute neon green IKEA flower planter, and I wanted to make a nice base for it. So I went hunting in my garden found one that was an appropriate size. Here is what I found. (Nice and dirty!)

So I set about my project. First step, scrub the dirt off. 

 

Next, I used Black Liquitex Gesso to cover it completely with 2 coats and allowed it to dry.

 

Next, I used the back of a pencil dipped in neon acrylic paint to randomly stamp polka dots all around. 

And is is what the final piece looks like under my neon green pot.. 

I love how it turned out! 

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Have you ever tried covering your storage containers in fabric?

Ok, so I couldn't wait to show you what I did with the beautiful fabric from my fabric haul last weekend... I decided to decorate one of my bead boxes that earlier looked pretty boring and plain. Here's what the AFTER looks like!

And now let me show you the BEFORE.. (Did I tell you how much I love before-afters?!) Actually, this box once contained my son's fork lift remote control kit and I was just reusing it to store some of my beads... 


 

I decided to use two pieces of contrasting fabric to cover my box. Half would be green (with black spirals) and the other half would be black (with white polka dots). I used Tombow's Pit Hi-Power Adhesive glue stick for most of my sticking. It works just great with fabric!

    

So here is what I did..

First I cut out my 2 pieces of cloth and stuck them half-n-half on the cover of my box. I did not worry too much about straightness of the edges because I was planning to hide them with a neat trick.

 

Next, I found 2 different types of lace - one frilly white and one black (with sequins) and stuck them one on top of the other, exactly where the join of the two fabrics was.

I then used two brads to secure a label holder on one side of the box. I used my Brother P-Touch label maker to type out my label and stick it first to a small piece of fabric left over from the other half and then slid it into the label holder. 

Look! I am done.... 

This is what my box looks like from the top. I love it and hope you enjoyed my project as much as I did!

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Really? Decorative Painted Stones?

I know, right? Who would have thought painting stones could be so cool!!! As always, I promptly created a Pinterest board called "Painted Stones" to capture all the creativity around this cool craft. Check out my board here for more ideas you could try. 

Here's a step by step on how I made these adorable painted beauties for literally nothing!

1. Visited my garden, picked some nice smooth (that's the key) stone shapes. Grabbed some acrylics lying around, painted some very basic stripey shapes on half the stone (kind of my style because I still want some of the original stone texture to show)

Next, I grabbed some black and white Posca/sharpie pens (or equivalent will do) and painted some grassy looking lines and circles on top (yeah, it's as easy as that). Filled in the circles with a contrasting color and I was done.

Here is what my final project looks like. I love how it turned out. As an additional step, I might trying varnishing the stones for some waterproofing.

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