Thanks so much for all the lovely comments on my
gallery wall! As promised here is the tutorial for the "Home" wall art. It's really very simple.
You will need a piece of plywood (not MDF, you need to see the grain), sticker letters (I used 2 different sized fonts) stain, rubber gloves, clean cloth, white spray paint, sandpaper (I used a palm sander, 'cause I'm lazy)
1. Cut your wood, mine is about 8X10
2. Stain your wood. Use the rubber gloves and a clean cloth, get it good and covered, nice and dark.
3. Let it dry completely- this is very hard for me, I'm extremely impatient!
4. Lay out your sticker letters. Obviously you can use any quote you like, but I used:
"Where we love is HOME, HOME that our feet may leave but not our HEARTS"
Be sure the letters are stuck down nice and tight, you don't want any of the spray paint leaking under!
5. Spray white spray paint in light even coats over the entire surface. Spray from the top, not sideways to lessen the chance of paint getting under the sticker letters.
6. Carefully peel off the sticker letters. As soon as you are done spraying. Don't wait and do a second coat, just spray one good coat and peel the letters off immediately or they will stick forever! I used a pin to pull up one corner so as not to smudge the paint.
7. Let it dry completely! After it's completely dry, rough it up with sandpaper around the edges and in a few meaningful places.
8. Attach a hanger on the back and hang up your really cool wall art!
Linking to:
House of Hepworths;
http://www.houseofhepworths.com/
Chic on a Shoestring:
http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/
Fingerprints on the Fridge:
http://www.fingerprintsonthefridge.com/
Whipperberry:
http://whipperberry.com/
Simple Home. Life:
http://www.mysimplehomelife.com/
Remodelaholic:
http://www.remodelaholic.com/
Finding Fabulous:
http://www.findingfabulousblog.com/
Freckled Laundry:
http://www.freckledlaundry.com/
Tattertots & Jello:
http://tatertotsandjello.com/
Doodles&Stitches
http://www.doodlesandstitches.com/
Apparently, someone had thought about painting her before I got my hands on her, but gave up...
The rest is an off-white with heavy distressing and waxing. I also painted a bee and wreath on the front. For details on how to transfer images onto furniture go to the Graphics Fairy. Not only does she have thousands of graphics, but she gives you several tutorials on transferring them to just about everything!
I bought this "lovely" picture from The Salvation Army. After dismantling it I spray painted the frame a summery teal.
After that it was just embellishing! I painted a wooden letter "K", glued on some ric-rac and a ribbon to hang it and some pinwheels. If you want to make some of these pinwheels check out Miss Mustard Seeds tutorial, she is awesome!
Here is a shot of the entire door in all her happy summer glory. I think she really likes her new jewelry!
Then, Just glued the seat right to the chair!
Perfection!
Next: rip a bunch of pages out of an old book. Then modge podge them all over the mat, going in different directions, overlapping and folding over the edges. Coat the whole thing with a couple coats of modge podge.
Next, cut a piece of thin (1/4 inch) plywood to fit the back of the frame. Paint it with chalkboard paint. I do at least 3 coats. When that's all dry, reassemble your frame, minus the glass.
Once it's all assembled, write an inspiring message on it and put it on some shelves your husband put up for you!
Here are a few of the things other than photos on the wall. I'm sure you've all seen this You Are My Sunshine wall art by A.K.A Design. I fell in love with it immediately! She has an awesome tutorial on how to make one of your own. The only differences between hers and mine are colors obviously, mine is much smaller, and I rubbed stain all over mine, whereas she used an ink pad.
I have been wanting to use this quote somewhere for quite awhile! I just love it! It's kind of hard to tell in these photos, but the words are wood grain. I will have a tutorial for this up by next Monday, so come on back!
"Owl always love you" This was a super easy little picture. I just cut burlap to fit an old frame, stamped some cute little owls on it then used some sticker letters from my scrap booking stash.
My mantle is still a little "springy", but it will morph a bit as the 4th of July comes
Lastly, the dining room table is still a work in progress. I have my apothecary jars filled with misc. neutral items. One has some of my grandmas buttons, another some shredded book pages and the largest one has some DIY typography spheres.
Basically those are just ping pong balls with either sticker or rub-on letters, numbers and punctuation. I would recommend using rub-ons if you make some of those, the stickers are not staying on very well!
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