Tag Archives: Mod Podge

Wire frame and Haunted House

Here are a couple of the projects from our retreat… a fun wired frame with covered clothes pins and a darling Haunted House with a bat to boot!  I paired them up together to put in my front entry hall and they look just BOOtiful!

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Wicked Board

This weekend we are doing a Girl’s Craft Retreat and this painted board is one of my projects!  I did one of these here and I told you that I would show you how to make one, so here it is!  I have a great little trick for you that will help you get clean, crisp lines with no paint seeping under.

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The Wood Connection Project

Yesterday I told you that I would show you the project that I came home with from The Wood Connection Store. So drum roll please:  Ta…Dah!

I got these cute wood letters and I knew exactly what I wanted to do with them.  I have a shelf in my living room and I wanted to put something cute on it.  We had new family pictures taken a couple of days ago, so I want to put some new pictures in this room and they will go perfect now! Continue reading

Remember This?

Do you remember when I asked if anyone knew what I was going to use this for?  One of my readers actually had a great suggestion, she said that she would use it to hang a quilt on!  I think that was a super idea and I may just have to try to get another one!

But what I had in mind when I bought this hanger, was to put wooden blocks on it to spell out a word.  My friend, Sue, that went with me to the Hobble Creek Boutique, bought one too and she and her husband cut out these blocks for me!  They have a hole drilled through the top so we can hang them.First, I did a wash around the edges with Raw Umber paint and a lot of water.Then I painted these three colors on the front side of the blocks, after they were dry, I sanded the edges and did a wash with the raw umber/water mix to add the distressed look.These are the products that I used.  I used Ceramcoat paint: Light Foliage Green and Tompte Red.  I also used Americana paint in Burnt Orange and Raw Umber.  I used Mod Podge as a varnish and a sealer for the wood.  It also helps the vinyl stick a little better.  You may be wondering what I painted with the red…well, I painted the backside of the blocks with the red and the green..I added some vinyl letters, some fall leaves and a little ribbon and whaalah!Then on the back where I had painted the red and green, I added the letters for NOEL and used some red rhinestones for the berries on the holly.  Now I have two different holiday decorations for the price of one! You can’t beat that!  Of course for Christmas, I will add a new ribbon.I love this, now I can use the fall hanging through Thanksgiving and I just have to turn the blocks around, add a new ribbon, and it is ready for Christmas!

Have you started thinking of Thanksgiving and Christmas already?  Sometimes I think we get ahead of ourselves.  When my children were little, I used to have most of my Christmas shopping done in October!  But boy, not anymore!  I am usually making, baking,wrapping and buying until the last minute!

So for now let’s just enjoy:

Happy Halloween Hauntings!

Cute Tissue Paper Coasters!

My daughter made these coasters and they were super simple and would make a great gift for neighbor gifts for Christmas, Birthdays, wedding gifts, thank you gift or just because.  I think that they would even be cute for Halloween!

(mm, I think I feel another project coming on!)

Here is the line-up of supplies:  Mod Podge, tissue paper, 4 inch tiles (from Lowe’s), and felt pads.

First apply the felt pads to the back on all 4 corners.Apply the Mod Podge to the front and all the sides of the tile.Have a piece of tissue paper already cut to about 5-6 inch square and apply it to the top of the tile and wrap around all of the edges, Make sure to rub it a little to get any bubbles out. Contour it around the corners. You will have some tiny creases here but that is ok.Let it dry and then tear, or use sandpaper to remove the excess paper on the bottom.  Apply 1-2 more coats of Mod Podge to seal it good.Tie them up with a cute bow and you have a darling gift for someone you love!  There are all kinds of possibilities in the paper that you could use to make these, so get creative and make a set today!