Anyway, as it often does, life happened, and while I had intended to get right to work creating something fabulous to kick off my blog blabber, that just didn't quite happen. While I do have bigger and better projects I hope to get to soon, we just found out the house we're living in is being put on the market, which means some serious cleaning and home staging has taken priority, at least for this week.
I do have some photos to share, but accept my apologies for their quality. I recently got a new camera that is turning out to be terrible, and I need to mess with some settings and see if I can figure out how to improve things, as its guaranteed to be operator error.
Here's something I whipped up on the cheap with just a few minutes and the help of the Cricut.
Before: Plain dollar-store plaque.
I painted it with gesso and then dry-brushed on some aqua craft paint (I cheated and didn't even take the ribbon that came with it off first -- that's lazy!).
Cut some vinyl in the font I chose (using Make The Cut software, along with the Cricut)
And transferred the image to the plaque using clear contact paper as transfer tape. It needed a little something, so I added the bird graphic with a rubber stamp... and... voila! Cute little wall hanging in a jiffy, and for barely more than a buck.
Hope it's been a beautiful weekend for you all, and welcome to my new visitors. Thanks for stopping by!Edit: I was SO excited to discover that this week's CSI challenge was a dollar-store theme. I really wanted to participate in the Martha Stewart challenge last week but once again, life got ahead of me, so without further ado, I'm linking up to my first official link exchange and entering into my first challenge with this super-thrifty lil' darling. Check out the CSI Project page and enter your own dollar-store treasure!
Have fun and Get Smitten!
lovely idea! especially thrilling is the price :)
ReplyDeleteyour munchkins make me want to have more...
SO cute!! I'm a fan of "nest" written on anything. -shaunna :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! You need to enter this in the CSI project, this week is dollar store.
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I love it!! I want to make some. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. Don't feel bad - when I first got my 'new' camera-I thought my photos looked horrible too. I also can't seem to get anything done on my blog that I plan on doing either -- : -)
ReplyDeleteShaunna -- Thanks so much, me too!
ReplyDeleteLaylablue -- You can have some of mine! :) Ok, not really, but we have our moments, haha.
Londen, I was so excited to find out that this week's project was the dollar store challenge because I SO wanted to enter last week and life just got ahead of me. Can't wait, will be my first official link-up and challenge of any sort. Woohoo!
Jayme - Thanks for the encouragement, glad to know I'm not alone. If I only had a spare moment to play with the darn thing, I could probably figure out how to work it better. Story of my life... "if only I had more time".
Thanks to all of you for stopping by!
This is really beautiful. Great project. I love how pretty your blog is. I found you at CSI, I linked up there too.
ReplyDeleteI think this was a fun one to participate in.
Larissa
Just Another Day in Paradise
It's so dang cute!!!! I love how it turned out. I wish I had a cricut so I could make me one. And I did laugh when you mentioned that you didn't even remove the ribbon before painting. You sound like me. Thanks for visiting my blog & leaving me a comment on my thesaurus wreath.
ReplyDeleteThats SOOOOOOOOOO cute!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love your plaque, no one would ever believe it was a dollar store craft...I love the dry brushing effect, your project photo turned out great, too.
ReplyDeleteHello THere. Love the plaque. I love inexpensive crafts. Welcome to Blog land too. =)
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This comment has nothing to do with your project thought that is adorable.I wanted to tell you that looking at your babies makes me want to have some of my own.They are absolutely gorgeous looking.
ReplyDeleteLooks great-Thanks for auditioning for American Crafter
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Cara!
ReplyDeletehappy crafting!
Linda
Very pretty Cara!
ReplyDeletehappy crafting!
Linda
This comment has nothing to do with your project thought that is adorable.I wanted to tell you that looking at your babies makes me want to have some of my own.They are absolutely gorgeous looking.
ReplyDeleteLooks great-Thanks for auditioning for American Crafter
ReplyDeleteI love your plaque, no one would ever believe it was a dollar store craft...I love the dry brushing effect, your project photo turned out great, too.
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! You need to enter this in the CSI project, this week is dollar store.
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