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July 22, 2010

silverware wall decor...

silverware picture...

{i cannot remember where i seen it first, so if you know... PLEASE tell me so i can give the proper credit to them!}

ANYWAYS, redoing kitchen, or at least i think i am, by bits and pieces, oh what a mess. i need some new wall decor... cheap wall decor is even better. i seen this picture around and knew it would be cheap, easy, and beautiful to redo.

so i started out with:

of course you remember my thriftin' goodies.

on THIS project i used:

1. picture frame $1 at salvation army

2. 1 knife, 1 fork, 1 spoon .75 at salvation army

3. a piece of lace from a curtain .25 at salvation army

4. spray paint {had on hand}

5. glue gun & sticks {had on hand}

TOTAL = $2.00

so to start i took the frame apart, kept the cardboard and i'll save the glass for another project then i spray painted it with:

{i'm a big fan of black, can you tell?}

then it looked like this:

then i took the lace and wrapped it around the cardboard and hot glued it down. then i put the cardboard back in the frame

AND it looked like THIS:

{i looove this lace, don't be surprised if you see it in another post, cause i got LOTS left!}

then i glued the knife, fork, and spoon to the front,

THAT looked like:

{yep you guessed, i already love it!}

then i had a dilemma... i couldn't decide how to hang it up, with ribbon or lace. so after much deliberation between my co-worker and i {yes, at work again, but only half of it, and we have been REALLY slow} we decided on lace. so then i glue it to the back of the frame like this:

and hung it up. after that it looked like this:

for some reason i didn't like the way the lace hung so i played with it a little.

much better!!!

i took it home at lunch and hung it on my half way painted kitchen walls.

{pretend it's all painted and you see no red, k?}

so what is the verdict??

was it worth $2??

what's your favorite piece of wall decor in your kitchen??

hooRah it's almost friday!!!

i'll be linking to these parties here.

July 8, 2010

a bird gets a house...

so i was looking around hobby lobby

{i <3 hobby lobby, i could live there, well almost}

and found these cute bird houses unfinished... half off... so around 1.50.

{i thought it was cuuuute!}

so then i took outside, gave it a good coat of black spray paint.

i let the dry and brought it in.

i had found some cute swirly paper from HL and decided to add that to the house.

{i loooove the paper! sorry it's sorta blurry, i need a new camera!}

i mod podged them onto the roof and let it dry...

AND then it turned out like this:

{i added the white dots because it seemed really dark}

what do you think??

i was going to put it outside but it's too cute, sorry birdies!!

ONE more look...

AND

YEAH, i pretty much love it!! all under $3, can't beat that!!

you can find the parties i'm linking to here.

July 1, 2010

4th of july blocks...

so with the 4th of july right around the corner i thought i would do something festive. i headed to hobby lobby and came home with all this:

1. "u" "s" & "a" blocks... .72 cents a piece

2. wooden stars... .99 cents for the pack of 5

3. 2 cordinating paper... .29 cents a piece

4. red & blue paint... .66 cents a piece

AND i had the mod podge, white & yellow paint, and brushes on hand.

TOTAL: $5.05 {not bad at all!}

so first off i painted the whole blocks

i had a wonderful helper, she wouldn't allow any pictures though. haha

secondly i decided what paper went where and then traced my letters. then i cut them out and made sure they lined up.

{forgot to take a picture of that step, sorry}

thirdly, {is that a word?} i mod podged' the crap out of 'em.

yep, i slathered it on waaay too much. oh well. =)

i had to wait patiently for them to dry.

in the mean time i a star yellow

{no picture of this either, bad bad brandi!}

then when they were both dry, i got some wire from my cute hubs and twirled it around a pencil to make it look like a pigs tail, {pretend that there are pictures... k?}

then i hot glued the star to the wire and then the wire to the block,

AND it turned out like this...