I have found a lot of "I want to do that" projects, but I haven't done one of my own in awhile, so I thought I'd take advantage of the fact that BOTH of my BOYS went down for a NAP this afternoon & MAKE SOMETHING!!!
I didn't know what I was going to do, but decided I need a Valentine's Decoration...so this is what I came up with...
(There is a tutorial below if interested!)
I didn't know what I was going to do, but decided I need a Valentine's Decoration...so this is what I came up with...
(There is a tutorial below if interested!)
I went to my garage for some inspiration & to look at the scrap wood pile & found this piece of beadboard...
Oh wait. We don't own a saw!
Why don't we own a saw? I have no idea. Maybe I will get one for Matt for Valentine's day.
Am I allowed to get him something that I want?? :)
Well...I did happen to dig around and found this saw in a toolbox.
Wasn't great. I was thinking of an electric saw...but we'll make do, I only have 45 minutes left of naptime...
Worked great. Took about 5 minutes to cut.
But I could NOT figure out how to make it curve around the edges & round out the corners...
SO I left it as is!
And I liked that it wasn't your typical rounded heart!
Next...drill holes in the top...
Then I sanded down the edges & spray painted it PINK.
I don't have a picture of this step, but if you down know how to sand or spray paint...then this tutorial is not going to be enough anyways.
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While the paint dried, I went inside to dig around for anything PINK OR RED.
I came up with 2 kinds of pink ribbon & some foam conversation hearts, leftover from a preschool craft 2 years ago.
Made a little flower-y thing...
My heart was DRY...kind of. I probably shoould have waited awhile longer, but naptime was running out. So I sanded down the edges & the top of the heart to give it a distressed look.
Dug up some black ribbon & hot glued it on the board...
Dug up some black ribbon & hot glued it on the board...
Glued my little flower-y ribbon thing on, adding a conversation heart...because I thought it was cute...
4 comments :
Aw that is super cute! I love it.
I absolutely LOVE this idea! It's the first beadboard heart I've seen. I love that is 'rough' (boxy corners.) I will feature this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com in the morning and send some traffic your way!
Hey, thanks for your comment on drab to fab, I love your blog! All of those amazing before and afters! WOW! You rock! I can't wait to see more!~
Hanna
That's cute! I like that it's not your typical rounded heart. It adds character!
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