CA Girl

I am not a crafty person.  So when I make something I get very excited a little giddy.  So what have I been up too?  Well.... I had a couple of Mason jars and I was keeping pens and pencils in them.  I started thinking--yeah dangerous territory I know.  What can I do to make them more interesting?  Hmmmm.... Pinterest....Don't ya love that place?   I found a way to dye them, but it was kind of involved.  I like simple.  Mostly because I am.  So I bought some plain old Folk Art paint at Wally.  It was a whopping 99 cents.  And ribbon and floral rocks at the dollar tree.  That's right.  The whole project cost me $3.  Sweet. From the beginning.... Almost there....I also gave them a high gloss finish.  All done.  Nothing fancy.  I also made a Valentine's bouquet for my table.  Everything came from the dollar tree. Heart shaped doilies Floral rocks ribbon plastic vase flow...

Are you on Pinterest?  Sky blue?  Do bears....?  A while back, I saw this: A spice rack turned polish holder. I saw this a few times before I finally pinned it.  What a cute and clever idea.  I had a spice rack.  And sadly, I just didn't use it anymore. So I got the idea to make the spice rack into a polish rack.  Well I had taken a before picture of my plain spice rack and sadly I can not find it.  So you will have to use your imagination.... I used Folk Art paint and painted two coats.  Then I added the stickers and covered the stickers with two coats of Mod Podge.  After that, I did two coats of High Gloss Finish Decopauge.  This really brought out the brilliance of the paint.  The backing was done with foam board and scrapbook paper.  I simply glued the paper to the board then I glued the board to the rack.  However, on Christmas morning the backing came loose so I nailed the backing to the rack....