So I'm a totally junkie.
No, not that kind!
I love anything and everything cheap, clearance, sale, free!
I have recently been finding out that most items I indulge in, I can TOTALLY make them myself.
Painted wood pallet signs? EASY
Monogrammed wine glasses? I do these on a DAILY basis!
So I scoured the internet on ideas that I like to do, that have a little to no cost!
I will continue to do this post I guess in installments. Parts, whatever.
FIRST lesson:
Painted canvas signs for my daughters' bathroom.
INSPIRATION:
I LOVED these. Not my colors, but I knew that my colors I wanted were available through purchasing. Unfortunately, I didn't have money available to purchase these prints.
So I got down and dirty and made my own!!!
I went to Wal-Mart and purchased a 3 pack of canvas wrapped boards.
They were only $4.97!!
I also had nautical stencils from my mothers craft stash she just threw at me and said, "here, do something with these!"
I believe she purchased them at Hobby Lobby YEARS ago, but they are fairly simple to find on any search platform.
So, I got to planning. I know I wanted the LOVE with the O being the wheel. Boat is good, but screw it, lets put a crab up on there!
So I first, measured all the straight lines I needed for two of the canvas boards.
Painted them using cheap little Apple Barrel paints, also found at Wal-Mart.
Guys, they were $.50!
I apologize for no pictures, as this only took me like 30 minutes to do... Plus I have my army of kids, wanting to finger paint every surface of my house. So that concludes that I WAS RUSHING. Gotta love em'!
I only used TWO colors and I also did two coats.
After painting the stripes, I picked out the "LVE" letter stencils, the boat, crab, and wheel. All I did was line them up on the DRY boards. (Its craft paint, dried in the time it took me to find stencils, get them ready, steal them back from my curious kids, make them a sandwich, use the bathroom, and read them a book.... BUT if you had time to get right back at painting, I would let them dry for 20-30 minutes.)
Used the opposite color for the stencils. AND BAM! Cute little signs for my girls' bathroom THAT MATCH THE COLOR SCHEME!
In order to hang these signs up, I used SMALL 3M Command Strips.
In total this little DIY project cost me:
Canvas boards- $4.97
Two bottles of craft paint- $1
Command Strips (already purchased before)- $5.47
Assuming you have paint brushes and stencils
=
around $12
REALLY?!? Now these I made for personal use, if I would've made them to sell, I probably would've spent a tad bit more time painting small little fixes, that when you look at it, you'd never tell, but someone who is spending their money on them would. Make sense?!
I appreciate you spending your lovely time with me today, and since I am recovering OK from my arm injury I will be posting as much as I can. Just don't get tired of me yet!!
Happy Stitchin'!!
