DIY Valentine Ombre’ Wooden Heart

January 27, 2020January 26, 20202 Comments

Good morning! It’s the last week of January already! Valentine’s Day is coming quickly. I posted a few ideas last week too. Here is the link in case you missed it. I have another simple Dollar Tree craft for you today.

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Dollar Tree

I found this unfinished heart at my local Dollar Tree. I had the pink and white paint on hand but they do carry paints at the store too. I also picked up some valentine ribbon and a couple of plastic heart necklaces.

I started out by picking my paint. I picked white and two shades of pink. I put each color in a pan. I knew I wanted to paint the heart ombre’, so I started with white at the top of the heart.

Next, I used the lighter pink while the white was still wet. I blended the white and pink together where the colors met and then continued adding the pink down the heart.

Lastly, I added the dark pink, using the same technique as above.

Once the paint was dry, I penciled in the word love.

I went over the letters with hot glue and then laid the bead necklace on top of the glue. I did small sections at a time so the glue wouldn’t dry. I just snipped the necklace when the letter ended and then started the next one.

There had been a small piece of twine to hang the heart with, but I decided to use a piece of Valentine ribbon instead. I drilled the holes a little larger to fit the ribbon through and then just knotted it in the back.

I also bought the scarf and fortune cookies at the Dollar Tree. The cute little bird came from Target after Christmas, but the pink looks great for Valentine’s Day!

Do you decorate for Valentine’s Day? I like just adding a few little touches on my mantle. Have a great day!

From Yellow to Blue with a Bit of Paint

June 4, 2016June 3, 201620 Comments

I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO SORRY! I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I DIDN’T GET THIS POST UP YESTERDAY! PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY AND KEEP READING THE BLOG! PLEASE!

All kidding aside, I do apologize for missing the post yesterday. Time got away from me, and I am just getting to post it today.

So, we have this table that you might have seen before in some of our blogs. It was a cute little folding table that mom had painted yellow because it was originally green. But, I was tired of it being yellow and I wanted a table for when I move out of my current apartment and into a new place.

So, the first thing I did was paint the legs white. I knew that this would help to make the top of the table a statement but still keep it neutral. I used an old sheet that I wrapped around the bottom of the table to protect it while I painted the top.

I used three different shades of blue from Rustoleum for the table top. I wanted to do an ombre effect so I used Aqua, Spa Blue, and Lagoon.

It was a bit difficult to paint the top since there were different slats that I wanted different colors. So I started with painting the Aqua and Lagoon on the edges and painted both of those. Then, I covered both of those parts and painted the Spa Blue section since it was in the middle of the table.

And here is the final product!

I love the ombre look on the tabletop! It is great for the outdoors and is perfect for a front or back porch. It would look good with things displayed on it or by itself.

I hope that you enjoyed the blog this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Ombre Painted Canvas with Starfish

February 6, 2016February 5, 20165 Comments

Happy Saturday!! We had an interesting week at school. Lice! Every year this comes up. Hopefully we kept it at just 2 kids and that will be the end of it. Next week will be Valentine’s parties and fun. The preschool buys heart shaped pizzas and the kids think it’s cool. We usually just order heart shaped pizzas at home too. I just buy a couple of little things for the girls and my husband and call it good.

I have a simple little craft for you this week. I found a pack of small canvases at Goodwill awhile back and finally decided to use one. I also picked up a couple of starfish at a yard sale and combined them with the canvas.

I guess I didn’t take any before pictures, but here are the paint colors I used. I had a white and a light blue. I also mixed some blue and white together to make a lighter blue that I could blend together on the canvas.

So I started with the white at the top of my canvas. Then I added the mixed blue and then the light blue. After each color was applied, I went over each color again and blended it more with the next one, creating an ombre’ effect. Here is the white and mixed blue.