My Plate Wall...

I have been seeing these awesome elegant plate wall designs all over the internet and the blogosphere lately... so of course I had to try one myself, giggles. I did up this little tutorial to show you how I painted my own plates and even made my own little plate hangers...on the cheap!

I started out with 7 white plates from dollar tree of various shapes and sizes. Then I taped off my designs and began to paint away!

Once I got all of the designs painted on, I laid them out on the table (excuse the mess) in the arrangement that I wanted on my wall.

Next, this is the crazy part...I am cheap, I mean super cheap! I refused to go and buy plate hangers that would cost more than the plates themselves. Soo... I took pop can tabs, and beer bottle caps (that I was collecting for who knows what). Then I hot glued them to the back of the plates. Like this:

Finally, last but not least, I hung them on the wall (praying the hot glued tabs would hold) with regular picture hanging nails, and this is the finished product: 

                         And yes, the tabs held! Hooray!

Well let me know what y'all think...I always love to hear your opinions and suggestions

Till next time...

The Easiest Rug Ever!!!

Hey y'all! I definitely missed getting on here while I was moving...trust me, I would have much rather been blogging than drowning in boxes! I swear my stuff multiplied while I wasn't looking, giggles! So...needless to say, I am ready to jump right in with a new project, so here goes...

This one was pretty much born out of necessity. My beautiful new home has a ceramic tile throughout with the look of a decorative wood. That can make for a cold floor in the mornings, so I really wanted to get an area rug for the family room. But...after the move we were not really in the position to go out and blow a bunch of money on a rug, so I came up with this: Bamboo Place Mat Rug. Now...just to let you all know, I did come up with this idea, but that is not to say that I was the first...it was so incredibly easy that I am sure someone else must have done this before, so if you know of anyone, feel free to credit them in the comments. 

First I started out with 12 bamboo place mats (I chose 2 different color styles to give it a pattern, but you could also do them all matching) that i got at Wal-Mart for $1.50 a piece. Add a roll of duck tape to that and you have all of the supplies you need...does it get any better than that?!?

Next I started taping all of the edges together on the backside of the place mats... and you also can't really go wrong here because they were the same on both sides. 

And that is basically it! After you have taped all of the edges together, you will end up with a beautiful custom bamboo rug (that basically only costs under 20 bucks!) that looks something like this:

I hope y'all have fun making your Beautiful Bamboo Place Mat Area Rugs!!    Have fun!!

Till next time...

P.S. Yay! I am not having to use my phone's camera anymore! And just a side note, if you want to put something under your rug to make it non-slip, you can use that no-slip cabinet liner, it works perfect, and is super cheap! 

Glitter Punkins!

Soo, I have been hearing so many good things about the new Krylon Glitter Blast spray. I had to run out and grab some to make some Halloween decorations with. That was easier said than done, by the way. I must have gone to 5 different places trying to find it, driving all over town...before I finally realized, Hey! I bet they have it at Michaels!...And they did! Yay! i was relieved. It is a little pricey, but so worth it.


My first attempt with the Glitter Blast, was to make Glitter Punkins. I took two real pumpkins, and blasted them with this glitter spray. This is what I started with:

And this is a during shot:

Now, a word of advice: Take this outside! I was a little loopy by the time I was done with the first pumpkin because it does have fumes similar to spray paint..Whew! So, that being said, do this one outside. There was a little over spray, but not bad at all, and it was very easy to clean up.So this is my final masterpiece. I call it my Faux Mantle, since we have no fireplace, I use the top of our entertainment center for our "mantle displays".

   And here is an up-close shot of the finished Glitter Punkins:

           Hope y'all like them, and have fun with the Glitter Blast!


 P.S. Please don't forget they are real pumpkins if that's what you choose to use. I did...and, well, to say the least... it makes for a messy cleanup if you go to pick one up and it has turned to mush!
Till next time...

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