Ocho!

Eight has always been my favourite number and magically it is N's favourite number as well. So when we got married we decided to get married on 8-8-08 and now I like the number even more.

While we were out shopping at random antique and knick knack shops and came across a few cool eights. After finding more I thought it would be a great idea to use them in some decor project. After gathering a variety I decided that they would look nice in a frame so on the way home we stopped at a thrift store and bought a frame.

I spray painted the frame black.

Once the frame dried I arranged the eights in the frame. It took a while to get it arranged and I think it still needs maybe a few more small eights.

Here are some close up shots of the eights. I love that we were able to find such a variety. Some of my favourites are the word eight, the domino and the clock.

It took a while to get the wights all in the frame on the wall.I moved the eights around a lot until I was happy with it.

Final project!

 

Easter Egg Garland - Happy Easter!

I've seen a few bloggers that have made en egg garland using paint samples. I loved the look of it so decided to make my own!

I made an egg template and using a few pastel-coloured paint samples I cut out my eggs.

 After all of the eggs were cut out I had to decide how to string them together. I tried sewing them together (like I did for my heart garland) but for some reason it wasn't working. I made a quick trip to Michael's for a 1/8'' hole punch and some ribbon and decided to go that route.

I made a template for the holes so I could get them all in the same spot and punched two holes on each egg.

  

Then I started stringing them together.

 

All done!

I'm excited to hang it up again for Easter next year!

Even more napkins!

Here is another set of napkins that I made for another birthday - my sister's birthday.

I used the same method as before for these napkins but instead of using regular fabric paint and brushing/sponging it on I used spray on fabric paint. I think it worked much better and definitely will use the spray on paint for future projects like this. 

I couldn't decide on just one image so I decided to put a different image on each napkin. Again, I just found these images online and altered a few aspects to make them stencil friendly.

 

All of the napkins together.

More napkins!

I haven't posted in a while but hopefully I can get back to doing crafty projects and getting them up on my blog!

I made these a while ago for a friend's birthday and am finally getting around to posting. I used the same method as the dala horse napkins. My amiga really likes owls so I looked online until I found a cute one and then I edited the image so it would work as a stencil.

 

Next I ironed on the stencil.

 

I gathered my painting supplies...

... and painted two layers.

 

I waited until they dried and then I  used the iron to heat set the paint.

 

All done!