How To Make a Pallet Picture - For Signs, Art or Crafts...

 Making a pallet board base for signs, art or crafts is not difficult to do...

You will need:  some lengths of pallet wood, ruler, marker pen, saw or drop saw, and a hammer.

 Remove any nails in the pallet wood.

 Make the desired length of you sign or picture.

This one is going to be 60cm long.

 Cut pallets (I used a drop saw)...

 you will need three lengths at the desired measurement.

Next you need backing support to hold the lengths in place.

 Cut two back supports the width off the three boards as shown.

 Nail the support boards in place.

If you want a hanger - add this now.

A clip hanger on the back or rope/chain on the top.

 And that is it:  Ready for your pallet creation...

Shell artworks are great fun for the older children to make.

(Remember glue gun safety when doing this project).

 Sketch in pencil a simple outline shape - a butterfly, star, heart, anchor or upper case alphabet letter.

We chose a butterfly shape.

 Glue various shells inside the shape.

Now that's a fun picture, to add a little summer to Mia Bella's winter porch!


#shellcraft

Another Paint It - GOLD - Project!

Have you ever bought something for the home décor online, 

thinking it would be fabulous?

And when it arrives in the post is NOTHING like the image you bought it from???

Well, this is what happened with this darling...

French styled - tick ✔

Birds - tick ✔

but...

colour - yuk - tick ✔

almost tacky - tick ✔

Does not fit anywhere in the house - tick ✔

Disastrous purchase - tick  ✔ 

Try and fix said disastrous purchase...

paint the leafy green bird grey to tone the super bright colours down.

Looks a bit better now... and some may even like it...

But for me, it just wasn't right.

Into the cupboard it went, and it stayed - until it was painted white.

But I still didn't like it, so back into the cupboard it went!

I have seen on Pinterest how people are spray painting anything and everything white!

Kids plastic toys, ornaments, books, vases, book ends - EVERYTHING!!!

And as I am having a 'quite fond of gold' moment...
and the red sitting room has now developed accents of gold,

I Painted it gold, as well as an old vase I have had for 20 years.

Best idea ever - tick  ✔

 I used White Knight Super Gold
(LOVE this paint as it has SUPERB coverage!)

Two items relegated to cupboard life
now...with a funky painted new style.

 Up-styled décor pieces that I'm now loving...Painted GOLD!

#gold #upcycled #diy

LOVE Many Things....