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

Upcycling pallets
 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.
Upcycling pallets
 Remove any nails in the pallet wood.
Upcycling pallets
 Mark the desired length of your sign or picture.
This one is going to be 60cm (23.6 inches) long.
Upcycling pallets
 Cut pallets (I used a drop saw).
But you could use a handsaw.
Upcycling pallets
  You will need three lengths at the desired measurement.
Upcycling pallets
Next you need backing support to hold the lengths in place.
Upcycling pallets
 Cut two back supports the width off the three boards as shown.
Upcycling pallets
 Nail the support boards in place.
If you want a hanger - add this now.
A clip hanger on the back or a rope/chain on the top.
You could paint the pallet wood if desired.
But I have left mine natural.
DIY Pallet art ideas
 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.
DIY Pallet art ideas
 Sketch in pencil a simple outline shape - a butterfly, star, heart, anchor or upper case alphabet letter.
We chose a butterfly shape.
DIY shell craft
 Glue various shells inside the shape.
Now that's a fun picture, to add a little summer to Mia Bella's winter porch!

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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.
Upstyle decor pieces using paint
Looks a bit better now... and some may even like it in its original glory, but for me, it just wasn't right.
So into the cupboard it went, and it stayed - until it was painted white.
Upstyle decor pieces using paint
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, bookends - 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.
Upstyle decor pieces using paint
Best idea ever - tick  
Upstyle decor pieces using paint
 I used White Knight Super Gold
(LOVE this paint as it has SUPERB coverage!)
DIY upcycling
Two items that were relegated to cupboard life are now funky with a new golden style.
DIY upcycling
Upstyle decor pieces using paint
 Up-styled décor pieces that I'm now loving...
Painted GOLD!
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LOVE Many Things....

NZ Poets and poetry

Love Many Things.

To know life's breath, its pulse, its gentle art,

Is the way to unlatch the chambers of the heart.

Not just for grand designs, or goals ablaze,

But for the quiet wonder of its days.

The twisted olive tree, sturdy in the sun,

The tireless labour till the working day is done.

A patch of stars, a flickering candlelight's gleam,

Each holds a truth, a simple dream.

To see life etched in a weathered face,

The ethereal beauty of a humble place.

The golden glow of a beautiful sunset,

The unconditional love of a beloved pet.

For every shadow, every burst of light,

Every small detail that greets your sight,

To truly grasp the tapestry they bring

is the ability to embrace and love so many things.

©Tracey Lee Cassin
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