St. Patrick's Day Stuff

The last few days I have been on a St. Patrick's Day decorating, crafting, pillow making kick. Here are some of the things I've made:

Crafts:

Mr. Leprechaun. I found the idea HERE.

Mr. Leprechaun Sr. This one is 4 ft tall. I made him the same way I made my Uncle Sam.

A giant shamrock.

I made a pallet with cedar fence slats, then spray painted around a shamrock.

Here again, I made a pallet and then stenciled on the word "Lucky" with green acrylic paint.

#17 cut out of wood.

Pillows:

You can purchase any of the pillows in my Esty Shop

The Front Porch:

I made the shamrock last year.

Boo Glitter Letters

Boo Glitter Letters Supply List:
-2"x2"s
-nail gun
-black paint
-glitter

Take your 2"x2"s and cut them to the sizes you need.

Layout each letter to make sure you got all the pieces.

Next, nail the pieces together.

Here is the "BOO" all put together. I don't have pictures for the next couple of steps... Paint your letters black. Next, use THIS tutorial from my #31 post and stamp each letter in glitter. Let the letters sit for ten minutes, then spray with some glossy clearcoat spray. This will protect the glitter.

Here are some different color combos:

Email me, if you have any questions! Happy Halloween Crafting!!!

Shadow Box Snowman

A while back, while searching blogs, I came across this shadow box snowman at poppies at play:
I adored it. Some how, some way, I had to have my own. I went everywhere looking for shadow boxes: DI, Joann's, Roberts, Michaels, but they had nothin'. So I went out to my garage determined to make my own. FAIL. So after batting my eyes at my husband, he made the boxes for me.

Cut list:

1x4 cut in half (I had some left over from my bed)
(4) 8.5" square mitered pieces- bottom box
(4) 6.5" square mitered pieces- middle box
(4) 4.5" square mitered pieces- top box
(3) squares of beadboard cut to the size of each square- back of each box
(1) nose cut out of beadboard

Nail each side together to form a square and staple the back on. Paint everything white, disstress, then apply some stain or glaze wait a minute then wipe off. Glue some buttons in the middle box, glue the nose and two eyes in the top box. To make sure it was stable, I hot glued the boxes together. Display.

Here is Mr. Snowman before I added eyes and a scarf. I kinda liked him like this, but my sister said he needed eyes and a scarf. I thought about some arms, but that would require a tree which I don't have. Mr. Snowman all done up...

Visit Poppies At Play for her more detailed tutorial. Found HERE.

Have you ever head of the store in Murray, Utah called THE WOOD CONNECTION? I love this place. I could go broke if I shopped there everyday. Go HERE for their website. Anywho, this is were I got my "WINTER" wood letters. I painted them and jazzed them up. So cute! My winter display is complete!

Distressed Letters

This project found on:
http://everythingthatisnice.blogspot.com/search/label/Handmade

You'll Need:
-Wooden Letters (found mine at Hobby Lobby in the unfinished wood section-2 for .99)
-Scrapbook paper of your chosing
-Brown Paint -Modge Podge
-Emery Boards (nail files)

On the back of the paper, trace your letter backwards.

-Cut out the paper letter just inside the line you traced.

-Paint the edges and sides of your letters brown.

-Coat the wooden letter with the Modge Podge.
-Apply your cut-out paper letter.
-Smooth out bubbles. -Allow to dry.

-Now take your emery board and distress that baby! Concentrate on the edges and tips.

-Apply another coat of Modge Podge or two to the paper and wood to protect it.

- Attach some ribbon to the back to hang it.