More Paint Chip Art

My niece finished her paint chip art and liked it so much she made more.  I think they are great.  I can't wait to see them hanging in her room. 

She made this using paint chips from Home Depot and 12x 12 canvas and rubber cement.  This was her first time using rubber cement.  I thought that was funny, cause when I was in Kindergarten and 1st grade this was the type of glue we used in class.  It has an awful smell and is probably not that great to inhale.  My point, is things have changed a bit in 35 years. 
Thanks for crafting with me M.

Paint Chip Art Framed and Hung

I finally got around to framing and hanging my newest art project. I hung it up in the dinning room and love the change.

Here's a close up. 

A simple Ikea frame. 

Here's its new home.  I've had a sunburst mirror in the same spot for 10 years.  Change is good.  The kids pointed out that the art looks like a bunch of M's like our last name.  I thought it kinda looks like mountains.  I also see arrows.  It kind of changes depending on how close you are to it. 

Paint Chip Art-sneak peak

My niece and her friends came over to do a little crafting Friday. I had over a week to prep, but waited to the last minute  to come up with a project.  We ended up doing paint chip art. I went to Pinterest and found lots of inspiration. We didn't quite finish, but I thought I'd show you what we've done so far.  

This is mine.  I decided to go with the triangles.  This took me hours.  I found this to be like a big math problem.  I made the pattern up in my head  and didn't get my groove until after I did the first 8 stripes. 

The is my niece's, she's going with a cool ombre pattern.

Here, she's almost done.  I'd like to make one just like this using metallic.

The is our friends, she was going for a breaking wave.  Can you see it?  After she was done we realized we needed to use rubber cement instead of Mod Podge.  She's going to add a layer or two of a glaze on hers so it looks more finished.

The is our other friends, she is really a great artist and went for a cool pattern using half circles.

The almost finished wave, the only problem is all the messy glue.

I worked on this till I couldn't sit anymore and went back to work on it a few hours later, sometimes it's nice to walk away and come back with a fresh perspective. 

This is my daughters, I love it!!!!!

Now I need to get some rubber cement and glue mine to a poster board.  I'll post the finished piece soon. 

Party Time

One of my best friends celebrated a certain milestone recently. She planned her dream day, skiing in the morning, the afternoon getting pampered at the spa, a special dinner, ending it all with dancing and charades. The night will be one I'll never forgot, good times with great people. 

I spent the week before the party getting my craft on.  It was so much fun getting back into my craft supplies.  I made a fun birthday banner (which I didn't photograph) fringed over 1000 feet of crepe paper streamers like these, cut out a bunch of table confetti using paint chips, made a fun cake topper inspired by this and made a bunch of photo-booth props via Oh happy day.

I covered the tables with a great red and white stripe fabric from Ikea.  I sprinkled fabric with 2" round discs cut from paint chips.

The  party wasn't  complete until we hung the disco ball.

Votives made the table sparkle!

The cake was adorned with a homemade topper. 

We set up a photo booth.  Here's me and and my sweetie.

the girls being silly

So many laughs with an awesome group of people.  A fun night!!!!!!!!! 

Craft Lab: Mini paint chip Banner

My daughter was very sick this weekend. I was trying to pick her up and totally threw out my back. Let me just say, it was a challenge taking care of her with my limited mobility. I laid flat on my back for most of the day. By the next day, I needed to do something creative. So here's what I made. I had everything on hand. Super easy!

You'll need paint chips, glue, scissors, and string.

I cut square paint chip in half, then folded this piece in half and cut folded piece into a triangle. After I cut out enough triangles, I placed the string between the folded paper and glued together. Since, the paint chips are stiff, I used clothes pins to hold the two pieces together until the glue was set. After it dries, hang up and smile!