Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Getting crafty

My mom is coming to visit in a few weeks (yayyyyyyy!), and she has promised to help with a project. (Remember when she wallpapered my bathroom?). I think I'll have her help me paint our bedroom (April Mist is the pick! I bought a sample can and love it), and in preparation for that I've been doing some projects that will complete the room. I sent off my quilt to be quilted. I'm redoing a lampshade. And when I came across this on Etsy, I thought I could recreate it myself.

Here's the inspiration:



The Etsy listing is for just an 8x10 without a frame, but I wanted to go bigger. I found a 16x20 frame for $7 at Goodwill and spray-painted it black. The burlap is from Joann's for about $1. I got the buttons on Etsy for about $8. So, for less than the cost of the Etsy version, I made my own just how I wanted it. I'm so happy with how it turned out!


6 comments:

Meg McCann said...

saw that on etsy too! love it.

Nannie said...

What a good idea for a design! You and these folks have a terific imagination. L&K N

Sara said...

love it! I love when I see stuff that is so easy to do yourself exactly the way you want and usually cheaper! I can't wait to see the finished room--you've got to be so excited! (although I don't know if any room in my house is ever "done"... (grin!))

Hi, I'm Casey... said...

SO SO SO cool! Did you stencil on the letter first before you glued the buttons down?

Katie said...

Casey - Yes. I printed off a V in a font I liked--it ended up on about 4 sheets of paper. I used the V itself (not a stencil) as a guide and drew my V a bit wider onto the burlap.

Ricci said...

Love the V with the white buttons. April Mist, you will love it, 2 years of living with it here and I never tire of it's soothing refreshing feel!