Painting my wall Grey and DIY Pictures for the Wall

Going from a brown taupe

To Elf Grey

I decided that it was time to switch up my colors in the living room. I had a hard time deciding what color of grey that I wanted to put on the wall and if I should paint them all or just one wall. One wall won out and the color that I chose was called Elf - CL 3215 D. I didn't want to get the grey with blue undertones and this paint is brown undertones.

Once the color was chose I knew that I needed something big to put on the wall. What I did was buy a roll of wallpaper and a couple of oversized stretch canvas'. I had to cut the canvas down to fit the wallpaper width but I left the length of the canvas.

Here is showing the one canvas made into two. I made three on them so I had to buy two canvas.

I papered the canvas just like I would have put it on the wall.

The brown and the grey compliment each other quite well. 

End of Summer Wreath for your Front Door

The cost of this wreath was under $25.

For this wreath you will need a roll of burlap ribbon. beige netting ribbon with gold sparkles, one cattail bunch, some berries, three sunflowers with clips on the back and a wire wreath.

I cut the ribbon in lengths of approximately 12", as you can see they don't have to be perfect. 

Tie each ribbon onto the wreath.

When the ribbon is all on, snip the cattails off the bunch and hot glue them into the ribbon.

Snip about 4 pieces of grass at a time and hot glue both ends together.

Set them in the wreath while the glue is still hot.

This is not a fussy wreath and it only takes a couple of hours to complete. I added 3 sunflowers that you get at the dollar store. They have clips on the back so you just clip them to the wreath.

I think it looks really nice!

Cupcakes Bouquet

These cupcakes and cupcake bouquet were made for a wedding shower, the wedding colors were purple and green and she loved gerberas and cala lilies, so we decided to incorporate both into her shower and make a cupcake bouquet and then individual cupcakes besides. I loved the way that it turned out!

Use gum paste with purple food coloring.

Shape the flower by using the ball tool to thin out the edges.

To make 1 gerbera cut out 2 large, 1 medium, and 1 small. Use a yellow middle mold for the center. For the bouquet you will need 7 gerberas.

Pearl dust each flower to give it a shimmer.

To make the bouquet buy an 8" diameter bowl. We couldn't find a big enough styrofoam ball so what we did was bought a circle foam to fit the bowl and cut the styrofoam ball to fit inside of it.

Making the calla lily.

Use gum paste glue to hold everything together. (a little ball of gum paste with a teaspoon of water and mix till it becomes a paste.)

Gently fold down the edges of the lily.

This is the bowl covered with tulle held together with toothpicks. The cups are to keep the cupcakes from falling off the bowl. We couldn't find the right cup size for the cupcakes as the plastic glasses were all too tall so we cut them with scissors and melted the top with a match, just so they wouldn't be sharp. Drill a small hole through the middle and skewer them to the styrofoam bowl.

Even if we didn't put the gerberas and calla lillies in and just left the cupcakes like this I think it still looks pretty.

The calla lillies were not put in the cupcakes but just placed between them. There were 7 cupcakes with gerberas in the bouquet.

Next we decorated the individual cupcakes with the same color scheme.

Make a Canada Day Table Setting for under $10.

I bought everything at the dollar store and it was under $9.00. The red goblets I had at home, plus the plates, glasses and silverware. What I did purchase was the tablecloth, flags, glitter gravel, napkins, terra cotta pot, and the topiary ball.

 The tablecloth is plastic and wasn't the right size for my table so I cut it to fit. 

The flags are inserted into the glittery gravel. They stand quite well in the glass.

The topiary sits on top of the terra cotta pot. I placed 3 small napkins on the white plates.

I think it turned out quite nice without spending a lot of money. 

How to Make an Artificial Silk Flower Arrangement for Graveside Vase Insert

 

Ten stems of silk flowers will be enough for one arrangement. You can get these at the dollar store and they usually have a nice arrangement of them. Craft stores also carry silk arrangements. You can get all of the same color or ones that compliment each other.

Start with two stems and start wrapping with string. Add stems one at a time and wrap together until all the stems are wrapped with each other, then tie tightly.

I put a butterfly with the flowers. You could add a solar light or an angel, or personalize it with something that is meaningful.  

The stems all wrapped.

The inserts are a plastic vase shape that you can get at the memorial stores.

Fill the inserts with either plaster of paris or quick drying cement. Put the flowers in and hold straight till dry. A vise works good to hold straight.

The inserts are placed inside the bronze vases.