DIY :: JEWELRY HANGER

It has been awhile since the husband and I have had some time to be crafty...but we did this weekend! I had another vision and it came together perfectly! I really hated my old jewelry hanger that I had. It was not tall enough for all my long necklaces...so I had a vision in my head and we brought it to life!!! I am in love with this piece of work!

So we started by getting a "free" wood pallet. Beware that these pallets are heavy and hard to take apart. As John was trying to dismantle it some of the wood split. At first I was like "dang it" but then I was like "oooo perfect." After moving the pieces around like a puzzle I found the right combination.  John nailed it together and I saved some of the rusty nail to use for later. 

Once it was nailed together in one piece I got my stain on. I have never stained anything nor did I research what to do (I like this way better because I am not trying to be perfect). I picked a stain up for about $8 at home depot and went to town. At first I did not like how dark it was because it looked like I had cooked it in a fire. I got over that quickly because there are no re-dos with staining.

I used the old rusty nail and some wire to string across...then bought some $14 drawer knobs at pier one. I am sure if I would have shopped around more for knobs I could have found some cheaper ones...but I didn't...next time!You could totally do this in 2hrs...if you have all your supplies. Look how pretty it is... TA-DUAH!

 

ART:: PROJECT

My husband and I decided to have a little "creative" day. I had this color blocking image in my mind for about a week. My inspiration came from none other than LEGOS. yup legos. I just so happen to be playing around with some cool color ones and there was my vision. Next thing you know I had to design my vision to show my husband and then we were off to home depot to search for some thin wood. Our total bill was $10.00. Now that is my kind of art! Luckily for us we already had paint (john and I both paint in our spare..spare...spare time). I know that is hard to believe but this our 2nd paint project together. I am more abstract and john is well more....look at picture and paint it person.

Anyways.... I realized that I love paint tape. It made the best straight lines ever. The best thing about the wood was that it was smooth and the acrylic paint dried super fast on it. I would also like to pat myself on the back for mixing the right about paint for every color. If you know anything about painting, its near impossible to make the same color twice. So thank you kate for making the right amount.

I would also like to give my husband props for figuring out how to hang our master piece. This wood is thin but still has some junk in the trunk weight on it. We did not buy any mounting stuff cause we figure we could think of something and well we did. A staple gun, wire and 10lb fishing wire (we ran out of the good wire and had to improvise with fishing wire). ha ha it worked.

heres to an art project that was fun, turned out great and involved no fighting. :)