I really love DIY projects! Some of my favorites are the ones that help to brighten up your home. My family is also a little strapped for cash…a past cancer diagnosis, along with grad student incomes can do that to you. This project meets both of those objectives: bright & colorful AND cheap 🙂
You know all of those beautiful paint swatches in the hardware store? Well I recently found a blog post where those swatches were put to good use for some DIY crafting fun. A dear friend of mine just moved all the way across the country (literally…from Connecticut to LA) and I figured that I could help make her new apartment feel like home from afar…because going out and visiting right now just isn’t an option.
I took a regular, 11×13 frame
I then assembled all of the pretty paint chips onto the paper insert from the frame
Using glue dots (1/2″ diameter), I adhered the paint chips carefully in place
The blog post where I found this project used vinyl letters to spell something out on the paint chip mosaic. Instead, I found some great, blue, glitzy flowers
The gem in the center of the flower was too thick for the frame though so I removed it, and put some wrapped ribbon in its place.
I put everything back in the frame and voila! 🙂
What do you think? What kinds of projects do you like doing?