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- high temp glue gun
- acrylic paints
- small clay pots
- paint brush
Summertime Giveaway
June 18th, 2013Combining my three favourite stores: HomeGoods,Target & World Market into one amazing giveaway! How much fun is that!
I could have some serious fun with $150 at any one of these stores. But if I had to pick just one, I think it would have to be World Market.
If I won a couple of these fun yellow guys would come home with me (source: World Market)
I’ve teamed up with 20 fantastic blogs to bring you this giveaway. One lucky person will be randomly selected by Rafflecopter on Saturday June 29th. The winner will receive a $150 gift card from the store of their choice: Target, HomeGoods, or World Market.
This giveaway is not sponsored by Target, HomeGoods or World Market.
Mod Melts Bumble Bee Pots
June 18th, 2013This post is sponsored by Blueprint Social, but the content and opinions expressed are all my own.
Have you seen the new Mod Podge Mod Melts and Molds yet? Mod Melts let you create your own embellishments for scrapbooking, jewelry, furniture, really anything you want.
You simply use the special Mod Melts glue sticks in a high temperature glue gun. Let the embellishment cool for 3 minutes and then pop them out of the mold.
Supplies for Mod Melts Garden Pots:
I did have some trouble with the little bumble bee since it has so many teeny tiny areas to fill with the Mod Melt sticks. The extra ‘glue’ that oozed over the edges had to be cut off with a pair of scissors. I found the simpler designs, like the heart and flower, much easier to work with. But I have a thing for bees, I just couldn’t resist.
I fully admit that I had no clue that there are both high & low temperature glue guns. Of course the 4 glue guns that I already owned were low temperature. So I had to make a trip to the craft store to get a high temp glue gun. Be sure you are using a high temp glue gun or the sticks will not work. Take my advice so you won’t have to drag two screaming kids back to the craft store, like I did.
Now for the fun part, you can use paint, nail polish, glitter, or shimmer mists to add colour to your mod melts. I used simple acrylic paint to paint my little bee’s a pale blue.
I had these small clay pots from my last trip to Hobby Lobby. I dry brushed on a tiny amount of white paint to give the pots a bit of age. And simply glued the little bees onto the side of the pots.
Now fill with your favourite flowers and enjoy.
So what would you use Mod Melts for?
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Thank you Plaid Crafts for sponsoring this post.
Plastic Plate Backsplash
June 13th, 2013
I painted my kitchen cabinets over a year ago (still need to write a blog post about that!). My dream is to eventually replace the laminate counter tops with butcher block, and add white subway tile backsplash with dark grey grout. But it’s not in the budget. And may not be for a few more years.
So for now, I thought I would add some (cheap) interest to my backsplash, by adding some plastic plates that I picked up at Target this week. You can find these plates for $1-$2. Target always seems to have lots of them available during the summer season.
I used pop can tabs to hang the plates.
Two of the plates I found at Target were just plain white. But at $1 each I thought I could use my Silhouette Cameo to add a design to them. I chose the ampersand and the arrows files from Silhouette and used black vinyl to attach to the plastic plates.
I’m still dreaming of a subway tile with dark grey grout backsplash, but for now I’m cool with my little plates.
Washi Tape Vintage Mason Jars
May 28th, 2013
I was thrilled to find the vintage blue Ball mason jars at Target for $10 this week.
Have you found some yet?
I’m still not totally sure about the colour blue. It’s a little too vibrant, compared to the real deal. But they’re still pretty cool.
$180 Amazon Giveaway!
May 28th, 2013Seriously what is up with Spring this year? It seems to be cold everywhere. We’re heading back to Ontario in a couple of weeks and I’m just hoping it doesn’t actually snow! Although the boys would love that. Me, not so much.
But no matter the weather Memorial Day seems to officially kick off the summer. So what have you been up to this long weekend? I bet no matter what your plans $180 to spend on anything you wanted on Amazon would make your summer more enjoyable!
I’ve joined together with some amazing bloggy friends to bring you this fun giveaway.
I mean what can’t you buy on Amazon? My boys would try to talk me into this…
I don’t think so.
What would you pick if you won $180 to spend on Amazon?
Sponsored by these 18 fabulous blogs:
The Rafflecopter will walk you through the process to enter.
Contest runs March 28 – June 7, 2013. Open to U.S. and Canadian residents age 18 and over. The blogs above have pooled their money to sponsor this giveaway; it is NOT sponsored by Amazon. The more entries you have, the greater your chances of winning. Good luck!