Bread Board Tablet Stand

When cooking, do you use your tablet for recipes? I do. It's rare that I actually use a recipe card. And, having a stand to keep it upright makes it so much easier to view than trying to pick it up with messy hands.

And, if I'm going to have a stand, it might as well be pretty, so I made my own.

I started with a wooden bread board from Signopoly.

  I wanted to do a paint pour on part of the board, so I drew a line about 3/4 of the way up from the bottom. I covered the top portion with cling wrap and secured it with painters tape.

I placed the board on top of 2 disposable cups to elevate the board so that the paint could run off the edges during the paint pour. I placed the cups inside of a shallow box that I covered with a plastic trash bag. I mixed Dixie Belle metallic paint in the colors, Gold Digger and Caribbean, as well as their colors, Caviar and Muscadine Wine, with Zinsser Paint Booster, then began to pour them on the board. The paint booster helps the paint move more freely.

I picked up the board and tilted it in different directions to allow the paint to move across the board.

While the paint was still wet, I sprayed it with a little hand sanitizer in some areas. This creates different designs within the pour.

I let the paint dry overnight, then removed the tape and cling wrap.

 I painted the remainder of the board with Caribbean metallic paint, as well as 2 wooden knobs.

To make the tablet stand, I added a small chalkboard easel that I found at Michaels, to the back. Before attaching it, I placed it in the center of the board & marked where I needed holes for the knobs. I then drilled the holes for the knobs, then used E6000 to attach the easel to the back of the board. Once the glue set up, I added the knobs.

This makes the perfect stand for my iPad when I'm cooking. When not in use, it stores away nicely in a cabinet.

Linking To:

Ginger Snap Crafts, Chic On a Shoestring,  Simply Sweet Home, The Cottage Market,  Funky Junk Interiors, The Dedicated House,  Sugar Bee Crafts, Flour Me With Love,  Domestically Speaking,  The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home, Flutter Buster, The Foley Fam,  Finding Silver Pennies, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Painted Hinge, Yesterday On Tuesday, Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Dabbling And Decorating

Hello Summer Door Hanger

I'm back with another fun project to celebrate Summer... my favorite season!

I've shared quite a few of the wooden cutouts from Signopoly that make great door hangers or home decor. And, these sunglasses are super cute!

 I painted the frame with the color, Tree Frog Green. This is just a base because I did something fun with this color later on.

 If you've been here before, then you know that I love Dixie Belle Paint & use it for everything. It's intended for painting furniture, but the colors are so gorgeous that it's great for projects like this.

I painted an ocean sunset on the glasses...

 Then I added some palm trees...

 I made a vinyl stencil using my Cricut Maker to say, "hello summer." 

I added a yellow highlight to the letters.

 I added Dixie Belle's Crackle medium over the Tree Frog Green and let it sit overnight before adding a top color.

After letting the Crackle medium dry overnight, I painted over it with the color, Daisy.

 I used a Prima mould & modeling material to create a little flower embellishment for the corners of the glasses.

Hello Summer!!! Let the fun begin!

Linking To:

Ginger Snap Crafts,  Rae Gun Ramblings, Chic On a Shoestring,  Simply Sweet Home, The Cottage Market,  Funky Junk Interiors, The Dedicated House,  Sugar Bee Crafts, Flour Me With Love,  Domestically Speaking,  The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home, Flutter Buster, The Foley Fam,  Finding Silver Pennies, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Painted Hinge, Yesterday On Tuesday, Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Dabbling And Decorating

Red, White, & BOHO, Part Two

Last week I shared a Patriotic BOHO style wooden star...

You can find the link to that post HERE.

When I found this cute little table, I knew that I wanted to cover the drawers with Caravans, the same transfer from Re*design With Prima, that I used on the star. And, I had plenty left over from that project.

 I knew I might be facing a problem! The legs were wrapped in yarn at the bottom. Why would you do that? Are you trying to hide something?

 They were absolutely hiding something! I removed the yarn, only to find electrical tape...

 I removed the electrical tape, only to find double sided, thick tape. I removed that to find that some of the legs were badly damaged. I took the easy way out in fixing them by just cutting off the damaged part.

 I painted the table with the color Honky Tonk Red from the Dixie Belle Paint Company.

 I ran into another little problem.

The knobs on the drawers were glued on so I couldn't remove them to add the transfer. My daughter had the great idea to use a hole punch, then cut an X to make the hole fit over the knobs.

Once I had cut the transfer to the size of the drawer fronts, to find exactly where the holes should go, I painted the knobs with the color, Fluff, and while they were wet, I lined up the transfer with the drawer, & let the wet paint make a mark on the transfer. 

 The transfer went perfectly over the knobs!

 And, there's nothing to hide...

no yarn needed to cover something up!

Linking To:

Ginger Snap Crafts,  Rae Gun Ramblings, Chic On a Shoestring,  Simply Sweet Home, The Cottage Market,  Funky Junk Interiors, The Dedicated House,  Sugar Bee Crafts, Flour Me With Love,  Domestically Speaking,  The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home, Flutter Buster, The Foley Fam,  Finding Silver Pennies, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Painted Hinge, Yesterday On Tuesday, Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Dabbling And Decorating, Grammy's Grid

Red, White, And Boho Star

Here's a twist on the typical stars & stripes decor.

For something a little different I added a touch of Boho style.

I started with a wooden star cutout from Signopoly. 

The grooves make it easy to paint & add design.

I painted the entire star with the color, Fluff, from the Dixie Belle Paint Compnay. Then I painted every other stripe with the color Honky Tonk.

For the Boho detail, I used the Caravans decor transfer from Re*design With Prima. The transfer works best if the paint has had plenty of time to dry. So I waited overnight before adding the transfer.

I made a template, then cut the transfer to fit the remaining sections of the star.

I used the applicator tool that comes

with the transfer to rub the design onto the star.

I pressed the applicator tool down into the grooves to push the transfer into them so I wouldn't lose that detail.

To finish off the star and accentuate the grooves in the wood, I added wax. On the painted stripes, I first added clear wax. This makes the dark wax easy to manipulate and not be too hard to lighten on the matte finish of the paint. I didn't worry about the clear wax getting into the grooves because I wanted them to be dark. The area with the transfer didn't need it because it is a slick surface.

Then I added black wax down into the grooves in the wood, & also in the grooves of the transfer, & along the edges of the star, then wiped them back to smooth out the wax & give it a softer appearance.

Red, white, & Boho!

Linking To:

Ginger Snap Crafts,  Rae Gun Ramblings, Chic On a Shoestring,  Simply Sweet Home, The Cottage Market,  Funky Junk Interiors, The Dedicated House,  Sugar Bee Crafts, Flour Me With Love,  Domestically Speaking,  The Answer Is Chocolate, Skip To My Lou, The Thrifty Home, Flutter Buster, The Foley Fam,  Finding Silver Pennies, Our Hopeful Home, My Thrift Store Addiction, The Painted Hinge, Yesterday On Tuesday, Confessions Of A Plate Addict, My Uncommon Slice Of Suburbia, Dabbling And Decorating, Grammy's Grid