polka dot canvases {a tutorial} + a winner

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If you saw my foyer makeover post, you may recall a watercolored polka dot canvas hanging over the bench. I liked it so much, I soon created a second for the kids’-room-to-be, this time using craft paint. Both were easy, fun, and inexpensive, here’s a quick how-to if you’d like to create some of your own!

Materials:

paint (either watercolors or craft paint)
foam brush (mine is from the Martha Stewart line at Michaels)
canvas

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Once you’ve chosen your medium and colors, simply load your brush with paint, remove the excess and begin!

Here’s my kids’ room canvas after my first color….

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After two colors…

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…and completed…

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The above was created with craft paint, and the foyer canvas, below, with watercolors….

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I love both mediums, but for different reasons….I love the way the watercolors blend and mix and dance with each other, but I also love how bright and saturated the colors of the craft painted canvas looks.

Where would YOU put one of these fun, polka dotted canvases?

Annnd…we have a winner for the Favorite Things Giveaway! The winner is #81 Kristin Moore Corbin! Please contact me within 48 hours and I’ll get your prize in the mail! Congrats!!

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personalized hoop ornaments {a tutorial}

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Looking for an easy, customizable, and just downright adorable gift idea? Look no further. These personalized hoop ornaments will make the perfect gift for the little ones in your life, and I’m sharing the how-to with you all right here!

Materials:
4″ embroidery hoops
embroidery floss
buttons
fabric
disappearing ink marker

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Step 1: Open up your word processing program, type out the name you want for your hoop, and choose your font (mine is blackjack). Cut out your name, and, with the name underneath your fabric, trace it onto your fabric using a marker with disappearing ink (I used a lightbox for this step). If you have pretty handwriting, you can skip this step altogether and just hand write out your name onto your fabric.

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Step 2: Insert fabric into your embroidery hoop. Thread your needle, and begin outlining your name. Sublime Stitching has a great collection of tutorials if you’re new to embroidery (I use the backstitch). Next, choose your buttons, and stitch them around your name using white thread.

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Step 3: Almost done! Turn your hoop over, trim the excess fabric using pinking shears, and hot glue to the inside of your hoop.

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These are seriously fun to make! Send me a pic if you make some yourself, I’d love to see!

Love the idea but don’t want to attempt yourself? I have them for sale in my shop, clementine jayne!

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