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I've been obsessed with world maps for a couple of months now ...

Micah made a masterpiece!

The canvas spreads out about five feet across the focal wall in the dining room, above where the table will be.

It took a trip to Hobby Lobby where only $40 was spent and many tedious hours of meticulous cutting, but luckily the labor was free..

Six canvas, 14 foam pieces, and a can of black spray paint later it is probably my favorite piece in the house...

I love to look at it everytime I walk by!

Altered Light

Who likes those gold standard chandeliers that come in every apartment or house?!

No one.. so i wanted to see if I could transform it.

First: Remove the bulbs and unattach it from the ceiling.

Part of me wanted to be able to reattach it and reuse in the dining room

but the wires weren't long enough to hang it over the table.

Next: Take apart the pieces and individually sand the metal so that the spray paint can be absorbed. Then spray Rust Oleum glossy (black in this case) evenly over the entire lamp. If you hang it to paint it is much easier to get an even look all the way around.

Using one of these is really handy for no getting paint all over you hands and cheap, $3!

Also, remember that if you want the chain to match to spray it hanging and then flip and do the same for no spots.

Then: When it is dry completely put the pieces back together and hang in the house. I repurposed mine to be a candleabra which turned out pretty good as you can see.

Finding candles that fit are more difficult because the holes are smaller, but we tried shaving a bit off the end and turning them upside down since the wick was on both sides.

Bleeding Colors

I know everyone has been doing these crayon art pieces but I still had to share mine.

It is really easy and fun!

All you need is a couple packs of crayons, canvas, hairdryer, and electricity.

Make sure that you hold the hairdryer at a good distance away because if you are impatient then it could start to splatter.

Several Weeks later Savannah wanted to try her hand at finding her inner artist and this is what she came out with:

I defintely like her crayon one better than mine #jealousy

No Thorns

Fake cloth flowers always seem to look very fake and I really don't have a green thumb so I decided to make some out of plastic.

Inspiration:

First: Gather a few things:

Plastic Spoons

Candle and Lighter

Hot Glue Gun and Sticks

Then: Carefully hold spoons over the candle for about 10 seconds and it begins to melt, but it you do it too long then the spoons burn black. The center pieces are held with the spoon down and the outer petals are done by holding the spoon normally. After all the petals are formed hot glue it together. I spray painted mine because I used clear spoons that we had laying around.

Inspiration in Action:

Finally: Finding something to do with these flowers... well I have seen them mainly used as a broche with a pin hot glued to the back, but I was thinking more towards decor like the picture below: