DIY "Sparkly" Decorative Fruits

Hello loves!

I have been feeling extra crafty lately, and I have been seriously enjoying every bit of it. I also started baking like I'm #MarthaCrocker. And before you think I'm crazy, I intended to put the two names together. Having said that, here is yet another fabulous DIY for those of you who like fabulous things at Dollar Tree prices. I drew my inspiration from some fruits I saw a picture of somewhere. I can't remember where I found them but I had enough sense to at least save the picture.

I decided against glitter because as we all know, glitter gets ever-y-where.  I may use glitter when I make them for myself later on though.

                  

 

I started by spraying the fruits white. Once they dried I poured epsom salt in a plastic container, painted the fruit generously with glue, and dipped it into the epsom salt. I let them sit over night to make sure they were completely dry. Once they were dry I sprayed them with the clear Rust-Oleum Glitter Seal Spray so that the salt would stay sealed on. I then sprayed a little gold paint on the wax paper, dipped my brush in it and painted both the stem and bottom (whatever it's called) gold.

           

Excuse the toes.lol

 



The finished product looked like it was purchased at Pottery Barn or something equally as expensive, when I spent a fraction of what that would have cost. I hope you enjoy!


XOXO,

Here's what you'll need:

• Foam Fruit of your choice (Dollar Tree)
• White Spray Paint
• Epsom Salt (Dollar Tree)
• Gold Spray Paint (optional)
• Rust-Oleum Glitter Seal Spray
• Small Paint Brush
• News Paper
• Craft Glue (ie. Modge Podge)

Monogram Candleholder DIY

Hello again!
As you probably saw in my previous post, I created some custom monogram candleholders for my friend Keno's birthday. Since this was my first try, and my original plan didn't quite work out, I had to improvise a little but they turned out great.

I started out with some plain square glass candleholders from Dollar Tree. I love that store by the way. So many little great finds can be picked up there.

Buy here

These little vases were made out of a fairly thick glass, so they didn't look or feel cheap. My original plan was to order a page of stickers already cut out in the shape of a K. I found a company online that charged $9.99 for a page and I thought I was good to go. Unfortunately those were for square stickers with a K printed on them. That wouldn't work, so I had to improvise. I printed out a sheet of K's and cut them out. What I SHOULD  have done was buy a plain page of 8.5x11 printable vinyl. It would have made my life much easier. (can be purchased here). 

I on the other hand used regular paper and then glued it onto the glass with a glue stick which I then scraped off and cleaned up with a little water on a q-tip. It was quite the hassle and paint managed to get under the K in certain places that I had to scrape off. Cutting out the letters and making sure the lettering was perfect required quite a bit of patience.

Once I sprayed them all, I let them dry a little before peeling off them K's. Don't let them dry 100% because it makes the edges slightly uneven. Unfortunately I didn't take a lot of pictures of this project, but it was pretty simple after all.

I hope you guys enjoyed this little DIY moment, and if you try it for yourself, please send me a picture.

Smooches,

Shopping List

• Square Candle Holder(s)
• Rust-Oleum Spray Paint (in your choice of color)
• Printable Vinyl 8.5x11 
• Scissors
• Newspaper
• Patience to cut out the letters

Party Planning DIY from Dollar Tree

Hello all!

I'm sorry I have been missing in action, but so much has been going on. I'm in the process of starting my own company on top of my regular job, party planning, and regular household things.
What I would like to share with you today is a couple of awesome DIY tutorials. Unfortunately I haven't bought one of those fancy cameras yet, so my pictures aren't the greatest, and I am new to the tutorial thing and haven't quite figured out at which step I need to take a picture, but most of them are quite simple so it should be fine.
I have been interested in wedding/party planning for quite sometime, and I occasionally work with a local event planner as an event supervisor. I genuinely enjoy making people's events everything they have dreamed of. I was recently asked to help a friend create a Lisa Vanderpump style table for his birthday, but on a budget. I accepted the challenge and went to work. I was given majority of creative control, which was great, and things turned out amazingly if you ask me.

Everything was made from "scratch" and was custom made for this event. The ambiance of the room of course puled everything together perfectly.  I made the vases, tall candles, monogram candles, gold stones, cake pops, and "sparkly" fruit. I will be breaking this up into several blogs instead of one long one.

Let's start with the candles easiest one, the tall gold candles. I simply used gold spray paint on 4 white tapered candles from Dollar Tree. I then placed them in these cheap, yet fancy looking candleholders.

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Two simple steps that even a child could do, but with a really pretty outcome. The candles were also from Dollar Tree. Next up I will show you these fabulous vases. I have since planned on making myself a couple to keep in my home, but I have been procrastinating and haven't gotten off my little procrastinating ass.

First I taped the vases all the way up. You can choose the width of your lines however you like, but I chose to do my bottom 2", and then alternated 1" at a time. The easiest way to get a good guide was to take the entire vase and then remove the pieces I wanted to be gold.











Once they were all taped, it was time to start spraying them. Now this is where I apparently had some diminished capacity of the brain. At least temporarily. But hey, this means I can tell you what NOT to do. You see, in my mind at the time, I thought I could just spray the vases just the way they are over here to our right. Well, what I didn't think about was the fact that the overspray on the inside would show through to the outside....since it's glass. DUH!! I know. Much an idiot move, but hey, we all have those moments. SO what you SHOULD do is stuff the vase with newspaper.

As you can see here, I held my hand in it so that I could turn is when I needed to since my space was limited. I also decided to do this in the house, which wasn't the brightest idea ever, but since I live in a loft, I didn't really have anywhere else to go. Our house was filled with gold dust for days.

At least I had enough sense to put on a pair of latex gloves.

I peeled off the tape, and VOILA! So simple and so gorge. The can of paint was only $4 at home depot. I used the Rust-Oleum Specialty Metallic Gold Spray Paint.

I hope you enjoyed, and if you decide to try this for yourself, please feel free to send me a picture. I would love to see your results.

Smooches,