Decorative book stacks Using vintage flocked wall paper and Silhouette Cameo

Decor challenge option 3

The challenge is: to come up with home decor with very little to no investment.

I have a lot of books...old books..new books and well books that a binder would trash.

I saw in one of my favorite magazines a book stack with the spines being used to relay a lovely message...

How Cool is that...

so I gathered up my supplies and made a plan....

The only purchases I had to make was a super bond tape runner and these over head projector sheets that can be used in a printer.  Hint:  printable projector sheets have a matte finish one side and a slick finish on the other.  Print the matte finish side if you want the ink to dry and stay.

Found these at Goodwill  

Gathered my supplies....

I had some vintage flocked wall paper , vintage sewing trims and blanket binding in my stash.

I simply printed close to the center of each projector sheet a portion of my saying and wrapped it around the spine of each covered book...Stacked them staggering in sizes and glued them together...and wrapped them with a notion from my stash.  How easy is that?

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I thinking brown paper to wrap the books and well ..."not even a creature was stirring not even a mouse"   ....Hmmmm Christmas is just around the corner!

 These can be found at Vintage Collections  down town Camden.  

Hope you are inspired to create!

Sheryl

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Shabby little caddy Utensil silverware storage up cycle using chalk paint and the Silhouette Cameo

I am sure that I am not the only thrifter to pick an item up because it is only .50 cents.  This caddy is one of those finds.  It was in wonderful shape a little out dated and the perfect project to break out the Silhouette. 

   

Before just a plain ole wooden caddy.

I am a lazy crafter so I taped it off so that I would not have to deal with the interior.  Painted it with Jackson (black) by Southern Honey and the stencil was with Nanny White by Southern Honey.  

After a few coats of paint and stencil a buffing and distressing with sand paper.  I finished the caddy up with Johnsons Paste wax.  This is a great wax for signs and items like this.  I have used it on table tops but applied a few coats.  On the Caddy and signs that I make I simply use one coat.  

SOLD

Not to bad for a .50 cent investment.  Here's a hint...I have found that with most latex chalk base paints they are thick.  To make the brush marks melt away I spritz the surface with water then brush on paint.  It really makes a difference in the finish you get.  

Hope you have that .50 cent find just waiting for a transformation.

Sheryl

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Drop cloth pillow cover Intro to using The Silhouette Cameo and freezer paper

I love a good re purpose. I have also fallen in love with laundered drop cloth. The imperfections add interest as well as a vintage feel.  I really like the cheaper brand that Walmart carries it washes super soft. This was actually the first cloth that I stenciled using the freezer  paper method.  

You can read about it and the Silhouette here

The pillow cover is removable and washable.  

A simple envelope back using the original hemmed edge of the drop cloth as my top.

I put right sides together taking in to consideration of overlapping your two back pieces and stitched the cover 1.5 inches larger than I needed it.  I turned it pressed and stitched 1.5 inches from the edge and slipped the pillow form in.

Very simple and I think it looks pretty good in this ASCP painted chair.  

So glad that you stopped by,

sheryl

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How To: Stenciling Burlap with chalk paint , freezer paper and Silhouette Cameo

If you have been following my post lately you know that I have managed to get a stash of burlap.  You can read about the pillow project here.  Or the coffee burlap art here.

The main tools in this project are: Silhouette, computer, freezer paper, Iron, Glue gun, old canvas , Black paint or color of your choice, sharp scissors, ribbon or trim and blank burlap.

Choose a design for your signs , measure to make sure they fall on your canvas where you want.  These were 8x10 inches so my design was roughly 6 x 8 inches.  You can use the grid in the Silhouette software and if you are using a Cricut it has the same feature with their online program.  Note to Cricut users if you have not set up your cricut on line software account you may want to.  If will make projects like this so much easier.   If you decide to use a printer you can set your page size to 8x14 and get the dimensions you need.  cut your freezer paper to 8.5 x 14 to feed into the printer.  Note make sure you print on the non shiny side of the freezer paper.  This way your image will not smear because the wax will not soak up the ink and your image will not be backwards.  Cut your images out of your paper using craft knife or scissors.

Once you have your design cut out iron it onto your burlap.  The more texture your burlap has the longer you need to take to press.  I used a little 1950's GE travel iron for this Job and it was set on the lowest cotton setting no steam. 

 Iron slowly giving the wax time to adhere to the textured burlap.  Once you see that the wax paper is adhered with out gaps on the edges you are ready to stencil.  I used what ever black I had since this was hanging on the wall and not going to be washed or worn.  Note that you will need to load your stencil brush heavier than normal to get good color .  I started in the center of my cut out area and worked my way to the edges.  

When the paint dries and is no longer tacky peel off the paper. Note if you peel the paper while it is wet you risk smudging paint where you do not want it. I did not press or heat set this because it is going to hang on the wall.  

Mounting the burlap to the re cycled canvas is a tricky step simply because the burlap will stretch.  I used clamps to hold it in place after I centered it.

Glue one edge top or bottom does not matter...then glue the opposite edge pulling slightly taught.  Make sure to check the front to make sure you are not getting the design out

 of whack.  Then go side to side checking regularly.

In order to cut the bulk out of the corner I cut a flap on the top and pulled it taught and glued it to the side.

 I then mitered the corners in the back.  
I trimmed the fabric on the edges and applied ribbon to cover the raw edges.

All finished..

I hope this has inspired you!  

Sheryl

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