Made By Me Mondays #10: Flower Art!

OK so I got a little impatient this week and I posted a tutorial about my DIY Ombre Spoons on Friday. I couldn't wait! I love them so much :)

I have another project to share with you today that I love just as much though! Check out the new art that I made for my bathroom!

I had made this art and it was taking me a while to get it up on the walls but then I came home and my sweet hubby hung it up for me as a surprise! And in true "Lauren" fashion, it took me FOREVER to notice it! Haha! I never catch on to the important things quickly...

Anyways, on to the tutorial!

Here are the supplies you need for this project:

     1) Hot Glue (This is used for the borders of the petals. I tried to use Elmer's Glue first but there were a few things wrong with it. It kinda expanded into the borders of the other petals around it and made it look like a big blob and it also dried flat. We want the glue to act like a "fence" around the color of your petals so don't use Elmer's glue!!)

     2) 3 canvases (whatever size you want)

     3) White Paint

     4) Colored paint (I chose purple!)

     5) Paint Brush

Step 1)

   

     Plug in your hot glue gun and make the center of your flower on one of the sides of one canvas. Then do all the leaves fanning out from it. Only do a border for your leaves so that you can fill them in with paint later!

Step 2)

     Paint all three canvases a VERY light shade of the color that you chose. This will serve as the background color of your painting and it will also be the color of a few of your petals. Make sure to paint all the way up to the edge of your petals!

Step 3)

     After your background paint dries, start darkening your paint little by little. Every step you take towards a darker color, paint a few random leaves here and there.

Step 4)

     Once all of your petals are filled in and the paint is dry, go over the hot glue parts with white paint to make the petals pop!

There you have it!

Here are some more pictures:

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DIY Bath Salts

I go to Michael's all the time and I find myself either overwhelmed with inspiration and then I spend WAY to much money or I'm on the complete other end of the spectrum and I have a total lack of inspiration. This doesn't seem to be what happens to KristanLynn over at adelynSTONE because my projects rarely turn out as well put-together and beautiful as these bath salts that she made!

Aren't they just gorgeous?! I would love to have some of these sitting on my bathroom sink looking pretty :)

These are SO easy to make and as she says in her post, they are great for gift giving! :) I cant wait to make *and use* some of these!! Click here for the tutorial!

Cute Bin Labels!

Its springtime!!! As we all know, with springtime comes spring cleaning! The hubby and I are in the process of getting ready for a garage sale. I'm excited, but its a bit of a daunting task since we have just been married for a year and we still have all this excess of random stuff from when we were both living in separate homes.

Currently, we are working on the pantry. This room has become more of a garage then a pantry...

Of course I didn't take any before pictures but Eric and I took a few days to clean it out and here is the after picture (this looks MUCH better! You couldn't even walk in there before):

Ahh much better! Do you see those clear, white bins on the right hand side of the photo? This is what I want to do to them!

Kristen from Peace, Love & Crafts has given me the inspiration for my boring bins.

Perfect right? I still have to convince the hubby that he will like it but I think I can do that! Its such an inexpensive and cute solution to your storage and organization needs!

Click here for the tutorial! Thanks Kristen!!