
I've been eyeing up this gorgeous Easter pallet art that Taryn over at Design, Dining and Diapers ever since she posted about it.
And I've finally decided to create my own! I LOVE how this turned out. It matches perfectly with our décor and it could be displayed year round in our home. And, it features two of my favorite things: the color yellow and birds. :)
* Wood shims
* Wood glue
* Yellow Paint (I used canary from Valspar's Lakeside Cottage collection)
* While Acrylic Paint
* Sponge brush
* Paint brush
* Stencils or Silhouette
First, you'll need to decide how large you want your art to be. I measured up my bird stencil (which I cut from my Silhouette) against my shims to figure out how large I wanted it. I decided on 9 shims for my design.
Next, apply a liberal amount of wood glue to two additional shims and press your other shims on top. Let it dry completely.
Now, you need to paint your pallet. I just love this yellow color. It makes me so happy to look at! :)
Finally, it's time to place your stencil onto your pallet. Using your sponge brush, gently apply the white acrylic paint following your stencil design. My bird's legs are very thin, so I was a little nervous about how they would turn out. There really was no problem, though. :)
After outlining my bird in paint, I colored it in. I also added the word "tweet" in the corner to add a little big of whimsy to my pallet sign.
What do you think? I'm rather smitten. :)
I'm so excited to be linking up with The Pinterest Challenge. It's a little something that Sherry over at Young House Love and Katie over at Bower Power started up. This is my first time joining them and I'm so happy that I did!
Also sharing with these great parties:
I LOVE this - so cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :)
DeleteThis is so cute! I love pallet projects and have done a few myself, but not a spring one! Happy to be following you via GFC and looking forward to more awesome projects!
ReplyDeleteThis is my first time doing pallet art. I wish I had done it sooner! I'm looking forward to creating more pieces. Thanks for the stopping by and for the follow! It means a lot. :)
DeleteSuper cute! You did a wonderful job!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lisa! :)
DeleteI love the Tweet! My 19 month old calls birds tweet-tweets... and now I catch myself saying it too. :)
ReplyDelete"bird" was my oldest son's first identifiable word. How adorable that he calls them "tweet tweets".. Kids are so funny! Thanks for stopping by. :)
DeleteCute! I never would've thought to buy wood shims to create something like this! I think this will be making its way to my pinboard :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for pinning! It was so easy to make. I can't wait to make more. :)
Deletelove that! it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jenny! I hope you and those two little boys are well! :)
DeleteVery cute and creative. I love to use the construction shims for small projects too. Please consider coming over and linking this up to my weekend link party at The Patriotic Pam. I know my readers would love to see this too.
ReplyDeleteHope to see you there,
Pam
Thanks, Pam! :)
DeleteSuper duper cute project! Think I'm gonna have to pin this one and try it later! Also, just wanted to thank you for stopping by my lil' blog :-) Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Luisa! I hope you had a wonderful weekend, too. :)
DeleteThank you so much for the shout out! Yours turned out super cute!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Taryn! You always have such awesome ideas!! :)
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