Hiya guys!! I hope you are all doing great!
First of all, before I start with this week’s post I want to apologise for not getting a post uploaded last week!! I was super busy with work and things and I didn’t have a chance to get a wee crafty project done to post about! It totally sucks, if I’m being totally honest, as I hate missing deadlines I set for myself! L
So, as this has been happening a wee bit too much recently where I’m finding it hard to upload a post every Sunday, I’m thinking it might be a good idea to change my blog day to every second Monday.
The most gutting thing is that I’ve managed to make the weekly blogging schedule work for a while, but with my new job and more working hours etc. I have been finding it quite difficult to do a crafty project every week. So by changing my posting time to every two weeks, hopefully that will give me a chance to upload better and more detailed posts!
Again, I apologise but you will catch me posting on here every two weeks from now on!
Okey dokies…so let’s get on with this
week’s post!!
For a while, on Instagram and Pinterest
etc. I have been seeing people update random items like glass jars and toys by
painting/spray painting them gold to give them a new look! It’s amazing how a bit of gold paint can make
something random and ordinary look quite elegant and funky. Love this idea!
As I was looking through these
pictures I noticed that one person had used little farm animal toys, painted
them and then stuck them to jar lids to create funky embellished jars!
So, like all other inspirational
ideas, I stored this crafty idea in my wee brain…and totally forgot all about
it until I was walking through a pound shop and found tiny little dinosaur toys
that would be great for this DIY. Obviously
I had to buy them! Four little dinosaurs
for £1! How could I resist a wee bargain
like that?
Instead of going to buy gold spray
paint, I decided I would use up some nearly empty bottles of old just-about-gloopy
nail polish. This worked quite well,
because since it is nail polish it dried fast – which is fab!
What I used:
·
Toy
dinosaurs
·
Three
nail polishes
·
Opaque
gold polish
·
Light
thin metallic gold polish
·
White
polish for a base coat
·
Bottle
lids
· All-purpose adhesive glue
Steps for Dino #1
1. For the first dinosaur, I had to use a white base coat as the gold polish didn’t show up very well.
2. Once the base coat was dry, I put a couple layers of the gold polish on top.
3. As a little extra, and to make the dinosaur more detailed, I decided to add a little of the opaque polish just on the top part to give it an ombre look.
4. Lastly I stuck the dinosaur onto the lid using an all-purpose adhesive glue.
Steps for Dino #2
1.
For
the second dinosaur, I didn’t need a base coat as I used the opaque gold polish
which went on quite thick in only one coat!
2.
Next,
I just touched up the little spaces missed.
3.
And
lastly, like the first dinosaur, I used the all-purpose adhesive glue to stick
it onto the lid.
So this is what they ended up looking
like!
These are funky things that can be
left as they are. Or, you could stick it
to a little side plate/saucer to create a little desk tidy or jewellery holder?
You could even add a little weight to
the underside of the lid to create little paper weights? So many ideas!!
Anyway guys, thank you SO SO much for reading! I really hope you
enjoyed this post J and I’ll see you back here in two weeks’ time!
As always, take care and see you next time!
Lin xxx
