Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend! My latest project is a few antique looking dice! This was such a fun project from beginning to end! I have been wanting large dice for some time now and well, when you can’t find exactly what you want you create it right? Their story starts out at Home Goods (I know…surprise) on a Shanty Shopping Trip with Whitney. I found a set of 7 blocks that spelled out FRIENDS in pastel colors. I would never use these as they were but at a clearance price of $5.00 I could make many projects including dice! So of course I purchased the set!
I brought them home (after giving Whitney a couple….the F and R as you can see) and started painting. I used Antique White Acrylic as the base (2 coats). While the coats were drying I began making a stencil for my dots! I used my Cricut machine to get the exact size I wanted (you can use anything for a stencil I just chose my Cricuit). I then put tape around the outer edges so the stencil would stay down while I was painting (I highly recommend contact paper but I didn’t have any nor did I want to make a trip to the store). When the base paint was dry I began stenciling the dots with a dry brush technique to give the dots a faded look (just dab the brush in paint and go back and forth on a scrap paper until you have the consistency you want ~ then sweep back and forth in the stencil). The dots do not need to line up exactly (I actually like it better a little imperfect!).
When the dots were dry I glazed, of course, with the Ralph Lauren Smoke Glaze to achieve the antique look (just paint on and wipe away with an old shirt or cloth).
For now they have found a home on top of my hutch! I just think they look so adorable up there! Hope you were inspired! ~ Enjoy! I will be posting this at The Shabby Chic Cottage for Transformation Thursday! Check it out! Great stuff there http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/2009/09/aging-gracefully.htmlI will also be posting this at Reinvented for Trash to Treasure Thursday! Go check it out! Great stuff there! http://www.reinventedkb.com/2009/09/trash-to-treasure-creative-candle.html
I will also be posting this at Kimbas DIY Day! Go check it out! Great stuff there!
http://asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com/2009/09/diy-day-and-giveaway.html I will also be sharing this lovely over at The Shabby Nest for Frugal Friday… Love this blog… go check it our ladies!http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2009/09/frugal-friday-linky-party.html
WOW! I seriously LOVE this! I have had my eye on the big dice at Hobby Lobby and cannot stop thinking about them. Duh. I had never thought about making them myself! : ) Thanks for sharing this genius idea. Now I just need to find some big blocks!
Wow really cute idea. I love it. Thanks for stopping by the other day. I'm glad I found you:)
Too cute!!
What a creative use of a great find!
That is very clever! I'm impressed with how cute they turned out! Thanks for linking!!
Oh my lands, I LOVE that idea. Super cute and easy… I'm inspired.
Very cute! They look awesome on that Beautiful Hutch!
Too cute! I'll admit that when I saw the title of your post, I was thinking fuzzy dice hanging from the rear-view mirror.
This is much better.
Those are VERY cute! I love everything you girls post!
VERY cute! Nice idea…as I have been wanting some old dice. I wish we had a Home Goods here! No such luck.
What a great idea and they are so cute!! Hugs, cindy S.
Turned out super cute!!
Really cute dice! Love the hutch too.
Hi there. I just stopped over from the DIY Showoff, and I love what I see. You have a great thing going here~!
XO*Tricia
Hi there. I just stopped over from the DIY Showoff, and I love what I see. You have a great thing going here~!
XO*Tricia
What a great idea … I love the vintage look and the fact that you could make any number combo that you need to be personal! Awesome job!