Hello everyone!! Hope everyone is having a great week!! It finally dropped below 80 hear in Texas so it is officially time to start preparing for Christmas:) I don’t quite have my tree up yet but I am in the process of making and revamping ornaments for it. My first one… this super cute baby right here…
Want to see how I made it??? Ok!
I started by cutting some of that great tin roof flashing I found at Lowe’s the other day. My tool of choice… My Sizzix machine! I have not pulled mine out in ages but when thinking about what fun projects I could do with this metal, my Sizzix came to mind. I did have to run it throught the rollers a few more times than usual to get it cut all the way through.
After doing that I started cutting my wood. I found a 1/4″ board at Lowe’s and I cut a small 4″ piece using my hand saw.
I then drilled a small hole on the top…
Time for paint… My favorite ever… Rustoleum American Accents Heirloom White spray paint. This only took 1 coat.
I shantied it up a bit… Using my 3M block sander with 80 grit paper.
I added a little bit of Minwax Dark Walnut stain to my edges…
I then added my glaze… Ralph Lauren Smoke Glaze. You just paint it on and wipe it off… LOVE!
My next step was to attach my cute metal piece. I used a dab of hot glue in the center and then nailed the edges just to shanty it up a bit more.
I added a bit of twine and I was done. I wanted to share before it made it to the tree so I took some pictures for you guys…
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