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Today was craft day #1 with my friend, Ali. We are crafting accountability partners since we both needed motivation and ideas to craft. We had a blast this morning creating two things we ripped off from the internet. These are ideas we saw on pinterest and here are the links to the original projects:

Coasters

Wreath

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Our first project was to make coasters out of $.16 4"x4" tiles found at Home Depot. Yes. $.16.

We cut scrapbook paper into a smidge less than 4"x4". The total cost for the scrapbook paper was around $3.

Next, we used spray adhesive to attach the paper to the coasters. We decided on this instead of Mod Podge because sometimes the MP wrinkles the paper or makes it bubble up.


After the spray adhesive, we then took our handy MP and put a nice coat over the paper. This helped seal the paper around the edges.

The last step is to stick on small felt pads on to the bottom of the coaster so it keeps your table nice & safe.

One step we passed on from the original tutorial was the coat of clear spray paint. I'm thinking that we should do that...so we might fix that next week.

But, the final product turned out magical. Look-it:

The second project we did while the Mod Podge dried on the coasters was to make a ceiling medallion "wreath" for the front door.

Originally we were going to do one 10" medallion, however, we got there and there was a 16" medallion sitting next to the 10" one. And they were different styles. We had a brilliant idea to do a mash up and put one color medallion over another color medallion and make it so wonderfully dimensional. 

We bought ceiling medallions (found in the lighting department) & spray paint at the Home Depot. We also got some plastic spray paint primer because the medallions are plastic and we wanted the lovely color to stick. 

So, we primed them and let them dry.

When they were dry we assaulted each one with some spray paint. I chose red & teal. Ali chose green & teal. 

We let them dry for about 45 min. Probably could've done longer, but we were impatient. At least I was. 

Next we sprayed the back of the smaller one with spray adhesive and put a ring of super glue around the back of the inside lip. 

We stuck it on the larger medallion and prayed. Ali's larger medallion dipped in the middle, so there was a substantial gap between the two. She had to clip it together and run super glue along the edges to seal it up.

Here's what they looked like pre-ribbon.

Then we fashioned a way to hang it on the hook on our door. We looped ribbon through the hole and super glued and stapled the ends together. 

Next, we attached a tie bow to the top of the two ends that were now joined.

I had to cover my staple with another piece of ribbon. I hot glued it to the top, wrapped it around and hot glued it in the back.

And presto!

Lindsay's Chevron Throw

I wanted to make a chevron blanket for my sister-in-law, Lindsay, for her birthday, and so I based one off of this Berroco pattern called Madrid.

However, I didn't want that much color so I stuck with Berroco Comfort  (acrylic & nylon) in Hackberry Heather & Ivory and I modified it to 4" wide stripes. The pattern states to work in the back loop of each stitch, which gives it this amazing & visible texture.

Some tricks that I learned along the way:

• TRUST the pattern. Especially on the downslope. It doesn't seem like it will line up, but it all works out in the end.
• Always count your stitches, 9 up & 9 down. 
• At the end of each row and section, I chained one in the working color and then started the new color with my sc in the next stitch.

I love how it turned out!