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Jardin Rustique. More of the French Dictionary. A little more stamping. A lot more Mod Podge. I decided to give you all a 2 for 1 today since it has been so long since I posted. That, and my entire family is asleep and they think I'm doing laundry. Suckers!! Ha, ha, ha. (evil mom laugh) Moving forward. I bought this wood frame-it's almost 2" deep, bare and plain from Michael's. For those of you who don't have a Michael's-it is a craft store with lots of "craft"(editing similar ugly word that ends in p) stuffed in from floor to ceiling. You can just walk in there and know that you're going to buy something simply because you've never seen it before and wonder what you could make with it, and it's only a dollar or two. Thus the wood thing. I painted it, I cut out velvet and paper squares to glue to it, I took apart some silk flowers (also from Michael's) and the 1$ hot glue gun (Michael's) and started stuffing them in the recesses of the "frame". Stamped some French words, Mod podged, used craft tape runner and attached some weird ribbon I thought I'd use someday, and VOILA! (French dictionary)-instant bathroom decor. It totally matches my bathroom and looks cool. I love it. There 
used to be a metal frame around the bottom text, but, because this sits above the toilet-and men stand there facing that direction (so sorry for the crudeness) I am assuming my husband or other guy visiting to play video games some night wondered "how is that stuck on there?" and ripped it off. This happened repeatedly, until I just didn't let them have it back. "Hey, at least you have flowers to look at, so don't complain. I can't go hanging pretty pictures at toilet height on the adjoining wall for the rest of humanity. We women have to stare at the towel bar and the mysterious mini hand prints 2 feet from the floor. Be happy I let you look at my flowers, and put the lid down when you're done!" Sorry mom-sometimes honesty is best. Hope you enjoyed the flowers anyway. I make every attempt to be a lady like you, but sometimes I just get tired of pretending I don't notice they go in there and mess with my stuff. I just had to get it off my chest. Next subject. More wall hangings. The mirror was Mod Podged with a piece of scrapbook paper, surrounded by stickers "cutie, funny, etc.) and then stamped. I used VersaMark to stamp the words 'my baby' and then chalked
over them to create a wet, pale color. Sanded the edges for that worn look, and was done. The other hanging is of more stuff from Michael's-wood letters-covered with more scrapbook paper, Mod Podged on, sanded edges, etc. Ribbon was stapled to back
, and then I realized hanging each letter looked weird. More Michael's wood stuff, a banner this time, covered in paper, stamped with VersaMark and chalked. Y
ou get the idea. Matching room decor. I love it. Try it. Just keep it out of reach, and maybe put something you put less effort into above the toilet.(Le toilet-if you want to sound French and less trashy).
Admittedly, I have an English to French Dictionar
y which I use to suit my own desire to show my comprehension of the French language. I probably saw this phrase, savon de whatever, on the back of a bar of soap. When I made this Dish soap bottle, it was not about the accuracy of the language that made me label it this way. It was the lo
ve of all things French, and of these stamps which I had newly acquired. This was before I discovered how wonderful Stampin' Up!'s stamps were, but that is another blog. Check out The Daily Ink
if you would like to see more on that subject. Anyway, being the Martha afficionado that I am, I had already been using beautiful old bottles with pour spouts to bring joy to the laborious task of daily dish washing. The smell of wet peanut butter is a scent which one never forgets, especially while pregnant. So, I stamped this label, which I cut to size in StazOn black ink for permanence, added some clear VersaMark which I chalked over for the pale watermark background (which would not show up because of the flash), and ModPodged it to the bottle. This made it both water proof, and permanent. I love this bottle. As you can see, it is currently empty. That is because when I ran out of the clear dishwashing all natural soap I love to use, I could not tarnish it's purity with some inferior flourescent green garbage. So it waits. It gets it's picture taken, finally, for the blog. My sister-in-law has long awaited my promise to post it. So here it is. Go dump out that half-drunk bottle of soda, cut some card stock to size (even as a wrap-around if you like) and get stamping. Try the matte mod podge for a less shiny image. Then get in there and do some dishes. See if you don't smile a little bit at that spoon of wet slimy peanut butter. You like doing dishes now, because you look good doing them. Enjoy!
Jardin Rustique. More of the French Dictionary. A little more stamping. A lot more Mod Podge. I decided to give you all a 2 for 1 today since it has been so long since I posted. That, and my entire family is asleep and they think I'm doing laundry. Suckers!! Ha, ha, ha. (evil mom laugh) Moving forward. I bought this wood frame-it's almost 2" deep, bare and plain from Michael's. For those of you who don't have a Michael's-it is a craft store with lots of "craft"(editing similar ugly word that ends in p) stuffed in from floor to ceiling. You can just walk in there and know that you're going to buy something simply because you've never seen it before and wonder what you could make with it, and it's only a dollar or two. Thus the wood thing. I painted it, I cut out velvet and paper squares to glue to it, I took apart some silk flowers (also from Michael's) and the 1$ hot glue gun (Michael's) and started stuffing them in the recesses of the "frame". Stamped some French words, Mod podged, used craft tape runner and attached some weird ribbon I thought I'd use someday, and VOILA! (French dictionary)-instant bathroom decor. It totally matches my bathroom and looks cool. I love it. There 
used to be a metal frame around the bottom text, but, because this sits above the toilet-and men stand there facing that direction (so sorry for the crudeness) I am assuming my husband or other guy visiting to play video games some night wondered "how is that stuck on there?" and ripped it off. This happened repeatedly, until I just didn't let them have it back. "Hey, at least you have flowers to look at, so don't complain. I can't go hanging pretty pictures at toilet height on the adjoining wall for the rest of humanity. We women have to stare at the towel bar and the mysterious mini hand prints 2 feet from the floor. Be happy I let you look at my flowers, and put the lid down when you're done!" Sorry mom-sometimes honesty is best. Hope you enjoyed the flowers anyway. I make every attempt to be a lady like you, but sometimes I just get tired of pretending I don't notice they go in there and mess with my stuff. I just had to get it off my chest. Next subject. More wall hangings. The mirror was Mod Podged with a piece of scrapbook paper, surrounded by stickers "cutie, funny, etc.) and then stamped. I used VersaMark to stamp the words 'my baby' and then chalked
over them to create a wet, pale color. Sanded the edges for that worn look, and was done. The other hanging is of more stuff from Michael's-wood letters-covered with more scrapbook paper, Mod Podged on, sanded edges, etc. Ribbon was stapled to back
, and then I realized hanging each letter looked weird. More Michael's wood stuff, a banner this time, covered in paper, stamped with VersaMark and chalked. Y
ou get the idea. Matching room decor. I love it. Try it. Just keep it out of reach, and maybe put something you put less effort into above the toilet.(Le toilet-if you want to sound French and less trashy).
