Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Bling On My Chandelier

Can I just say that I love having a vinyl cutter?!  I love how quickly I can come up with something so cute.  
I had a 12 X 12 canvas hidden in my craft room.  And when I recently did a major clean out I found it and it didn't take me very long to come up with what I wanted to do with it.  
I started out and painted it a really pretty Spa Blue color.  I know it doesn't look super awesome but I could not for the life of me get my camera to take a good picture of the blue.  Or the camera couldn't get me to take a good picture of it.  However you want to look at it.  I only did one coat so the white could show through a bit and not look so perfectly painted.
 I had found a chandelier doodlebat that I liked and didn't look too crazy to weed so I cut it out of flat black vinyl.  I took the sandpaper to it to give it a antiqued look a little bit.
After I put the chandelier on the dry canvas I added some bling!  I had picked up some multi-sized crystals in some dollar spot somewhere (I think it was JoAnn's).  I put the crystals on each black circle in the various sizes.  They matched up perfectly which made me happy.
 I added it to my mantle because it was in some serious need of color.  Ignore that the jar of Cadbury eggs is only half full.  I keep snatching them every once in awhile and I can't find any more ANYWHERE to fill it back up!  I'd show you the rest of my mantle except it needs some serious work. This is a good start though!  And just so you know I took this picture at 6pm. I love daylight savings time! And I got a sunburn at the park yesterday.  Yay for spring!
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13 comments:

  1. My sister-in-law and I are always going back and forth on whether or not to get a plotter. I think we may just have to now! Adorable!

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  2. super phenom! that's you & your style. seriously cool. turned out perfect! i may have to tap your brain for some help with the new house. i'm thinking a very relaxed nauvoo country kind of feel. i'll buzz ya when its that time & see what you think. =)

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  3. This turned out so cute. I've seen lots of chandeliers but never with blingy decorations.

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  4. YOu are so creative. I love your Spring craft. Seriously, it's time for another craft morning!

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  5. Cute project!

    As far as the eggs, Rite Aid is supposed to have a good price for them right now. Have you checked there?

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  6. you are so crafty. I LOVE the color!

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  7. I have a robocutter at work (I bought it to make signs, honest). And I'm figuring out its craft uses too.
    Cool chandy.
    Kathy

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  8. first sunburn of 2010 booya!

    if i ever own my own apt/house im going to hire you to decorate it and then everyone will think im crafty. brill plan i know right!?

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  9. I love bling so this caught my eye. What a fun idea. You could also apply this to the vinyl wall decals of chandeliers. Clever woman.
    Pam @ Becolorful

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  10. Ok- I really think I NEED to get me a vinyl cutter too!


    To cute!

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  11. really nice!
    Blue is my favorite color! On the pictures it has amost a Tiffany blue color! Very elegant!

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  12. hey, i was doing something with pool blue paint, vinyl and wood myself yesterday...and 8 girls! great thinking to add the bling to make your vinyl pop!

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  13. I LOVE this!
    I got that same chandy the other day, from a font website, and now I'm dying to try this!
    Super talented, girl!
    Thanks for sharing!
    Shelley Smith
    houseofsmiths.blogspot.com
    wonderfullywordy.blogspot.com

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