Wooden Letter on Chevron Canvas

Chevron, chevron, chevron! This is one of the hottest trends when dealing with patterns nowadays. And of course, I love it too! I love it so much that I made this 16x20inch canvas shown above for my boyfriends house and another one for my house! First, I taped of the pattern with blue painters tape. Then I mixed up two different paint colors for every other even stripe. I let that dry and then took off the tape, leaving a white chevron stripe below. I then got a wooden letter and painted that, and then adhered it to the canvas with wood glue. It worked like a charm! This cute piece for the wall doesn't take much time at all. Actually, the longest part was taping off the stripes! You can do this with any letter or combination of letters. I just happened to choose an initial from my name.

Candy Corn Bottles

Along with the pumpkin wine glasses, this was also a centerpiece decoration that I did around Fall/Halloween time for a couple of friends. All you do is get some alcohol or wine bottles, take off the labels, and paint the bottles! I started with white spray paint at the top of the bottle and went about half way down and then sprayed the orange in the middle of the bottle. Then I finished with the yellow at the bottom of the bottle. This made a gradient effect and also made it look like candy corn! To finish off the bottles, I cut some orange ribbon and tied it in a bow at the neck of the bottles. I thought it really set off the paint on the bottles and made it a little bit cutesy.

Fall Wine Glasses

Fall came and went, but I knew that at the beginning of the season I needed to decorate with something! I got this great idea from a friend and it was very easy and cheap to do! I took regular wine glasses and turned them upside down and painted the stem green and the glass part of it a combination of oranges and yellows. I didn't paint the part of it where the candle sits (the bottom of the glass when turned upright), making it easier for clean up if the candle would have leaked wax. I then took some fall leaf garland, cut it into shorter pieces, and wrapped it around the stem of the glass. I bought some little pumpkin scented tea lights to set on top and viola! A cute and cheap centerpiece that brought fall colors and scents into the house.