Well I promised more home decor and it didn't take me long to deliver did it!
This week my project has been all about decorating mdf animals and I can tell you it has been great fun. My favourite by far are the chickens but I love my bunny too.
I have made one or two of these as Easter gifts so I am very eggcited about this. The wooden shapes were very reasonably purchased from Inky Doodles and I have used by Woodcraft Marker sets and some distress inks to paint and decorate them. They bells are a neat way of creating feet for the chickens.
When I did the feet on this first one I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to finish them off. Tying a knot made the legs splay out and I didn't much care for that so on the second sheep I tried something different. I folded the twine in half and pushed it through the purpose made hole and then threaded the ends back through the loop I had created. This not only solved the problem but I preferred the look. I also glued the pairs of feet together and that stops them turning around.
and on to my bunny. I have made two of these. I liked the idea of faux stitching so I copied this but came up with my own idea for the necklace using some plastic beads from the Hobby House. The paint is a matt chalk paint from Cosmic Shimmer.
A big thanks to Sarah from Inky Doodles for inspiring me to get creative. It has been good fun and now I am off to add more ribbon to my sheep.
This week my project has been all about decorating mdf animals and I can tell you it has been great fun. My favourite by far are the chickens but I love my bunny too.
I have made one or two of these as Easter gifts so I am very eggcited about this. The wooden shapes were very reasonably purchased from Inky Doodles and I have used by Woodcraft Marker sets and some distress inks to paint and decorate them. They bells are a neat way of creating feet for the chickens.
and now for some sheep! Now I am looking at their photos I think I will add some ribbon to this black and white one, to gift it more of a lift.
When I did the feet on this first one I wasn't quite sure how I wanted to finish them off. Tying a knot made the legs splay out and I didn't much care for that so on the second sheep I tried something different. I folded the twine in half and pushed it through the purpose made hole and then threaded the ends back through the loop I had created. This not only solved the problem but I preferred the look. I also glued the pairs of feet together and that stops them turning around.
and on to my bunny. I have made two of these. I liked the idea of faux stitching so I copied this but came up with my own idea for the necklace using some plastic beads from the Hobby House. The paint is a matt chalk paint from Cosmic Shimmer.
A big thanks to Sarah from Inky Doodles for inspiring me to get creative. It has been good fun and now I am off to add more ribbon to my sheep.
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