Burlap Canvas Button Art

 

I had seen some cute button art projects on Pinterest and with friends having babies I thought it was a cute piece of artwork to make to have in their room. Here is how I made mine.

First you want to take your burlap and wrap it over the canvas to determine how much burlap you need. I used two layers of burlap so you couldn’t see the white canvas. You could paint the canvas a complimentary color and then use one layer of burlap so the color shows through if you like.Then use a rotary cutter and a straight edge to smoothly cut your burlap to size. If you don’t have those items you can use scissors but I strongly recommend them as it makes it a lot easier to cut the burlap or any fabric. Then you are going to wrap the burlap around the canvas and begin hot gluing the edges down while holding the burlap tight so it lays flat. Try to keep it so the weave in the burlap is straight on the canvas. If it is crooked it makes you think the letter is crooked and will drive you crazy.

Next take your buttons of varying size and color and lay them out in the desired letter or pattern. It takes awhile to play with them to figure out what looks best so take your time. For letters think of the type of font you want to replicate. Once you have it laid out, begin hot gluing each button down. Then you are done!

 

 

Tips:

*Use a hair dryer to blow off the left over hot glue cobwebs

*make sure you have plenty of glue sticks, it takes quite a bit of glue to get the burlap on

*Use a cool hot glue gun (or just be careful) as your fingers are pretty close when you are holding the buttons

*Use common sense and keep this artwork away from young babies and children as the buttons are a choking hazard

*Use both sides of the buttons to create variations

*Use clear ruler/straight edge to make sure the letter is spaced appropriately on your canvas

*Make sure you cut your burlap so there is enough room to wrap it around the edges. As I was hot gluing mine I also realized a staple gun would have made this pretty quick and easy to attach to the canvas.

Please share your canvas art pics! I would love to see what you make!

DIY Girls Gift Exchange

 

 

My friends and I had another DIY gift exchange. The rules, you must make it and it must be under $10. You bring the number of gifts for the number of people that will be there, so in the end you get around 8 gifts if there were 8 people there. We did this last year and it was so fun seeing everyone's creativity! If you are looking for some quick inexpensive gifts to make, here’s some inspiration!

 

1. Vanilla extract

Made with vodka and vanilla beans

 

2. Chalkboard frame

Painted back of frame with chalkboard paint

 

3. Seashell airplant magnet

Hot glued a magnet on seashell, added airplant

 

4. Mini canvas flower art

Painted canvas, applied button and pieces of paper in flower design

 

5. Carmel corn in cute jar

Made carmel corn, attached recipe and added gingerbread man

 

6. Natural potpourri

This has orange, cranberry, and cinnamon to add to stove and simmer on Christmas morning

 

7. Infinity scarf

Sewed an infinity scarf! I’m in love with this!

 

8. Burlap mason jar candle holder

This is what I made for my friends and I will give you a quick tutorial.

• Clean out old jar, remove label, and if the expiration date is on the glass use a copper dish scrubber  and hot water to scrub off the numbers
• Cut burlap to fit around the jar
• Cut lace to fit around jar on top of burlap
• Hot glue burlap and lace onto jar, be careful since burlap and lace has an open weave the glue easily comes through and can burn your fingers
• Cut a piece of twine and tie it around the jar in a bow
• Put a candle in the jar and you are done!

 

Hope this gives you some creative ideas for those last minute gifts!

Peterson’s Perspective DIY Holiday Roundup

 

 

Check out all my past posts on things to make for holiday gifts, cards, tags and decorating ideas.

Reindeer Beer

 

Christmas card display

 

Make your own holiday wreath

 

DIY ornament wreath

 

Christmas printable art

 

Gold glitter deer artwork

 

Easy holiday cards

                         

 

DIY gift bags, tags and cards

 

Handmade coasters

 

Customized Candles

 

Customized liquid hand soap and bath fizzies

 

Make your own soap

                      

 

DIY gift tag roundup

 

DIY washi tape gift tags

 

DIY gold polka dot vase

 

I hope this gives you guys some last minute ideas! I love making gifts for people, I always have fun and it creates such a thoughtful gift. Happy holidays!

DIY Gift Tags

 

I had a blast making these easy, inexpensive and adorable gift tags! I picked up some supplies at the craft store and gathered some existing craft stuff I had and went to work. These gift tags add such a personal touch on your presents and look 10 times cooler than traditional tags. I used two kinds of washi tape, stamps, glitter snowflakes, blank gift tags, and bakers twine. That’s all you need! With the Christmas stamps I had, I was able to mix it up and create different looks on the back of the gift tags.

 

Stay tuned for the gift tag round up I will be posting soon!

Gold Glitter Deer Artwork

 

I have seen several images floating around Pinterest showing gold deer or reindeer art and really wanted to make it. I already had a canvas, craft glue, a pencil, a paintbrush and cardstock. I stopped by Michaels and picked up some gold glitter and got to work. I found a deer image by Googling deer silhouette, then printed it out on some cardstock. I cut out the deer image and lightly traced it onto my canvas. I then used some “glitter glue” that came with a set I had to cover the entire area of the deer. Unfortunately there wasn’t quite enough, I should have added more craft glue but instead I applied the glitter. I was sadly disappointed when awhile later I took the glitter off and I had all these empty spots. My biggest suggestion is to thoroughly cover the area with an even coat of glue. I continued adding glue to the empty spots and applying more glitter. I had to go through this several times and then my lovely boyfriend decided he wanted to help and add eyes and a mouth to it. Really?! This just caused nice clumps on it. Finally I applied a thorough and even coat of glue to the entire thing and coated it with glitter. I let the glitter sit in place for awhile to really get adhered. When I finally shook the glitter off I had my complete gold glitter deer art work. It turned out to take way longer than it should have but I love the result!

I think this project would be pretty cute to do with any silhouette. If you wanted to create a holiday one you could do an ornament, tree, snowflakes, gifts, a bow, etc. Have fun crafting and glittering!

PS Glitter has been banned from the house now after this project!

DIY pen and pencil holder

I have a super quick and easy DIY for you guys! I have to thank Michaela from Michaela Noelle Designs for the inspiration! She has the cutest DIYs, designs and photography! First find a mason jar or an empty and clean glass jar, I used an old alfredo sauce jar. Then purchase some washi tape or glitter tape at the craft store. I found this kind for 99 cents each at Michaels before Christmas!


First I tried applying the glitter tape just to the top. Then I decided it needed a little something else so I added another strip down towards the bottom. The tape was very sticky and I didn’t have any problems with it staying on the glass.

Very quick, easy and cute! You could also use it for your makeup brushes!