Saturday, December 31, 2011

...a jewelry holder!

Hey everyone! Happy New Year's Eve!!
Citrus Tree Studio is having a New Year's crop...and they have got some kick-a$$ challenges going on!! Lay-outs, cards, altered items - it's all covered!
Melonie has a challenge to get organized for 2012.
For Mel's challenge, I made a trip to Hobby Lobby where I purchased three knobs (50% off). I had a plan to create a jewelry holder for our niece, Elly, who will turn 11 yo this next week.

After the board was lightly sanded, I painted it w/MM coral paint and then dabbed it with TH vintage photo ink. Using one piece of Lily bean pp, I cut, inked and mod podged each piece to the pine wood board (just under 8x10"). Next, using a sponge brush (sponge brushes give you a nicer finish when the mod podge dries), I applied a top coat of matte mod podge.

Once the piece was dry, I screwed in each sparkly knob. {Note - the knob screws were really long and needed to be cut so that they didn't poke through the back of the plaque. The hubs did this part for me.}

Don't hesitate to come by Citrus Tree to participate in the fun. I was away for months and months...no matter! The girls there are sweet and welcome everyone. :)
Thanks for coming by and I hope you all have a wonderful night tonight...welcoming in 2012!!!
I'm also linking up to Creations by Kara, Look what I made!
hugs, patti

5 comments:

pamala said...

Love it!!! Fun project!

~jan said...

Elly is going to love this, Patti!

Elaine Akers said...

Love your jewelry holder. The knobs are beautiful, and I am sure your niece will love this handmade gift.
Happy New Year!

Mel said...

Patti I cannot even tell you how much I love your project. So much so that I will be making one of these for Marlee's room...just as soon as I can find some cool knobs. Thanks so much for playing along over at CTS. YOU ROCK!!

Jamilie said...

Love it!!!! Love the knobs!