A New Years Wreath.

New Years Wreath

I've always left a Christmas wreath up until it'S been there way too long and then replaced it with a simple welcome wreath.  But this year I decided I would make one just for the new year. 

 I bought some big containers of ornaments on boxing day at 50% off.  Please ignore the mess in the background. This room is going to be re-invented as a craft / work room for me and Christmas kind of put a stop to the work.

 

 

 

Using a can of spray paint  I coloured a few ornaments black. 

It needed a third colour and I chose the bright turquoise.  Silver, black and turquoise. Love it.

 

 

 

Once the ornaments were completely dry I constructed the wreath using the same method as my red ornament wreath from a few weeks ago.  I left a little space at the ends of the hanger so when I joined it together I had room to add a little jewellery.  In this case some beads in silver and black.  After all no one gets dressed for New Years Eve without a bit of jewellery. 

 

 



TIP:  Really check your ornaments to make sure the little caps are attached. If they come off too easily, fasten them with some hot glue.  You don't want to be putting them back on after you make the wreath.  Bet you wonder how I know that.


WISHING EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 

Tile and twine Wall Art.

I always have a huge stock of tiles. Different colours and sizes. Sometimes I have ceramic or porcelain and sometimes slate or marble ones. That's because my dear hubby is an installer and sometimes there are a few left over from a job.  I hate tossing things so I make him bring them home to me.  They are good for a lot of different things, and I like to stencil on some of them to make a little wall art.  Krylon makes a ton of different spray paints  and there is  one that is a paint and primer in one.  I have found that it will adhere to almost anything, and it works great on these tiles.  So here is a little project I did with a few porcelain tiles and some jute twine.

I'm not going to give a big tutorial here because this was way to simple for that.  All I did was place a store bought stencil on each tile using a little spray adhesive to keep them form sliding around and gave them a spray with some black paint. I used three very light coats and let it dry about half an hour between sprays.  This keeps the paint from bleeding under the stencils like it will if you use one heavy coat.  These tiles are about 8x12" and make a nice bit of wall art.
To hang them I used  some jute twine wrapped around each end, leaving a little across the top to use for a hanger.
Like I said , it was almost too easy.

I like stenciled  tiles.  Here are a few larger 12x12" ones I've done .

These ones are a bit on the heavy side so I like to display them in a stand.  I usually  display  one or two on my kitchen counter, just leaned against the backsplash,  and because the tiles are so durable they can be used as trivets to protect the counters from hot pans. So I guess it's usable art.  Love it.
What do you think, could you use a few in your kitchen?

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