Miniature Canvas for Paintings

 Hiya Mini friends!  So, the person who has leased the Loft above my Apothecary is apparently somewhat of a painter.  lol.  I needed some canvas style pieces to paint on although I don't have any actual canvas.  So, I made my own and it worked!  

I used scraps of balsa wood and also some of the really long match sticks.  I liked the match sticks better because they are sturdier than balsa wood.  I just randomly cut pieces for each canvas so I would have different sized paintings.  

Next, I glued the pieces onto a piece of white card stock and when they dried, I cut them out.  I then used spray glue on the top of the cardstock and stuck pieces of thin white fabric to the front.  

When that dried, I trimmed the white fabric, leaving enough fabric to go up the sides and a little on the back.  I used E6000 to glue the sides and back.  

Then, it is just on to the painting!  They have the look of canvas from the front and the look of canvas from the back.  

So simple and easy to make.  I made several at once and wound up making more.  I haven't decided what kind of painter the tenant is yet.  So, I just painted several different styles.  The paint doesn't bleed through to the back which I like.  If I had just used fabric the paint definitely would have bled through. 

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO ~Laurie  

diy tool pouch

Here's a cute little tool pouch I dreamed up yesterday while at the day care.  After supper last night I wandered in to my craft room at home, drew a picture of what I wanted, looked around at what materials I had and an hour later, I had a tool pouch.  The second one took about fifteen minutes to put together.  I got stuck on what to use for the ties at the waist and after much looking and debating on what to use I turned around and saw a big bolt of gingham ribbon that I bought at Christmas time this past year.  Perfect.  

It is super simple if you have the know how and can be used as a tool pouch for kid's play tools or I even thought it would be completely handy while planting the garden to have my seeds in.  Or while out walking to put my treasures in. 

I used a shotgun shell shot bag and cut it in half so I could make two pouches out of it.  I used a thicker canvas fabric for the back side and simply hemmed the top edges, sewed the three sides together, incorporating the ribbon at the top edges, flipped it inside out and sewed two straight lines giving it three pockets.  I made the ribbons way too long for the kids but just long enough so that it fits me too.  

Aunt Dea... tell Norman thanks again for the bags!  I have found yet another use for them!