Ceiling Fan Re-Do!

For my birthday this year my awesome husband bought me a mini ceiling fan for my craft room/office. Before it was installed I decided I would spruce it up a bit with some fabric and Mod Podge.

I still have a ton of this damask fabric leftover from when I did the window treatments so I figured I would have everything match.

Materials Needed:

Mod Podge (MP)
Fabric
Scissors
X-acto knife
Paint Brush

First, I laid out the blades and traced the outline onto the fabric. Then I put a thin layer of MP down on the blade and laid the fabric on top. I set them aside to dry for a couple of hours. I then followed with 3 coats of MP on top of the fabric to seal it. After everything was dry I used the x-acto knife to make the holes for the screws in the fabric and clean up the edges.
Then I installed the hardware and had it installed!
I love my present!

 

 

And I made a matching light switch plate as well!

Cookie Jar Re-do

For this project I already had all of my materials

A blank cookie jar (or if you want to cover over and old one with an outdated picture/design, go for it!)
Scrapbook paper (picture, comic strip, or anything really)
Mod Podge (still using the martha brand but i'm not that crazy about it)
Letter Stickers (optional)

I only chose to do a section of my jar because I liked having most of it still plain since I chose such a busy piece of scrapbook paper.
Make sure your cookie jar is clean and you can begin!

Step one: Cut out your paper/artwork
Step 2: Put Mod Podge on the back of your paper and on your cookie jar, stick it on!
Let it dry for a few hours
Step 3: do at least 2 coats of Mod Podge, let dry for a few hours between coats
Step 4 (optional): Add stickers and Mod Podge over it to secure


In hindsight I probably should've left the stickers off but I like them anyway!

Have fun!

Dixie Cup Dispenser revamp

I bought a dixie cup dispenser a while ago and it wasn't horrible looking, just plain. So I decided I'd try my hand at using mod podge (but it was the martha stewart version, kind of eh about it) and some scrapbook paper.

Honestly, one of the easiest things I've ever done.

Materials:

Scrapbook paper
Scissors
Mod Podge (or any other decoupage medium)
Dixie cup dispenser
Ruler/tape measure

1. Measure around your dixie cup dispenser, and mark lines on your scrapbook paper
2. Cut the scrapbook paper to size, being sure check your measurements. What's the saying "measure twice, cut once"? yeah, do it that way.
3. First layer of mod podge is to glue your paper to the dispenser. let this dry for a few hours.
4. Now you can add a coat to the top, make sure you do an even layer.
5. You can do an additional coat if you want, this will help keep it waterproof.
and Voila!!

Isn't that pretty?!

If you don't have scrapbook paper you could also use comic book pages or even a picture!