Do you Pinterest? I am completely obsessed. I think it is the best way to keep inspiration inspiration, you know what I mean? A while ago I found these great thumbtack decor balls on a site, Landee See Landee Do, and I fell in love. Now guess what... Kelli see Kelli do.
She said that she used 100-150 thumbtacks per ball. Well, she must have gotten a lot smaller balls than I did. Mine took 300+ so this thrifty project turned out to be not so thrifty.
To do it you start with the foam balls you can get at a craft store (unless you can think of something else -- tennis balls don't work, maybe try plastic Christmas ornaments or duct tape). Then you push a tack in and keep going until the entire ball is covered.
I bought green spray paint to finish it but for now I'm leaving it silver. It's peacefully resting on a candle holder on the wall in the craft nook, which I will fully reveal on Friday.
Linking up at the great Linky parties found at the bottom of the blog. They are where I find most of my inspiration! Check them out!
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300 thumbtacks? Oh my thats a lot of work!
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You have so many fun ideas here.:) I really like your site. The piano, the refinishing of furniture...I'm a new follower from the craft for fun link party.
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Pinning this -- it's genius!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this great craft idea. I'm visiting from Inspiration Friday. I hope you take a visit at my blog if you have time.
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Thanks for linking up another great idea. (I finally joined pininterest this morning)
ReplyDeleteI like the silver! That is a lot of thumb tacks but the outcome is marvelous!
ReplyDeleteWell I hadn't thought of that! Cute! Thank you for linking it to Home Sweet Home!
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This is a great way to get texture! Great idea! Thanks for sharing it on {Re}create Into Something New last week!
ReplyDeleteHope to see again tomorrow for another blog party at my place!
Kaitlin-The Not So Simple Housewife
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