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White Picket Fence

March 26, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 3 Comments

Hey everyone. I’m Vanessa hopping over today from Our Thrifty Ideas. I’m so happy to be a contributor here at A Little Tipsy and be able to share some of my crazy life with you from time to time. Today I’m sharing a fun tutorial to get you in the spring and summer mood!

I love to make décor to feature at my home for the seasons and holidays. Recently I made this fun homemade picket fence to use as a background for my table décor. Our kitchen table is pushed up against the wall, and I try to use just a small section of it to brighten up the area for the coming season.

I used some pine stakes from Home Depot (just $4 for 12 stakes!) to get the fence effect. You can find them by the cement. I then used my staple gun to connect them. One at the top (just below the point) and one at the bottom.

Then I primed them and put a white wash on top of that. Once both were dry, I sanded them down a bit for a more rustic look.

Once the “fence” was done, I dressed it up with a small fabric bunting. Using fabric shears, I cut out triangles and hot glued them to some bright bakers twine.

Then I strung it (aka, used packaging tape to tape it to the back. Yup, real technical!) Oh, and I didn’t even take the time to paint the back. Lazy I guess!

Lazy or not, it turned out amazing and I’m loving it. You can use it as a center piece like I did (paint the back and stand it up in the middle if you’d like), use it to add height to already existing decorations you have, or even clip a picture to the bunting and use it like a frame.

However you choose to use it, you can switch out the bunting for the holidays, and use it all year round.

Do you have a home décor staple that stays up all year with just a little tweaking? I’d love to hear what it is.

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Isn’t this the American dream, the white picket fence? I totally want one! This is so fun for spring and would be great with red and blue for summer! This is totally on my to do list. Thanks Vanessa!

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How to Paint a Ceiling {the easy way}

March 22, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 3 Comments

Up until this weekend I was a ceiling painting virgin. Ceilings scared me, the thought of covering everything and paint in my hair and having a sore neck kept me away. I was a chicken really, but no more. I put on my big girl painting pants and with the help of a new tool gave it a go.

Now that I’ve done it I am embarrassed at how nervous I was. I started small with out guest bathroom so I wouldn’t get overwhelmed and I was actually underwhelmed. It took me all of about 15 minutes including set up for the first coat. I am totally in love with the fresh clean white!

My secret weapon? The PaintStick EZ-Twist from HomeRight. This handy tool sucks the paint right in to the handle and eliminates the need for a paint tray!

You just place a little nozzle in your paint bucket and follow the instructions to pull the paint right in to the handle. My paint bucket was a little shorter than most so I had to hold it down well while pulling the paint in.

Once the paint is in, you just push in or twist the handle to get more paint in the roller. Fancy!

Now just roll it on! It even has a little tray to catch drips. I was painting over old linoleum so I didn’t even cover anything, though if your flooring or surfaces are nicer I would recommend protecting them. I didn’t see any white drips anywhere.

I filled in the edges with a regular paint brush. I did not tape or anything because I was painting the walls.

Doesn’t it look sooo much better? From a dingy cream color everywhere to crisp white and a nice clean gray. Phase 1 of guest bathroom makeover complete!

Now for my thoughts on the PaintStick:

Pros:

Easy set up with much less covering
No messy paint tray.
Easy to reach normal ceilings without a ladder
Easy to get a good coat without pushing hard
Makes painting ceilings and rooms much faster

Cons:

While still simple, clean up is more time intensive than throwing away a paint tray liner.
Not meant for use in cramped spaced with lots of built in items (I didn’t use it for the walls in the bathroom because of the long handle)

The PaintStick runs for about $20 at big box and hardware stores. I think the time saved is worth the investment, especially if you would have to buy rollers/covers/paint trays anyway.

I can’t wait to try the PaintStick out on a bigger room!

This is a sponsored post on behalf of HomeRight but the thoughts and opinions are my own. See my disclosure for further details.

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DIY Stenciled Easter Decor

March 12, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 2 Comments

I am so delighted to be here at A Little Tipsy, sharing my first contributor post! I am Amy and I blog over at The Happy Scraps. Today I want to share with you this fun DIY Stenciled Easter Sign. It is so simple to make, but does take a little bit of time.

Start off with your board, and paint the edges blue. Once that is dry, you can start putting your layers of white on. If you are using MDF, then it will take a few coats. Once you are finished painting the white on, distress your edges to reveal the blue. Next, using some vinyl and your Cricut, you will cut out your stencil and stick it on. Click here to download the template for Cricut Craft Room. Now you are ready to paint! Pick out your Easter colors of paint and get painting.

Once you’ve painted all of your words the desired colors, peel up your stencil. At this point, I took some fine sandpaper and sanded the top of my sign, just to smooth it out a little bit, then I wiped it down with a wet wipe to get the dust off.

Once I was finished with the distressing, I wrapped some twine around the board in a few different places.

That’s it, you are finished! Now you just need to find the perfect place to put it in your home.

I hope you’ll come by and visit over at The Happy Scraps! I’d love to have you!

Thanks Amy! Love this project and I think the twine was the perfect addition!

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Custom Desk Pad

February 26, 2013 By Michelle Barneck 43 Comments

Hi Friends, this is Aly from Entirely Eventful Day. I am so excited to be part of the A Little Tipsy Creative Team. I have a really fun, easy, and inexpensive project for you today: How to make a DIY custom mouse pad.

This beauty cost me about $8 to make and it makes the biggest difference in my office. My favorite thing about it is when I get tired of the pattern all I need to buy is a new roll of wrapping paper!

Start with a transparent desk pad. I used this one from IKEA.

Here’s how I did it.

1. I sprayed the bottom of the pad with Elmer’s Glue Brand spray adhesive.

2. Then I positioned the pad sticky side up on the ground and rolled the wrapping paper over it. I made sure to line up the bottom edges for a nice straight line.