Super Easy "HELLO" Spring Pallet Art

 Welcome back my Beauties!

Spring is right around the corner (even though we have snow in our forecast for later this week).

I am in a Spring Decor Mode so I thought I would show you one of the SIMPLEST ways to make some fun spring pallet art.

First of all, grab some pallets. 

(If you don't have pallets you can always buy boards from the home store,

but you all know how much I love to rescue free stuff)

Lay out your pieces how you want them and then screw some brackets in the back

I just used my cordless black and decker drill to screw in my supports.

 

Once that is done, flip it over and give it a light wash of paint.

I chose a fresh light blue.

When its dry I lightly sanded the whole thing to give it a distressed finish.

 

Here is where the super duper easy part comes in.

See that little wood cut out "hello".

Its from the dollar spot at Target.

It was $3

I was looking at it and literally said to myself

 "HELLO, this is awesome!"

 I threw that sucker in my cart and brought it home.

I grabbed my Ryobi Airstrike Nailer 

and popped a couple nails in it and it was good to go.

(if you don't have a nailer you could easily use some heavy duty glue or even use a regular hammer and nails)

Once secured to the pallet I gave the "hello" a quick little dry brushing to give it a little more interest and my "HELLO" spring pallet was ready for my mantle.

 I have to tell you, this was probably the EASIEST project I have ever done. It literally took me about

10 minutes not counting dry time.

I just love it on my mantle with my Easter bunny bunting from the same dollar spot at Target.

 I hope you enjoyed this latest little repurposing project and I hope SPRING is on its way to where you live.

Until next time,

Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

Spring Mantle Makeover

I am FINALLY ready for my Mantle Reveal!! It took me forever.
If you all remember I never had a fireplace in my living room before, SOOOO therefore I never had a mantle to decorate. Well ever since I got this awesome fireplace that I bought from Goodwill, and refinished and installed in my living room  (you can see that HERE) I have been having fun decorating it for the seasons. Now that I didn't have a theme; just spring, it was a little  bit more difficult. But I finally did it...Take a look..

I took and old window that I had and sprayed the back of it with KRYLON's LOOKING GLASS
spray paint, and made it look like a vintage mirror.

Then I took the leftover old curtain that I had used to make a wreath (you can see that HERE)
And made a custom "bonjour" bunting.

I am very happy with how it turned out. Below you will see a few of the details that I had to work with.

This is me making the bunting, by cutting out triangles of the curtain and using my KRINK markers to write the letters on. (don't forget the giveaway is open until March 24, You can see that entry HERE)

 Then I had gotten these iron wall plaques from Goodwill but I didn't want the dark color,

So I sprayed them with more looking glass paint to give them a mirror finish.

Here were the tulips I was going to have on my mantle reveal, but I took so long, they died...:)  I am slow, what can I say.

I hope you enjoyed this little random peak inside of what it took to get my mantle ready for SPRING, and as always, I hope you have a BEAUTIFUL day.

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