After a very involved painting, I still wanted to use what time I had left to create something else. Still had that itch, you know, but didn’t have the time to get too involved. I like those involved pieces, but sometimes, “simple” is nice.
This took less than an hour and I think I’ll just keep it for myself.
2 pieces of barn wood
2 mending plates
White acrylic paint
Tropical Blue acrylic paint
Paper doily from a wedding or cake baking isle
Paper butterfly stencil
copper nails
2 wood strips (paint sticks will do fine)
If you’d like to construct this yourself, here’s how---
Lay the boards together, the sides that fit the best. Turn them over and nail the wood strips to each side to keep them together.
Turn the boards over and lay the paper doily on top of the boards, positioning it where you like. Dabbing your brush in the white acrylic paint, stencil on the doily pattern.
Using the tropical blue paint, watered down a bit, paint the inside circle of the doily. You might rather use another color depending on your preferences. Then paint the mending plates with a light coat of this color too, preferably not watered down.
Lay the butterfly doily inside the doily circle you just painted and stencil the butterfly on with the white paint.
Nail the mending plates on, one toward the top and one at the bottom connecting the two boards.
With the copper nails, nail around the inside circle of the doily.
I wanted to put more nails and more butterflies, but I tend to over work things. I was trying to keep this project simple and light.
Don’t forget to put a hanger on the back. I knew I’d have to stress about something and I can’t decide if I want a burlap bow or just a wire. So there you go. If you have no problems making those types of decisions then just hang it and enjoy.
Happy crafting!
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