Sunday, February 12, 2012

Surprise!!!! Nothing in this post is painted! Not to say I haven't been painting more (wink, wink)! But this was supposed to be an easy little project to pull some of my kitchen colors into my living room area. I spotted the below pot on the Anthropologie website and thought it was perfect. 



Fun and a little different, but with a price tag of $68 for the SMALL, I thought.... umm pretty sure I can make something similar for a teeny tiny fraction of the cost.

I did. But it took many hours. Although, they were mindless hours so I passed the time pretty pleasantly by watching Ryan Gosling remove his shirt a few time in Crazy Stupid Love. That man has GOT  to be genetically altered in some way. I mean come on! 

What was I saying again????? Oh right! Nerdy weekend nights making knock off pots!


Ok, people eyes back on the blog! Sheesh I thought I was bad!

So for this little project I went to Wal-Mart and snagged my supplies for approximately $7.00. I got a package of sisal rope in the home improvement department and some two tone yarn in the crafting section.

I also bought that little pot for $3.00 but ended up using a Mason jar I had on hand because the shape worked better.
I basically took the yarn and wrapped the twine in it. I wrapped and I wrapped and I wrapped. Then I whined because my carpal tunnel was acting up. Man, I'm a catch! Then I wrapped a little more. Then Crazy Stupid Love was over so I needed new eye candy! Enter Castle on Hulu! Nathan Fillion will do in a pinch! :)

After all of that I had this.

The next part was easy. I just took my hot glue gun and wrapped the covered rope around the jar gluing as I went. And voila!


Not an exact replica, but it still adds a fun pop of color to my newly painted bookshelves around my fire place! 

Say WHAAAAA???? Yeah I did. Less than a WEEK after all that painting in the kitchen. I'm a glutton for punishment! I'm still tweaking final touches but will show you the newly painted shelves later this week!







4 comments:

  1. You rock, lady! I can't wait to see the newly painted bookshelves.

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  2. I'm so sorry to do this in a comment, but I couldn't find a way to contact you!

    Just wanted to let you know I'm nominating your blog for this peer award, the 7x7 Blog Award. It will be posted today on my blog, www.1914house.blogspot.com. It is completely up to you whether you want to participate!

    Tammi @1914house

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  3. Cute idea! Thanks for linking up!

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  4. What a neat idea! I love a good knock off..especially when it's better than the original:)

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