Girl in Air BLOG: Start to Finish Tuesdays

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Painted Wall Clock

I am in LOVE with my new wall clock!!!

Totally stolen from HGTV's Sarah's House!!
I knew the minute I seen this episode that I had to
have this clock in my home!

She ordered the vinly from an office store...and since I don't own a Silhouette yet...I decided to project the image and paint it....

For the cost of paint {$1} and about 2 hours...
I recreated the vinly lettering for a fabulous wall clock!

I taped off a 27in vertical section

and painted it yellow for a POP of color in my blue/grey Living Room

I used this image from the site and projected on to the wall.....

I borrowed a projector from the hubby's work...

it hooks up to the computer and shines the image on the wall...

I also have 2 old school projectors but those require you to print the image on transparency paper to project the image...but work just as well....

Checking placement....

I purchased my clock hands on Amazon
BUT I have also seen them at Hobby Lobby...

I marked the center of the stripe and centered the
six and twelve in the middle.....
moving the projector closer or farther will determine the size of your image.

It took about 1/2 an hour to trace all the words with a pencil

I used 2 coats of white glossy acrylic paint {$1 at Wal-mart}

Looking good!

I LOVE the different sizes and fonts.....

and there you have it!
One fabulous Giant Wall Clock!
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Let's Make A Father's Day Gift!!

Isn't this the CUTEST gift for DAD?!
A photo of dad and son inside a hollowed out light bulb on a chalkboard block!!!
Perfect to write how much you LOVE your dad!

Another option is to make a wire heart and screw a socket to the block.

There are so many wonderful FUN colors of wire!
Aren't they just so COOL!
I got the idea HERE

Let's make one!

What you need:

Pliers
Light Bulb
Wire
Wood Block
Chalkboard Paint
Mini Clothes Pin/Socket

First I cut few blocks from left over lumber and sanded the edges.
One is cut from a 4x4 and the other with the socket is from a 2x6.
{I cut a few extra to add to my Etsy shop and for my Farmers Market booth}

Then painted my block with a couple of coats of chalkboard paint. You can also make your own chalkboard paint in fun colors just by adding non-sanded grout to any flat paint. Like I did for my Art Activity Wall

While the paint dries...Hollow out the light bulb...This is surprisingly easy!
I found a great tutorial HERE

I used an old burnt out light bulb and some small pliers.

I worked over a towel and just twisted and turned til the insides all came out...
who knew how easy it was to hollow out a light bulb?!
Simply wash out the bulb with soap and water...
you don't even need to scrub..... it rises out so clean!

I thought I would try my hand at wire writing and put the word D A D in the light bulb! After watching a few You Tube video's on wire writing...

I had a total project FAIL!!!
Not only does it look AWFUL but it's way to big to go inside a light bulb...
Maybe you will be better at wire writing than me....

So I just went with a simple heart...
I did have to bend the heart a little to insert it and then put 2 screwdrivers up the bulb to carefully flatten out each side of the heart.
Then I hot glued the wire to the inside of the bulb so it stands upright.
{if NOT using a socket, make a hole with a nail, insert wire and hot glue wire and bulb to block}

I found this old socket in one of the hubby's toolboxes
and screwed it to the painted 2x6 block.
{Is it wrong to make the hubby a Father's Day Gift with items you 'steal' from his garage}

and....the hubby already has this on his office desk!

I had so much fun making this that I have been searching for items small enough to fit up a light bulb...While you can use a larger light bulb the opening is still the same size...

I found some tiny clothes pins at the craft store and glued them on the end of the wire and added a photo.

Oh the possibles are endless to be creative with a light bulb...search light bulb on Pinterest and you will see terrariums to fish bowls to potted plants!

I think a set of 4 light bulbs on a longer board with the letters L.O.V.E would look awesome too....

What will you put up your light bulb?
Dried Flowers, Letters, Numbers, A LOVE Note Clay Shapes???

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# 7 8 & 9 Start to Finish Tuesdays

Here we are going on week 10 and I'm excited to announce we have a ROOF!

Now that we are all framed out, the plumbers and electricians are ready to do their thing......

Our house will be move-in ready before we know it!

Trusses!

2nd floor wall

My son and I in the front window

The roof....without the attic peak

Side view

This is a dormer window upstairs and will have a window seat

Upstairs bedroom

Starting to look like the photo from the house plan:-)

Daddy and Rains standing in his new bedroom

#4,5,6 Start to Finish Tuesday

Here we are at week 6 of building our home.

See week 1 and plans HERE

I missed a few weeks....cause we were on vacation and really there just wasn't much progress....

So take a look at how far we have come in just a few short weeks...I can't wait until it's done in Nov!! I'm so tired of living in a 5th wheel!