Hello and welcome back to our monthly Pinterest challenge!  This is such a great challenge, participating in this challenges is so fun searching through Pinterest for a great DIY project to work on.  This month I am going to do not one but two Pinterest inspirations. The first one I just saw the video a few days ago on the DIY and the other one I have been wanting to do I just never have.  I get to share two of my inspiration with one project.  How fun is this?….for me anyway! 🙂

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PINTEREST INSPIRED FAUX CERAMIC PITCHER DECOR DIY

I saw Araceli Chan DIY on YouTube, she made a pitcher out of Dollar Tree items.  I thought it was so neat and I had all the items in my craft closet.  To view her video click here.  Pier 1 inspired.

Here is my version of a pitcher home decor.  This is just a fun decoration not to be used for anything other than show.  DO NOT USE FOR A PITCHER OR USE THE HANDLE TO HOLD IT!

The items I used are below.

• Dollar Tree glass cylinder vase
• 1 plastic shower curtain hook
• a lighter
• 1 small plastic plant saucer
• two wooden beads – 2 different sizes
• jute twine
• paint – I am using Ivory chalk paint and navy craft paint
• E6000 and hot glue
• wire snips
• Mod Podge
• 1 patterned napkin
• paint brushes
• Glass object with a flat surface

Preparing the spout and handle.

Making the spout 

1. Cut a triangle from the plant saucer with a pair of scissors.

Making sure you leave 1/4 inch of the bottom of the saucer on the triangle.

2.  Bend the triangle in half making it look like a spout

Making the handle

1. Snip off the ends of the shower hook where the two connects

2.  Stretch the hook out

3.  To get a smoother end, burn the ends with a lighter and flatten out on a flat glass surface.

To add the handle and spout to the vase I am using E6000 and hot glue.

Apply E6000 then hot glue to the edge of the plastic cut out spout, attach it to the vase where a spout would be. I used a toothpick to clean off the excess glue.

This is how it should look.

Taking E6000 and hot glue adding it to each end of the shower hook and place it on the vase where the handle should be.

Apply more hot glue around each end of the handle making it a neat circle using a toothpick.

I took a paper towel rubbing off the smudges and glue residue.

Let it dry for several hours.  So far…here is the side view.  It has a good shape, doesn’t it?

This step is optional.  I took Spackle and added it to the crevices of the spout and handle.  Let dry for several hours.

Taking a worn out piece of 150 grit sandpaper (the piece that should be thrown away, it worked great for this step).  Sand softly.

I painted two coat of Waverly Ivory chalk paint on the entire pitcher, sanding between coats.  To create a lip on the spout I loaded the paint brush with paint and wiped it on the edge of the plastic spout.  Sanding took away all the paint brush lines.

After the paint dried I decoupage the pitcher with a napkin.  Amy over at Leap of Faith Crafting decoupaged a Dollar Tree vase.  She gave a great tutorial.

My napkin was a 3-ply.  I removed the two layers and cut my pattern out.  You could use the whole napkin for a cleaner look, I wanted full leaf patterns.

Brushed the mod podge onto the vase and added the napkin evenly.

 

Once you have your pattern the way you want, put one good coat of mod podge all over your vase.  Let that dry.

I added a navy trim to the top, both sides of the handle and the bottom edge of my pitcher.

Let your mod podge dry.  In the meantime I wanted to add a little beaded tassel to my handle.  You know I have all those beads from our daughter’s light fixture.  I am still grabbing the beads and using them for all sorts of things.  I am using two different size beads, twine and paint for this step.  I painted the two beads, one navy and one sage green.

Making the little beaded tassel.

• cut a piece of twine 18 inches
• fold the twine and tie a loop knot in the center
• thread the two beads onto the twine, large one first
• add a couple more pieces of twine to make a tassel
• tie the twine together
• wrap the end of one piece of twine using hot glue to keep it secure
• Cut the tassel evenly

Adding it to the handle by slipping the beads through the top loop.

This was a fun project to work on.  Not something useful other than displaying.  It is a very cute item to place your faux flowers or greenery in.  I would recommend not using the handle to pick up your piece.  I will display my little pitcher after the holiday on my hutch in the kitchen.

I hope you enjoyed this fun simple Dollar Tree Easter DIY.

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For more Pinterest inspired projects from this month’s Pinterest Challenge hosts, check out the links below ↓

My Pinterventures  •  Domestic Deadline  • Across the Boulevard 
  Cookies Coffee and Crafts  •  Farm Girl Reformed  •  Slices of Life 
Decorate and More with Tip   • Purple Hues and Me •  My Family Thyme
Intelligent Domestications  •  Sew Crafty Crochet
Life Beyond Kitchen •  Doodle T and Me
Modern on Monticello •  Sum of their Stories •  Our Good Life
Once Upon A Time & Happily Ever After •  EyeLoveKnots
Create with Cynthia •  This Autoimmune Life •  DIY Vibes
Mom Home Guide  •  Christina Faye Repurposed
Stone Cottage Adventures  •  Teadoddles •  Our Crafty Mom

 Now, let’s see what the other hosts have created ⇓⇓

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