Once upon a time (Sunday night) I was prepping to leave for Salt Lake on Monday afternoon. As I was running down the list of things I needed to do, one of them being staging and photographing Ivie’s new desk (you guys will see it in about a week!) So I am thinking and thinking about how to make the photos beautiful and the thought hits me. Hard. So I called my MIL and she loved it, which means I had 5 hours to get this entire thing done. And guess what? I did it in 3. BOOM.
I wanted the triangles to look old and imperfect. My original idea was to hand paint them but it was taking FOR.EV.UR. so I went back to the drawing board and came up with a stamp!
To make your own all you need is a triangular piece of wood, a staple gun, and an old sweatshirt. (Mine was Gap circa 1999 if you wanted to know….)
Cut a piece out of your sweatshirt and staple it to your wood triangle. Its good to have it all bunchy in the back so you have something to hold on to. Make sure that its nice and smooth on the front. That is one hot triangle.
The paint that I used is Duration by Sherwin-Williams in Firework. Pour some paint onto a plate that is large enough for the triangle to lay flat. (Don’t use a paint pan because you will get a bunch of dots on your finished triangle!) After you dip the stamp in your paint rub it off onto a piece of paper to spread the paint around and thin it out.
If you want to get all measure-y go for it. I however did not. Don’t forget that this is supposed to look handmade. And perfection would ruin the spirit of this pattern.
The best tool for the job to make sure your vertical lines are straight is a laser level (you can buy them for around $15)
Line up your level and then stamp so that your triangle point is in the middle of the laser.
Then just go to town!
To space my lines I just made sure that the tips of the triangles were 3 fingers apart.
This project went EXTREMELY fast and I love how it turned out!!
Doesn’t it look awesome with the Faux Bois Floor?
Love Your Guts, Mandi
love it!!!
ReplyDeleteMandi, you're such a genius!
ReplyDeleteYou are OUT OF CONTROL with all this creativity. Love it. I cannot imagine being so impromptu when painting a wall !!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun room! Love the color you chose. Very clever to use a sweatshirt for the stamp:)
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness, i love LOVE this!!!! such a bold geometric print, like a graphic wallpaper but so much better!!! good job!
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous! I love the color you used and I see you turned that lantern into a light fixture already!!! Tutorial coming soon? :)
ReplyDeleteLooks awesome! Gotta love Laser Levels!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks great! It's such a simple concept but it looks so stylish and current. So clever :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a fab idea and reminds me of quilts made in that pattern "Flying Geese"! What an awesome room that is going to be!
ReplyDeleteHow are you such a genius? This is what I ask.
ReplyDeleteThat is so very cool
ReplyDeleteLOVE it. I even notice the light . . .
ReplyDeleteYou make me feel like I should just "go for it"...whatever it might be!
ReplyDeletei just saw your craft wars commercial and can i just say i am so excited for tonight! you are so cute! cant wait to see your awesomeness on t.v!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is such an awesome idea! I'm trying to think of a place in my house where I could do this.
ReplyDeletei love the way you roll.
ReplyDeleteCrazy amazing! You rock Mandi. I think our next FFA challenge should be the walls of our room. ;)
ReplyDeleteI need to get myself a laser level.
ReplyDeleteLove it! I think I might do this to a rug soon :) Thanks for the inspiration :)
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! I can't wait to see how this turns out!
ReplyDeleteFantastic!!
ReplyDeleteyes totes!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! I want to try it on fabric--canvas, maybe. You always have the best ideas! I love how you jumped right in with it--I tend to overthink everything.
ReplyDeleteMandi, you've done it again. Brillz.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it in the far away pic!!!!! But I don't like it @ all in the up close pic :( It looks like the cheesy sponge painting I did with the kids when I taught kindergarten. I would love this look with a little tweaking ;)
ReplyDeleteLove it and promise to try it someday.
ReplyDeleteThis is the exact pattern i've been looking for for a shower curtain! I didn't know it, but this is it! You're awesome mandi!
ReplyDeleteAmazing!! How do you come up with this stuff?! I would never think of painting a faux bois floor nevermind go all tribal/axtec-ee on the wall. Crazy pattern but I think it works. I can't wait to see the rest of the room. Also, I've been on holidays for two weeks, went all unplugged other than the occassionally stuck-in-walmart-can't-find-you-anywhere necessary text, so now I have to read all your posts. I just read the craft wars post and realized that I forgot to watch and then remembered that I PVR'd it before I left. Or so i thought. just checked the pvr and it's not there. What the freak??!! Anywho, I'll find it online or somewhere and watch it to see you go all crazy crafty. Lastly, and i don't know how i'm just finding this out now but NATE GOT CANCELLED!!!!! Well that is just unacceptable. Now there is truly nothing good to watch during the day.
ReplyDeleteYou are so inspiring! The mix of patterns is so enjoyable to my eyes
ReplyDeleteLove love love this!! Thank you so much for the great idea, I think I just figured out what I want to do to the big blank wall above my ledges in my playroom!! Yay!!! So amazing!
ReplyDeleteI am loving this! Well done! I found your site thru Sandpaper and glue's site i believe...anyways..this is soo cool!!
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