Monday Midnight Madness – Farmer’s Market Chalk Board Plaque {DIY Chalk Board Art}

Every year we have one or two projects that are crazy popular, from what I have seen so far these Chalkboard Plaques are the “it” project of 2013.  So if you are looking for a Super Saturday (or any other type of craft event) project I would highly recommend this one, they are easy, inexpensive and a wide variety of holidays to choose from.

This week the deal is "spend $20.00 receive a FREE Farmer’s Market Chalkboard Plaque."

   

Besides the Farmer’s Market we also have a BEWARE Chalkboard Plaque....

Midnight Monday Madness - Holiday Craft Collections {Free Happy Harvest Block}

So I am going to take a stab in the dark here and guess you are not thinking holidays… right? More likely you are doing some back to school shopping and cramming in some last minute summer fun, except you year rounders, you are already in the thick of things…counting down the days until your next break (for better or worse).

Monday Madness – Fourth of July Subway Art Plaque

Today  Monday Madness is also an introduction to a new line of another really simple and inexpensive Subway Art Plaques (similar to the same concept as the Chalk Board Plaques).  The craft kits includes a plaque, a print and easy to follow step by step instructions.  This first addition to this new line is two 4th of July Plaques…but there are plans to add a plaque or two for every holiday.


There are two different fourth of July Plaque available.

God Bless the USA

 

Top Five Spring/ Easter Decorating and Ideas and Projects

A list of five of our most tried and true Easter and Spring Projects.  What an ideal list to have at your disposal if you are planning a Super Saturday or other craft group this Spring (i.e. crafting with friends, GNO during conference.)

5. Personalized Bird Sign – Add a bird for each member of your family.  Adds the perfect touch of Spring in a personal way.



4. LDS Temple Bead Board Plaque

Poppy Seed Deals for Spring Craft Classes at the Sandy Store!

We have some fun announcements for our craft classes held at the store. 

First we have a new teacher! We are excited to introduce you to Emily Laws.  Emily has been teaching home parties and enrichment type craft classes (i.e. Super Saturdays) for Poppy Seed for over a year… so you will be in good hands.   You can learn a little more about Emily below, but first I have one more little tid bit of info.

If you haven’t attended one of our craft classes before you are missing out. They are a ton of fun…I mean seriously… an evening with out the kids, FREE chocolate, FREE diet coke and you go home with a finished project…what’s not to love right?  Well apparently you agree with me because this months craft class has only a few spots open. {To register click here}  In addition to all those fabulous things we have one more thing to entice you to get out of the house….   **From now on will be offering a different featured project for 25-50% off at each class! **

These deals will be available in store only during the craft class.  All you have to do to get the deal is attend the class.  Simple enough right?

Below is a list of the Spring classes and the projects we will be featuring at each class.

{This darling plaque was made by the talented ladies at My Sisters Suitcase.}

October Show and Tell

Show and Tell posts are always my favorite. This month I had TONS of pictures sent in.  LOVED THEM ALL!!   It is always rewarding to see people create something cute from one of our craft projects.  Here are a few of my favorite (emphasis on a few, there were too many to include them all)

Let's start off with some cute Halloween projects. Seriously could these ladies have used cuter paper for these Witch Layered Plaques?  Doesn’t get better than damask and polka dots. . .
 

{Submitted by Ceige Adams)

Seriously the tree and birds on this paper could not be better accents for  the vinyl from the project.

(Submitted by Heather Oswald}

A Collection of Cute Ideas

No guest post this week, sorry!  BUT instead I thought it would be fun to show some of my favorite post by various bloggers featuring Poppy Seed Projects.  Most of them are fantastic tutorials, or great decorating tips.
Becky from The Crafting Chicks uses our Carson frame for her easy tutorial on how to paint stripes on a frame using painters tape.

Vivienne from The V Spot Blog .com features one of our all time most popular plaques, the Hello Sunshine Plaque to show how she turned a mistake into one of my all time favorite plaques.

Subway Art Plaque into Darling Photo Display!!

Hi, I'm Sarah and I blog over at The Winthrop Chronicles. I am so happy to be with you here today at Poppy Seed Projects! I am always looking for new diy and crafting ideas, and I have seen so many great things here at Poppy Seed Projects, I am thrilled to share one with you.

I love taking pictures and have so many lying around. I wanted to make something where I could display my photos but in a very temporary way so that I could switch them out often. I went to Poppy Seed Projects and saw this subway art plaque and knew it would be perfect. I also ordered the texture cream because it was recommended. Just a few days later I received this in the mail.

There were great detailed instructions included that helped me to create the subway art plaque.

The first step being to apply the texture cream which I did in horizontal lines.

Then after that dried, I painted the board white, with two coats. When that dried, I put the stencil on and painted the orange color on top. After that completely dried, I removed the stencil and then sanded the board with some sandpaper to give it a distressed look.

 

To turn the subway art plaque in to the photo and message board, I hot glued some thin wire to the back of the board.

 I used the little clothes pins to pin on the photos. You could also pin on a little note card or message. Or put it in your kitchen and hang up your recipes.

Thank you Poppy Seed Projects for the inspiration. Make sure to stop by my blog The Winthrop Chronicles to say hi sometime!

AND THAT IS WHY I LOVE GUEST POSTS!!  I never in a million years would have thought of something like this.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!  How cute for a teenager room.  I am so doing this in my boys room (with something a little more boyish of course) to hang above there desk!

SNAP Show and Tell

You may have read various mentions of Snap in the blogging world, and I bet some of you are wondering, what the crap is Snap?  Well it is a blogging conference that is specifically for “Creative Bloggers”,  ie craft and DYI blog sites. 

We where excited to be asked to teach a hands on craft class.  Our only instructions where to do something innovative and new, a  tricky task when you are teaching a class to some of the leading crafters in the bloging world, they are not only in tune with the trends, they usually set them (:

We decided to teach a class using the texturizing cream as a medium to create an antiqued look like we do on our Subway Art Plaques.  Our goal for the class was for everyone to go away, not with some dinky project, but an AWSOME finished project they could take home and hang on their walls.
To accomplish this Kim and I spent a couple of weeks designing several different projects, here is what made the final cut

Three new Subway Art Plaques.




The Eleanor and Brayden frames with our new trim pieces.  Here’s a few examples.

Tutorial–Let Freedom Ring

Alright so here it is, not one but THREE tutorials, the first two go into more detail on how to make the Antiqued Subway Art Plaques using the Texturizing Cream.  The second is specific to the Let Freedom Ring plaque.
Please save your applause for the end be prepared to be wowed by my incredibly professional video talents (HA! HA!)

If you are still craving more info. about the Antiqued Plaques and the difference between using the traditional vinyl method opposed to the Antiqued/Texturized method you can read about it here
Supply List:
1. Let Freedom Ring Antiqued Plaque Kit
2. Texturizing Cream
3. Terry cloth rag, cut in fours
4. 200-250 grain sandpaper
OPTIONAL ITEMS:
If you are using acrylic paint you will also need a foam brush
If you are creating the two toned look on the top layer you will also need painters tape.
It may also be helpful to have a squeegee on hand to help with vinyl application.
PAINT COLORS:
Banner Red by Krylon ( Lowe’s or sometimes Walmart )or Apple Red by Rust-Oleum (Home Depot)
Aqua by American Accent or Rust-Oleum (Home Depot).