Floral Design Decals Craft Project

Welcome to the Pinterest Challenge Blog Hop hosted by Erlene @ My Pinterventures.  If you aren't familiar with the Pinterest Challenge, it's a monthly event that challenges us to not just be pin hoarders, but to make it happen by creating a few! 

This month's challenge is about Spring Crafts/DIY Projects, so I chose to share with you a Floral Design Decals Craft Project! I was pleasantly inspired to make this from a few pins I had, here, here, and here!

Some time ago, I was admiring a finished piece of furniture on Pinterest that was done in beautiful shades of purple but what was most striking about the dresser was the bold flowers that was painted on it - at least I thought they were painted on! It was so cool and fresh! But actually, they were decals - the peel and stick-on type expressly made for furniture. I kept thinking about the look and then ideas started to swirl around in my head - why not use decals to decorate other areas of your home besides furniture and walls - things like doors, appliances, cabinets, boards, frames, and even toilet tanks!

I wanted to start small and fortunately, I've had this letter "G" for several years now.  I think it's perfect to try out decals on! The letter is all wood and rather large, too - 18" x 14."  I originally got it on clearance for a few dollars back in 2013 for my hubby's man cave. But I never could decide how to decorate it and hubby ended up not having any wall space to put a letter up anyway. So the letter has been in my stash - waiting for the right project!

So the first thing I did was to wipe the dust off - I really didn't see any, but just in case!

Then I painted on a couple of coats of white chalk paint and let that dry.

While the paint was drying,  I was deciding how and which decals I would use.  I had order some flower decals online that I liked and ones that didn't cost much. Some decals can be really expensive. 

So I started positioning the decals I wanted to use  - giving me ideas on where I wanted to place them on the letter.

Next, I started cutting out each design, peeling off the backing and placing the decal where I had planned it to go. It was unbelievably easy to smooth the decals out, and overlapping on the edges using a small tool like a plastic spatula or old credit card.

I smoothed on the larger images first and then filled in with smaller ones, like the butterflies and smaller flowers.

The decals instantly added color and design to the blank space. And they can be easily removed and re-used, too!  Doesn't the letter look gorgeous and makes a lovely, bold statement! Although I still haven't decided where it's going yet! But I'm seriously thinking about adding decals to a large wooden storage cabinet real soon!

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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  •  Mom Home Guide    

Purple Hues and Me  • Intelligent Domestications   

Sew Crafty Crochet  •  Life Beyond Kitchen 

Modern on Monticello •  Sum of their Stories 

Love My Little Cottage  •  Eye Love Knots

Create with Cynthia •  This Autoimmune Life   


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