Mod Podge Fun

Due to hockey and work I have not had a whole ton of free time this week to do a very big project but I have 'fixed' a few little things that have been bugging me.

First is the spice rack I got after our wedding. I figured it would have a few spices and a few empty bottles so I could put my own spices in, I was wrong. I cook, but nothing to fancy and half of these spices I had never heard of so the whole thing sat unused on my counter for over a year, not any more.

I cut out 20 circles to cover the tops of the jars, Mod Podged them to the tops along with the names of the spices I printed off of the computer.



I found the most used spices in my cupboard (onion powder, garlic powder, cinnamon, etc) that was not included in the spice rack. Then I filled the newly decorated bottles with those and the old bottles with the spices I do not use.



Much better!

My other Mod Podge project so far this week was to cover the logo on my camera bag. R got me this great bag for Christmas, he dose not know much about cameras and thought I had a Sony, I have a Canon.
I do not have a before picture but where I covered the case with fabric it said Sony (not only do I have a Canon, and you cant keep a Canon in a Sony bag, I also do not like free advertising). I cut two pieces of fabric to match the area I wanted to cover, applied a layer of MP, my fabric, and three coats of MP on top. Good as new!

Ornaments

So I did these a while ago..okay maybe it was only two weekends ago but I have been so busy it I am losing track of time.

Mod Podge I love this stuff. I haven't played with it for years but I still have a few of the projects my mom and I did. I went into Michaels for...uh well...oh! I think I was looking for some ribbon to hang my Angel ornaments and got sidetracked (a very dangerous thing). They had dimensional paper ornaments perfect for decorating, sorry I do not have a picture of just them. I grabbed 3 round ones (one for each cat) and two stars. And of course I had to find some Christmasy paper to use.

I cut out two sides for each ornament, making sure each one was about 1/8" smaller than the ornament.



Then I painted the edge, and up the side of each ornament with white acrylic paint. I put a layer of Mod Podge on the cardboard side and place the scrapbook paper over and put another layer of Mod Podge ontop, making sure to smooth out the bubbles and center the circle.



While letting side one dry I cut out a picture of each of my cats (maybe someday I will do this project again with a picture of a dog or even better...my own child!) and cut a hole in the matching three pieces to make frames. Once they were dry I Mod Podged both the picture and the second piece of paper to side two and let them dry.


Our kitties Sully (gray) Ally (top) and ShitHead AKA Zoey

I am sometimes very inpatient especially when waiting for things to dry, so I used some of the the polka-dot scraps and Mod Podge and spruced up the little clothespins that hold our stockings.