I'm late to the Dollar Tree Embossed Tiles even though I've had some in my stash. I used one to make these two "topiaries" (fauxpiaries?) since I don't know what else to call them!
Supplies:
- Dollar Tree Embossed Peel and Stick Tiles
- Dollar Tree Faceted Bottles
- Waverly White No Prep Paint (Walmart)
- Bamboo Skewers
- Hot Glue and Glue Gun
- Scrap Cardboard
So let me say up front, that based on the size heart I used as a template, you can cut two hearts from one tile but you won't be able to do it an center everything so if you're OCD, use two tiles. I didn't think about it until I'd already cut them out and despite my inner Virgo screaming "UGGGHHHH" I stayed the course because I didn't want to waste the tile!
I grabbed my Waverly No Prep Paint that goes on ANYTHING and spounced some on the cut out tiles using foam paint spouncers. I wanted a very antiqued look so I wasn't going for opaque coverage.
Since the tiles are thin and I knew I needed them to stand up I used the same template to cut out some cardboard to back my hearts with. I saved several shipping boxes from Christmas to repurpose in projects this year. This earned me a "What are you doing NOW" comment from Mr. Chocolate when he woke up one morning to find me on the floor cutting down a box.
I painted the cardboard hearts with the same paint.
I've mentioned I'm working on using stash items that have sat in my craft closet so I pulled out some cup chain I had from a previous jewelry Design Team stint and hot glued around the edges.
Dollar Tree has upped their game lately and I found these smoky faceted glass bottles on a recent trip.
I took out the corks (and saved them for another project of course!) and then trimmed bamboo skewers (I debated between these and chopsticks) to the cardboard side. Then placed them in the bottles!
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So pretty!
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