Art and hooks rack-done!

Project number two is done! It's the art and hooks rack, one of three non-sewing projects in the book, Handmade Home.

Here's what I did-

::Looked around for a piece of wood-I found an unused shelf from a little particle board bookcase we have in my daughter's room, in my closet.

::I taped it off with painter's tape and took the green spray paint to it.

::Glued a piece of ribbon along the center

::When we went to lunch after church, I had my niece draw a couple doodles on the back of a paper placemat. I painted them with kid's water color paints, cut them out, and glued under and on them with wood glue. (I don't recommend using wood glue.)

::Hammered a picture hook the the back.

::I drilled two holes part way in the particle board and then hammered two nails (painted white) in the holes.

:Finally, I hot glued buttons to the nail heads.

::Done, done-stick a fork in me I'm done.

Things I did wrong-

::I tried to rush it-I ended up messing up the paint because it wasn't dry and then I had to touch up-taking twice as long as it could have.

::I used wood glue. Instead of taking the time to go find craft glue, I used wood glue and it just didn't work very nicely.

::When I was nailing the picture hook on the back, I boogered up the art work on the front. Should have done the back first.

Two projects down 31 to go in "The Handmade Home Project"

Have a wonderful and safe Labor Day!