Catchin up Part 2

The weekend after thanksgiving, Wes had received a couple free tickets from his boss in an EXECUTIVE SUITE! at a WWE Wrestling match! HAHAHA I was actually pretty excited since I have never been to one. Well, the suite was sweet, but the match wasn't a big show so it really wasn't that exciting and a co worker of Wes' had also gotten a few free tickets so I couldn't really make fun of the wrestler's because this guy wrestles too!!!! Oh lawd have mercy!

I am sure if it was one of the big matches with Fire and Cages and such, I would totally be excited, but the stands weren't even filled up!

Earlier this year, like back in February, I went on a bit of a shopping spree for my house and bought all sorts of decor. Well I had yet to hang it up so I finally forced Wes to help me! I started with the bigger pieces......

......Then filled it in with the little pieces I had actually found out at my dads. SCORE! 

I love my Gallery wall! I still have a few more items but I'm not sure if I want to add anymore to this or find other places around the house. But I am super happy with how it turned out!

CRAFT!!!!!

So I found this project on Pinterest and knew with all of the pallets that Wes has been cutting up that this would be super easy! We measured out the "branch" boards.

We started the top branch at 6 inches and added 4 inches each time ending with 22 inches for the bottom branch. The tip top is just the "trunk" board.

The project calls for decorative napkins, but I don't see why you couldn't use tissue paper. Which I found this at Target in the $1-$3 section. I friggin love that section. Seriously, that part is great. I find all sorts of treasures in there! Including Modge Podge for $1!!!!!!

I used the Matte finish instead of gloss. But they had both so I bought like 5 of each. So brush the modge podge on the branch that you want your tissue paper on, and smooth it out. You don't really have to worry about bubbles and wrinkles (or even tears) since you will be distressing it later on. I have never used modge podge before so I wasn't really sure what it was or what to expect.

I didn't really like how plain the tree would look with only one branch patterned. As you can see I just put the patterned over the others. The yellow branch is just acrylic paint as well as the brown trunk and white top. After the tissue, modge modge, and paint were all dry, (I waited a day just in case) I took the electric hand sander and just went to town. One thing I regret, is putting modge podge on top of the tissue before I sanded, it was super hard to sand the tissue paper.  I had only done that because with my luck I'd sand the paper right off. If you do not put the modge podge on before you sand it, I would suggest putting it on after you distress it. But I actually love how this turned out; very vintage, and old. I am definitely going to make a few more with different colors and patterns.

Whatcha all think? My phone was dying so I couldn't get a flash to really show all the detail and distressing. Reminds me of something that a grandparent would have bought brand new way back in like the 50's and the colors have just worn and faded. Loves!

So next time, I'll have a few recipes for ya. I'm still some what trying to stay at least healthy. But, Wes doesn't need to be healthy so when he cooks, it's not good for me. ARGH!

XOXO,
Rachel