Created
and Presented by Deborah Spofford, CCD
Designer and Author for the Creative Industry
Put several design elements together
to create a vignette for your home, sun room or front porch. We used a bed side tray table, a shabby chic
crate, a galvanized sap bucket filled with flowers, a galvanized and
wooden planter filled with herbs and roses, and some candles. Details
were added to these items using garden themed wallpaper cutouts from Wallies®.
Bed side tray table
Materials:
Tray
table
Green
leaf Wallies®.
Pfaltzgraff Naturewood Tiles Wallies®.
Acrylic
paints: brown, leaf green, tan
Paint
brushes
Sponge
Pencil
Scissors
Damp
cloth
Supplies are available at Craft Warehouse
Instructions
Prepare
Wipe off the inside of the tray table
with a damp cloth. Remove all
dust and loose paint.
Paint
Paint the inside bottom of the tray
table with tan acrylic paint. Let
dry.
Arrange Wallpaper Cutouts
Arrange nine leaves on the tray. Place the leaves in a flowing pattern as
if a vine of leaves were lying on the tray.
Draw a vine
With a pencil, draw a curly line around
and between the leaves so it looks like a vine.
Apply the leaves
Moisten the back of the leaves with
a wet sponge. (See instructions
on the Wallies® pack aging) Adhere the
leaves to the tray table.
Paint the vine
Paint the vine lines with brown acrylic
paint. Use a small line brush.
Decorate the front of the tray table.
Cut the plants and labels out of the Naturewood® paper cutouts. Apply these to the front of the tray. Follow the instructions in step 5 to adhere
the cutouts.
Add paint details to the legs of the table
Paint thin curvy lines on each of the
table legs. Use vibrant green
acrylic paint. Add some small
brown dots along the green lines. Use the handle of a paint brush to
create the dots.
Shabby Chic Crate
Materials:
12” x
8 ½” x 4 ½” wooden crate with a distressed paint finish
Debbie
Munn® Watering Cans Wallies®
2
1/4 yards of 1 ½”wide yellow wire edged ribbon
Damp
sponge
Instructions
Arrange
wallpaper cutouts
Arrange the watering can Wallies® in the bottom of the crate.
Apply the watering cans
Moisten the back of the paper watering
cans with a damp sponge. Adhere the watering cans to the crate.
Add Ribbon
Stand the crate up on one end. Wrap the ribbon around the middle of the
crate and tie a bow at the top of the crate. Place
the crate on top of the tray table.
Galvanized and Wooden Planter
Materials:
Planter
box with galvanized sides and wood trim
Pfaltzgraff Naturewood® tiles Wallies®
Two
4” clay pots
Three
5 ½” clay rose pots
Acrylic
paint: vibrant green
Paint
brush
Two
fresh potted herbs and one miniature rose bush
Damp
sponge
Instructions
Paint
the Planter and Pots
Paint the wood trim with green acrylic
paint. Paint the rims of two 4” clay pots with the same green paint. Let dry
Arrange and Adhere Wallies®
Adhere three herb paper cutouts (Naturewood)
on the front of the planter. Moisten
each paper cutout with a wet sponge. Press
the cutouts onto the planter and gently smooth the edges. Let dry
Plant herbs and roses
Plant the herbs and rose bush in three
5 ½” clay rose pots.
Assemble the Planter
Place the potted herbs and rose bush
into the planter. Turn the 4” clay
pots upside down and set the planter on top of the clay pots. Place the planter in front of the tray table.
Galvanized Sap Bucket
Materials:
12” sap
bucket
Long
stem fresh spring flowers
Floral
foam for fresh flowers
Instructions
Prepare
Place floral foam in the bottom of the
sap bucket. Fill bucket with
water.
Arrange Flowers
Place flowers in the sap bucket. Place the sap bucket beside the tray table.
© Deborah
Spofford Designs 2003
