Paint Sample Orbs

One of the first paint chip crafts that I ever saw were these amazing orbs. They're partly responsible for me getting bit by the paint chip bug. {They are pretty UH-mazing} It's also worth mentioning that you can make them in whatever colors you want, making them seasonal.

Instead of my usually "how to" guide I figured it would just be easier post the link that gives you a video on how to do them. http://www.curbly.com/diy-maven/posts/9274-how-to-make-paint-chip-orbs

I did mine in Autumn colors and put them in a hurricane vase. They are pretty easy once you get a feel for how to glue them without breaking them. I think I might need to make a few more to fill the vase =) 

I {Heart} Paint Samples

I'm on a mission to find out just how many things I can do with paint samples. Ya know- Paint Samples, you go to pretty much anywhere with paint and you find the rows and rows of paper samples to match against your wall? Well this month I have fully come to appreciate the joys of paint samples. I found this website (http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/roundup/even-more-paint-chip-projects-roundup-157364) that inspired me and showed me a bazillion (ok maybe not a bazillion, but alot) ways to craft with paint samples.

So first step- I took a little visit to the Home Depot. I'm slightly ashamed of just how many paint samples I smuggled / liberated from the paint section. There were just so many wonderful colors and I really needed them all to come home with me.....like...immediately! They also have a Disney paint-line so I pretty much became obsessed. Anyway, after my paint-sample-finding mission, I started to think about what I could make and the possibilities were pretty overwhelming. Then I found this blog where she made a spring wreath  (http://alililly.blogspot.com/2011/05/spring-flower-wreath-from-paint-chip.html). I wanted a wreath....I wanted a fall wreath. So I rolled up my sleeves, got out my Cricut and started working....

First I cut a wreath shape out a cardboard box that I had.

 Then I started punching out leaf shapes and letters with my Cricut and my paint samples. I arranged these petal paint samples first, to make my wreath seem fuller. (these are sooo cool, Behr makes the paint samples in petal shapes so you don't have to cut them or anything)

 Then it was just a matter of arranging all of the paint sample leaves and the "Autumn" sign at the top. I really wanted people to be able to tell that my wreath had been made out of paint samples so I cut my leaves out of the samples with the lines. For my Christmas wreath, I think I'm going to try the plain samples with no lines =)
So cute, and I'm sure it will look pretty awesome hanging up!

I'm not even anywhere NEAR to being done with paint samples. Home Depot is probably going to start hiding them from me....just sayin'.