DIY Folk Art Valentine’s Day Pots
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2024-01-26に共有
In this tutorial, we'll guide you through how to create the base of deep red and off-white chalk paint. As the hearts dry and the anticipation builds, we'll go into the stamping process. We'll walk you through the process of creating Valentine's phrases like “Kiss Me” with the Letterpress stamp.
Next, we’ll show you how we create the vintage, distressed look with our Vintage Textures stamp. We love this technique because we get to skip the more time-consuming method of sanding or distressing back layers of paint with a towel (yup, easy peazy is our style!). We’ll finish the hearts with white and dark wax to give them that irresistible rustic look.
But it doesn't end with the hearts. We'll also guide you in creating a charming home for your creations, using terracotta pots, wooden dowels, and a touch of nature with some faux moss. We think you’ll love enjoying these on your dining or entry table this season!
Heart and Dowel Tip: We like how hefty these unfinished wooden hearts are, but they had no holes in the bottom for the dowels. Josie’s husband Aaron to the rescue! Take a look at your dowels and use an appropriately sized drill bit to create a snug cavity for the dowel. You will also want to decide how long you want your dowel—we just placed the heart and dowel into the pot before starting our project, and it became pretty obvious they were too long. A little work with the hacksaw, and they were perfect. If you are doing a centerpiece of three bunched together, you could even try the hearts at different heights for a more traditional bouquet feel.
Grab your IOD products and supplies by using the store locator and finding a stockist near you: ironorchiddesigns.com/retailers/.
IOD Products Needed:
✨ IOD Brayer
✨ IOD Pennsylvania Folk Stamp
✨ IOD Letterpress Stamp
✨ IOD Vintage Textures Stamp
✨ IOD Thin Mount
Other Supplies:
🎨 Unfinished Wooden Hearts: a.co/d/fQgY1dD
🎨 Wooden Dowels: a.co/d/98s02dZ
🎨 Terracotta Pots: a.co/d/3sT4BNE
🎨 Off White Chalk Paint
🎨 Red Paint Chalk Paint
🎨 Dark brown Chalk Paint
🎨 Clear Wax
🎨 Dark Wax
🎨 Floral Foam
🎨 Peat Moss
🎨 Glue
Timestamps:
00:20 - Painting Hearts
01:09 - Painting Terracotta Pots
02:12 - Stamping Process
02:23 - Letter Stamping
03:39 - Design Stamping
06:20 - Adding Texture
08:16 - Applying Wax
09:49 - Assembling Pots
If you're new to Iron Orchid Designs (aka IOD), welcome! Check out this playlist to learn all about the product basics: bit.ly/IODProductBasics
コメント (8)
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Cute and creative!
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Love them!! I made these but just didvthe letters stamps, love the other stamps!!
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So cute. ❤ Great tutorial. Thanks.
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I loved the hearts, but I would have done them with a clean red and white look, without the aging.
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May I take this opportunity to re request the idea of making border molds longer, about 12”, so we don’t have to make so many to fit around a project and piecemeal it. This would eliminate a lot of blending fixing and noticeable shrinkage after it dries. The other request was for a transfer that looks like Stained Glass. You said you would confer with your design team…any progress yet?
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Sometimes it feels like home decor crafters think everyone has a prop warehouse somewhere. First thought that came to mind while watching this is where on earth would I store these the other 11 months of the year? These are big: 12x6 inches times 5. Whoa! And if you didn’t own any of the stuff to make these? It’ll cost more than $75 for the stamps alone. But even if you have the stamps and paint already, the pots, hearts, and dowels will cost around $50. If you have lots of storage space, shelling out $200 for Valentines decor maybe makes sense. But that’s not me, especially since I like to change it up every year. That’s why I’m a paper girly. I love making decor that can be taken apart and recycled. Much of the time though, I just package up my makes and donate them to thrift stores, schools, and nursing homes. I don’t struggle to find takers. Most of the joy for me is in the making anyway. You could donate your wood decor too, of course, but that’s a more expensive proposition. I really liked these hearts and decided that the idea translates beautifully to a card. A series of potted heart die cuts with folk art designs would be wonderful on a card. I looked up papier-mache hearts but they were not much less expensive than the wood hearts. So I concluded that if I was going to make 3D potted hearts I would go the stacked die cut route. Even the terracotta pots could be a die cut or if you have an electronic die cutter there are plenty of 3D pot designs available. The versatility of stacked die cuts is that they can be displayed against a wall on a shelf or they could be a centerpiece. Also scalable. You could make a miniature of this project or you could go for a mural like size if you were making for a school or nursing home. Is it just me or does papier-mache blanks feel like a natural progression for the IOD sisters? Perfect fit with the paper clay and the molds.
