My Saturday Project

Long time no typee from me

Well since it has been awhile you know I have something good to share with you

yep I sure do...Ok so I am doing some craft shows this fall and I am trying

to find some cheap ways to display my creations...

after all my husband said you can sell a pile of shit to someone if it is displayed right...ha.. :)

I thought that was funny..and honestly true...bizarre is int it...

So yesterday morning coffee in hand I started browsing on blogs

and came across this blog

The Decorating Diaries

Love it so much...there are so many great ideas over there but this one got my attention

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Dress Form made from Recycled Paper Grocery Bags

And now my Saturday project began..hehehehe

So I had 2 body forms I wanted to make match and here is body form #1

There are great you can hang it on a wall or hook to display what ever it is

you need to show off...well I decided I did not need the hook so I took

it off and the back of this form is empty as you can see and I

decided I need to find a stand for my form so it can sit up and so I got to thinking and

went down to my basement and found an old lamp base..

well I tried it and it looked like this

I am going to use the old clothes piled up on the table to fill in the back of the

form so it has a little shape in the back for the brown paper bag treatment...

Ok so the more I played with the lamp base the more I just did not like it

Soooooo one must think, think, think and my mother brought over these 2 big

candle stick holders a few weeks back that she no longer wanted and yep..one is now my body form base

look at this

I think it is perfect...of course I had to find a slab of scrap wood and then

screw the form to the wood...I drilled a small hole in the wood and then hammered it

down on top of the candle stick holder..(most candle stick holders have those little spikes sticking up so you when you put your candle on it..it stays put..so it was PEFFECT

I am getting both form ready then will do the paper bag treatment....

Ok so now for my other dress form here is before picture

I took off this fabric that was on the form and had ordered a neck cap for the top

of this form a few weeks ago..

Here is what the form looks like all naked...quit your whistling ;)

I then grabbed my paper bags and began to rip away..many many many stripes and

even better some of the bags had a different color and texture to...

Then we went outside to play

Well in the instructions she used Modge Podge to do this treatment...

I did not have any so I used spray glue and then watered down some good old tacky glue

and that is what I used...little paint brush and glued finger tips

I don't know about you but I really love the look of how these are turning out

Aren't they cool?? what do you think...

Now I have 2 matching display dress forms to show off my cowls and scarfs at craft shows and when I need to take pictures for my etsy shop...Psst..there is what the candle stick top looks like with the little spike sticking up I was talking about earlier.. :)

I hope you enjoyed my Saturday project..I sure did...