Saturday, September 8, 2012

Chevron Purse





Happy Saturday all! Here's a project  I did with this little ditty of a purse I scored at a garage sale for $2 bucks. Hey that's the same price as the shirt I redid last month. CRAZY! This purse has good bones. I saw it as a beach bag at first , but since I only make it to the beach a few times a year I knew I was going to have to spruce this guy up.  


Supplies need for this spruce up if you wanted to try your own
Fabric paint in your choice of color I chose green, blue and white
 { i suspect that acrylic paint could work just as well}
Foam paint brush { one of those cheap guys from the craft store}
paint tray or just a piece of paper to hold your paint



Shhh, don't tell the hubs I did my project on the hard wood floors! I put some newspaper down!


See! I did! SO  for this chevron...i just went for it! I thought about trying to make a chevron stencil to make it "perfect", but my mind was in the " I don't care if its perfect" and " I only have 2 hours to finish this project' mode so go for it. The good thing about this is you can go in and make the lines thicker for make it look a little better if your chevrons aren't as you wish. 


I chose to do one green just a add a little bit more flair. 


The paint it wet here so it looks a little clumpy { does that describe it?!} I did the front and back and  thought I Yay I'm done! You see on this particular day I had started taking a morning class and a friend was watching my 3 yr old  and the other 2 were in school. As mentioned before I had 2 hours to finish before kids return and this took maybe 20 mins.YAY time to myself! Quiet time! All by myself time! 


But when it dried I just wasn't feeling it. It needed something more. So I added a white stripe down the middle of  the blue and green ...... Ta-da! I have been using this for my art class It holds everything! 

 Thanks for stopping by, What are you up to this weekend? 

~ Bianca




5 comments:

  1. I love this bag! Two thumbs up! Your Rad!

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  2. Teresa! thanks for stopping by and reading my blog! what have you been up to?! Anything crafty?!

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  3. Bianca you inspire me to make my world (or at least my purses) prettier!

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  4. Ahhh, thank you Erin! And right back at cha! Ive seen what you have been up to and im inspired!Those button bobby pins are fab! with my new shorter hair cute bobby pins have been a must! ;-)

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  5. What a fun idea! I heart chevron too, and I like your color choices. I'd love for you to come join my party and share your project here:
    http://www.oneartsymama.com/2012/09/shine-on-fridays-45-and-giveaway.html

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