What an inexpensive and fabulous idea from Mr. Handsomeface. This contemporary wall bubble art will make people think you spent hours, when it takes minutes!! Use up that tissue paper from present you get and make this a great upcycled project!
Here are the supplies you'll need:
- a stretched canvas
- big paint brush
- scissors
- white acrylic paint
- Mod Podge
- tissue paper in primary colors
Stretched canvases can be purchased in any arts & craft store. If you buy a cheap one,
and why the hell not, they're not as expensive as you think. You can often find the store
brand canvases are bundles in packages of 3 for a cheaper price. Since you're buying a cheap
canvas, you'll want to paint the whole thing with a nice coat of white paint first. Even if
the canvas looks nice and white, it will look even better with a coat of paint on it!
Ah, that's better. Set that aside to dry and now here comes the only hard part in the
whole project. Cut out 3 circles from your tissue paper. Get creative and play around with
different sizes. Here comes the 'cheap' thing again, buy the cheapest, crappiest tissue
paper you can find. You don't want that thick, expensive stuff because it won't be
translucent enough. I got mine from the dollar store where they had a huge selection of
colors for $1 each. Try to get bright colors that will pop against the white background,
the 'red' in this trio is really a bright magenta.
Before you make anything permament, play around with the positioning on your canvas.
The secondary colors that the paper make when you lay them on top of each other will look
different depending on who's on top. Also, I think it looks cool when some of the bubbles goes
off the edge.
When you figure out your arrangement, spread a thin coat of Mod Podge where you want the
first circle to lay. Carefully and slowly lay the circle down while smoothing the air
bubbles and wrinkles with your brush. It's easier to start from one edge and work your
way across.
Once the circle is smoothed out and most of the wrinkles are gone, put another coat of
Mod Podge on top. BE CAREFUL with this step because the paper is wet and will easily tear
at this point.
Repeat the same steps for the other 2 circles.
If you're amazing and more patient than me, you'll take your time to smooth
it out perfectly. I kid myself into thinking it looks better with wrinkles.
But seriously, it's not the end of the world if there are still some wrinkles.
After all the circles are in place, add another coat of Mod Podge to make it look
uniform.
I really like how this project turned out and I hope you like it too. Some other
ideas: cut little squares or circles for a confetti look or change up the shapes for
some variety.
If
you've got paint chips sitting around begging to be made into
something, try folding them into boxes for paperclips, thumbtacks, party
favor candies, or tiny gifts. I made these from Behr swatches,
available at Home Depot.
You'll need paint swatches, double-stick tape, an X-acto knife, ruler, and cutting mat.
For
the box bottom, cut a 1/2" strip off each of the two rounded ends of
the swatch. You should be left with a 5" x 5" square. At a point
slightly more than 1 1/2" from
one edge—about 1 17/32" if you want to be picky, but I just eyeballed
it—score a line with your knife. Repeat on the remaining three sides.
These scoring lines are shown as dashed lines above. Then cut out the
gray shaded sections. This is what the box bottom should look like:
The box lid is constructed the same way. Trim a swatch down to a 3" x 3" square. At a point slightly less
than 1/2" from one edge, score a line with your knife. Repeat on the
remaining three sides and cut out the gray shaded sections.
Fold each sheet on the scored lines, bending flaps inward and securing them with double-stick tape. 
We found an excellent tutorial on Wedding Chicks blog, which was created by Los Angeles event designer Yoleine Dumarsais and takes us through the easy process of making your own ombre pinwheels.
What a wonderful way to upcycle something vintage and unique! We adore this tutorial from Design Sponge on how to convert a matchbox into a mini-notepad! These would be excellent wedding favors, party gifts, inexpensive calling cards / business cards, or just to do list notepads. How can you not love these??
2.) You can make your own "matchbox" out of card stock or any other heavier weighted paper. These matchboxes afford you the opportunity to put whatever you want on the outside cover. 
Lately I have been obsessed with finding a great tutorial on paper flower crafting, and I think I found one! 
