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Faux Living Wall Art – Create and Share

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I’m excited to participate in another Create and Share with my talented friends.  This time around we all started with the same plain wood tray to create with!  If you are interested in the tray, you can find it HERE (This is an affiliate link!).SONY DSCAs soon as our lovely hostess Stephanie, from Casa Watkins, suggested this tray, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.  I’ve been eyeing beautiful faux and real living wall art pieces on Pinterest for a while. Since supplies are a little hard to come by on this island (unless you know Japanese!), I only used items I had on hand.

Faux Living Wall Art

What you need:

Tray

Paint

Felt

Faux Succulents (or other plants) and moss rocks

Scissors

Hot glue

How to:

If you use the same tray we did, it needs a light sanding.

Spray paint with white paint paying special attention to the sides.

Once the white paint is dry, tape off the edges and spray paint or hand paint a darker color inside.  I had a sample jar of teal paint left over from my kitchen table makeover, so I used that.

The tray actually looked really pretty white and teal but I wanted to have fun with it!

tray-stepsTo make felt rosettes, cut a square spiral in a piece of felt.  (You can also cut a round spiral if your felt is round.)   Start from the center of the spiral and roll.  Place a little bit of hot glue on the end to hold into place.

SONY DSCAfter your rosettes are formed (I created about 20), arrange them around the moss rocks in the tray.  Hot glue into place. SONY DSC SONY DSCThis makes an inexpensive backdrop for the lovely succulents.   Place your succulents or other plants in place.  Time to hot glue again.  Watch those fingers!SONY DSCI’m super happy that I didn’t have to make a trip to the store for supplies for this project.  If I ever get tired of it, I can always pull out the “plants” and peel off the hot glue to have a pretty teal and white functional tray.  Right now, I’m loving it! SONY DSC SONY DSCSONY DSCIt looks great in our eclectic foyer. SONY DSC

Now it’s time to see what the other talented bloggers did with their trays!!

1. Faux Living Wall Art by Up To Date Interiors
2. Tray Makeover by Refashionably Late
3. DIY Wet Mitten Dryer by Our House Now A Home
4. DIY Portable Office Space by One Mile Home Style
5. DIY Trendy Plaid Tray by Casa Watkins
6. Grain Sack Stripe Inspired Tray by The House Down The Lane
7. DIY Tray Art Organizer by Shabby Grace Blog

You can find other Create and Share posts HERE and HERE.

About Kathy

Chai tea addict. Classical music lover. Decorating and DIY fanatic. Mom, wife, piano teacher, and twin. Founder of Up to Date Interiors.

Comments

  2. Tiffany says

    Hi, Kathy ~ This tray looks absolutely beautiful! And I love those felt flowers. :0) The tray looks great in your foyer, and I’ll bet you’ll have some conversations with guests.

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  7. Sam // DIY Just Cuz says

    Love how creative and unique this is. I kind of don’t even have words to describe how much I love it because it’s so cool and I’ve never seen anything like it. 🙂 Pinning away! Another great project.

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