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What you need:

• Three 5 x 5 Paper Mache art boards ($2.99 at craft supply stores)
• Ribbon for hanging
• Scissors
• Acrylic paints and paint brushes
• Card stock for printing your design
• Permanent spray adhesive

Steps:

1. Remove rope strands from the boards and discard.
2. Choose a style of ribbon and cut 3 strands the exact same size.
3. Apply your base coat to cover the brown paper mache. Paint everything, including the back side.
4. Start painting! It helped me to sketch out my design on the computer before diving into painting. I used acrylic paints and paint brushes. All three boards were given a different pattern in the background.
5. I drew the elephant in Adobe Illustrator and chose two colors for the elephants. Then I printed them out on card stock and cut them out, leaving a little white border to help them stand out against the painted backgrounds.
6. I tested out the placement before adhering the paper elephants to the boards. Using permanent spray adhesive, I adhered the elephants to the boards. Tie on the ribbon to hang and your done!

To see a full-size photo of the finished product, go here.

From left to right:

Laser Etched Art on Skateboards // Laser-Cut filigree wood earrings // Wood Laser-Cut Coasters

Companies like Anthropologie and Nantaka Joy do this type of thing very well. What are some of your favorite product photos to look at and be inspired by?

You can see more photos here and here.

[ Via Gala Darling ]

From left to right:

Impact Salon Card Sleeves by Creative Suitcase // Business card design by Jason Tremblay // Beehive Honey Packaging by Little Fury // Freska, facial tissue packaging

From left to right:

Vintage finger puppets (lion and bear) // A Little Elephant vintage book // Things to Color vintage coloring book

From left to right from top shelf to bottom:

Vintage Seagrams globe // Globe from Bombay Company // Glass globe // Hand-carved wooden globe made by my husband // Second shelf // Plastic globe on stand // Small vintage globe // Large lit globe // Timex clock globe // Third shelf // Vintage globe bookend // Plastic globe by Hammond // Clear glass globe

Mother’s Day Card from evie s. - PDF Download
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Here’s to all of our wonderful mothers!

If you read my last post on Westmoreland glass, you would be interested to know that the elephant bowl in the middle is part of that collection. I saved it for this post since it is so special.

1. wooden hand carved elephant from Cameroon // 2. Carved stone elephant from India // 3. Wooden hand carved elephant from Jamaica // 4. Vintage small metal pillbox // 5. Small hand carved figurine // 6. Metal ornate elephant from India // 7. Small figurine by Monet // 8. vintage green elephant // 9. wooden hand carved elephant from Cameroon // 10. cast iron bank elephant