Paint Chip Art

I've been dreaming in paint-chip again. And my dreams took me to this point:

 (Yes, I'm aware that that archaic thermostat under the shelf is about the most hideous thing, but it's one "architectural element" of ye ol' house that we just have to live with around here. My goal in general is to distract from it with other stuff.)

It all began a few weeks ago, when I ran across these two beauties from art.com:

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I loved them both at first sight. One day I hope to buy at least one of them, but for today, I went with a little something I like to call "Inspired Freecreation."

 

Gathered materials (although I never ended up using the mod podge).

 

Punched some circles. (Compared to this project, this was cake.)

 

Got an old piece of particle board, cut it to the size I wanted, covered it with rice paper using this method (you could paint yours if you wanted), and measured out where I wanted the center of each circle.

(Here's my info: 1.5" circle punch, arranged in 6 circles x 11 circles columns/rows, cut particle board to 13"x23", marked first circle center 1.5" in from the top and 1.5" in from the side of the particle board, spaced each dot 2" away thereafter. All of this is from memory, so please double-check the math before you take my word for it.)

Added a small glue dot at each mark and glued the circles down.

Covered the whole thing with weights while it dried. (Encyclopedias. Remember those? Blast from the past, I know.)

 

Hung it on an existing nail above a shelf in our dining room.

 

 

Threw some stuff up on the shelf. Pinecone in a bowl? Sure.

 

 

I can't get enough of this wooden bird. One of my favorite pieces in my whole house, found at a yard sale.

 

And there it sits. Paint chip art.

 Have you used paint chips for anything innovative? I'd love to hear/see!

p.s. I used and recommend this spray adhesive to attach the rice paper to my board:




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