Get Your Paint On!

I have seen so many inspirational DIY projects on Pinterest, including some very cool canvas paintings! I've been meaning to try some of these projects for a while. So I seized the day and took a trip to Dollarama to get my supplies.

Dollarama carries canvas' (on the smaller side), acrylic paint, and different size paint brushes.

I started out by taping the canvas - masking tape would probably have worked better but this is what I had.

I mixed my colours and started painting. Then, you wait!

Take the tape off and...

Voila, you have your very own canvas painting!

Duct Tape Flower Pens

It may be known that real men use duct tape. Well...so do real women! 

I needed to get a gift for someone and thought that I would save a few dollars by making the gift myself. I have seen some great homemade gifts made out of duct tape! (My cousin is quite the expert.) 

I saw this great idea of a bouquet of duct tape flower pens and thought this would be perfect.

All you need is colourful duct tape and some pens.

You cut a small rectangular piece of duct tape to start. Then fold one edge in.

And fold the other side in.

Wrap it around the end of the pen and keep going!

TA-DA! You have your duct tape flower pen bouquet! 

I put my bouquet in a glass vase with crystal vase filler and tied a ribbon around.

A great homemade gift!