Has anyone noticed the sphere madness in home decor lately?
I have and I like it! Don't you? I mean we've been filling bowls with balls for years right but these guys are more interesting and don't need a vessel. They can stand on their own.
You can go look for yourself at West Elm.
The large one is $29 and small $16. That won't break the bank but......
in true cheapskate fashion I didn't want to pay that. I would rather save my pennies and buy some other awesome stuff from there that I can't make on my own.
You wanna see how I made mine?
Teehee I love this stuff!
Enter:
4 embroidery hoops
Forgive the bad bad blurry shot but the 6 " hoops were $.99
and well you can see the 8" were $1.19
I took apart each hoop and started playing with the 4 small pieces (there are two pieces per hoop if you have never played with these guys before). I placed them inside one another and moved them around until they looked like this.
I wanted to make sure I could get them to look right before I messed with staining them.
My original thought was that after I stained them I would just attempt to hot glue them together.
I decided I would line up and interlock the two tightening thingies to hold them together fairly well and then glue them together.
Then I slapped on some gray wood stain with a sponge brush(this is really porous and thin wood so it soaks it up quick). I wanted a little rustic look so I literally slapped it on. Then I ended up moving them around from place to place in the house and the garage for two weeks until I found time to play again but seriously this is a super quick project if your not me;)
Since I had two weeks to think about how I wanted to keep these balls together I decided to steer clear of the hot glue idea and tack them together instead. Literally!
Seriously this wood is so soft that the thumb tacks went in really easy. No they don't go all the way through two layers of hoop but they do hold it together just fine! Woohoo...no messy stringy hot glue!
I originally thought I would buy these and take off the tightening thingies but I don't mind how they look with them(I stained over the metal too so they don't stand out as much). I think if you have ever stuck with me enough to read any of my posts you know by now that I am a sloppy, messy, or even a half *** crafter. You will find no attempt at perfection in any project at this house. We are just typically excited to get r done!
Don't laugh at me...I did move these to three different places to photograph them;) I never feel like I can get a pretty shot in this rent house because often the back drop includes apple wallpaper, peeling linoleum or 80's shutters;)
So there ya have it! Mine aren't as large as the ones linked to above but I like them just as much and for about 6 bucks (we already had the stain and brush) I actually LOVE them!
linking to the fabulous parties at:
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58 comments:
Amazing!! How creative and clever to come up with this and I have a feeling we will be seeing these all over blogland now. :-) Love the title of your post too...lol! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Inspiration Friday this week~
Vanessa
That is greatness! Apparently, we both had embroidery hoops on the brain! LOL! Very clever!!
This is awesome! I'm loving the sphere look but there's no way I'm paying $20-$30 each for them- thanks for the tutorial- I'll just make some too!
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-Melissa
www.SerendipityandSpice.blogspot.com
Your spheres look great! I like your's even better than the picture! Thanks for sharing! :)
oh my gosh, those are great. you'd never know they were a diy project!
Awesome vignette. Love the spheres...and so easy to make. I'm following, so stop by and follow so we can keep in touch. Lori
love the spheres...great idea! Love that you call yourself a half*** crafter LOL. i think i may fall into that catagory as well. I like only projects that are DONE in one day or less! Will continue to follow!
Maggie @ TheHellonHeelsHousewife.blogspot.com
I LOVE this!! This is SO my next project! Thanks for the inspiration!
This is AH-Mazing! I'm so going to do this for my next project!
Thanks for sharing!!
That is a great looking craft! How clever are you?
This project is awesome! I totally thought they were metal!! It would be super cool if would come by today to enter my giveaway for a $50 Lowe's gift card and to link up to my very first party! http://thespacebetweenblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/imagine-the-impossibilities-link-party-1/
Karah @ thespacebetweenblog
How awesome is this! I'm pinning this for sure :) Especially love the savings!
Awesome project--never would have thought they were made from embroidery hoops! Great job:)
Such a fantastic idea! I love these!
Love these. Love the price too. Saw you on Blue Cricket Designs.
I am so impressed! These are great looking. Clever Texas girl!
Another Texan,
-Revi
Such a great idea! Super modern. LOVE it!
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I need some bulky items for my new bookshelves and these will be perfect! Great idea-thanks for sharing!
www.lifelovelarson.blogspot.com
Genius. Great idea, beautifully executed. Truly inspiring.
Oh! I love this! I'm your newest follower! Those are the projects I like to see.. easy, cheap and, look wonderful!
Wonderfulness! I love decor balls and your project is a perfect contrast. So cool and clever!
These are so awesome! Fabulous job!
Genius idea! The hardware took the stain on well. I love the way it looks...industrial. Well done! I'm stopping by from At the Picket Fence.
Awesome! I just saw these spheres online and immediately starting thinking about DIY'ing them with embroidery hoops...and here you are with the embroidery hoop idea too! Thanks for posting this - now I'm sure I can make them work! :)
So creative! :)
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these look GREAT! I love the color you chose too!
I featured this on my blog today:
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And I pinned it too! :)
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Thanks so much ladies! I really appreciate all the sweet comments! I think we all love a good cheap project!
I LOVE these! Simple, yet so 'architectural'! I'm pinning 'em!
<3 Christina
These are just awesome! They really look like metal. Love them. Pinned them.
I seriously love these! I think they'll be the next big rage! Thanks so much for sharing and I just featured you! http://www.aturtleslifeforme.com/2012/02/sunday-spotlight.html
I LOVE these. So smart, so stylish!
These look awesome! Great idea. I was just thinking of ideas for embroidery hoops last night. So you just stained them? I'm thinking about spray painting them...
Wow, these turned out so great!! I hope to try to make some!
This turned out great!
Sarah
www.budgetfriendlydecorating.com
This is stunning!! You are sooooo clever and creative!! We would LOVE for you to link up to our Uncommonly Yours link party!
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I'm a get r done crafter too, so this project really spoke to me. Such a clever idea to use hoops! I'd love it if you'd share this at my Show & Tell party, going on now @ the Delectable Home.
Those are AWESOME!! That was really clever! I am going to pin this and definatley give it a try! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks,
Rita
Love these! What a great idea.
I love this idea and I just pinned them. Brilliant.....so easy and fabulous all at the same time (my favorite combination).
blessings,
karianne
Hi! I pinned this on Pinterest, posted on fb, and featured at Creative DIYers Club. Please feel free to grab the feature button :)
I am very impressed with your creativity and ingenuity. Your feature at Fridays Unfolded is well deserved. The spheres look great!
I'm a new follower.
Sharon @ mrs. hines class
I don't know....this is perhaps just the COOLEST craft idea I've seen all year. And here I thought I'd have to try to figure out how in the world to make those out of those strips of metal with the holes without looking dorky and homemade. LOL! This is WAY better...yay and thank you so much!
Wow - I LOVE these! I will definitely be making them soon. And I really like leaving the hardware on them -- it adds sort of an industrial look. Thanks for posting :)
Your spheres are wonderful and so creative!!!
Dee
AWESOME IDEA - I love that you decided to find a way to make them yourself. I think I may have to give it a try. I myself am also a half*** crafter - lol.
Thanks for sharing
Really cool project! I thought your first picture was what you were trying to DIY. I have a bunch of embroidery hoops that I got from an estate sale, and this is a great way to use some of them. Thanks for sharing!
This is brilliant! You are so clever to have come up with this! I'm a new follower & also following on Pinterest.
CAS
Grand idea! Not generally a maker/lover of thinkgs to dust : ), but will do these!Especially LOVE the tacks...they give it the steampunk uuumpf that's so popular, never mind the fact they help hold it together.
Love this!
I will be trying this very soon!
Thanks for the idea!
Brilliant! I have a ton of embroidery hoops - now I know what I am doing with them.
This is a wonderful idea! I was just eyeing some spheres at the home store and thought to myself that I knew I could make them. lol I never even thought about embroidery hoops and I'm a stitcher!! Thank you for sharing!
These are absolutely genius!!! Thanks for sharing. I am totally gonna try this out!
I like them a lot! I'm going for a beachy feel in the house. I'm thinking I could bleach the wood. I've been wanting to bleach something that wasn't big, like a piece of furniture. I'm going to give them a try. ;)
These are wonderful and so unique! Can't wait to buy some hoops and give them a try. :)
I have been pining to make these. I am getting closer to doing it! Yours look awesome - just like the West Elm ones! Thanks for the tutorial!
this is really great. I love west elm but tend to make similar designs for half the cost.
This is so awesome!! I just bought 6 embroidery hoops today so that I can teach some girls at my church how to embroider. They are like eight years old so lessons won't last more than a couple weeks...and I was wondering what I was going to do with all the hoops after that. Now I'm not wondering- I'm making one of these! :D
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