I went for the bath mat instead....

So, I went to the thrift store Wednesday, looking for an old fuzzy towel to use as a roof for Marshmallow Manor....and there wasn't a single towel in sight, lol. But there was this fuzzy yellow bath mat! Figured I'd give it a try... First I cut it into 1 inch strips......


Then, I made a practice board. This way, I could figure out if I was going to like it or not....and to see how I should paint it. The top one is a strip glued down, then I used Mod Podge mixed with Brown paint....and painted it flat down, then I went back and glued another strip, and did the same process as above again.....

The bottom sample is the one I went with. It has 4 strips glued on....one on top of the other........and then painted all together. I LOVE the second one...Just looked more like Thatching, And it's fluffy, hehe!!


And here is the beginning, well almost the end.. I got a little carried away and forgot to take pictures along the way.

....the inspector even stopped by, And gave me the go ahead to keep working! LOL

And here She is in all her glory, Hahaa!! All I can say, is that I couldn't stop petting my house at this point, Bah hahaha....she was so fuzzy, I couldn't help myself!!

It still looks a little rough around the edges...but just wait.....

It's going to start to make sense here in a minute.....

See........it's starting to look a little more like a thatched roof now.....

And she even darkened up a little when she dried....This is just the under coat! I still have to go back and finish this coat around the sides....And then I get to start brushing on lighter colors to bring it to life. Keep your fingers crossed for me........

Any suggestions on which colors to use to lighten it all up would be greatly appreciated....I do have some gold to use as the last layer......Thinking it's going to need a little green in there, too......

OK...Hope everyone has a safe weekend, And enjoy your 4th! We (I'll) will be cooking out and watching the neighbors make idiots out of themselves...Hehehe....There's never a dull moment in the Trailer Park, LMAO!!!

The Toilet Paper Roll Challenge

I read a blog, everyday, called Casey's Minis (http://www.caseymini.blogspot.com/). Yesterday, she posted a blog about a little footstool made out of a toilet paper roll. Well, it got me thinking about what else could be made out of tp-rolls......and then it came to me................A Kitty Condo! I used the following:

I cut the tp-roll in half. Then, you have to wiggle the tp-roll down onto the paper punch, but it will work. And don't worry about pushing to hard on the tp-roll, if it flattens out, it will come back to life later!
You see where this is going..... Now to decorate! I used scrapbook paper, ribbon and a gold pen (to outline the circle in the middle with). Look, Pocus has come to show you how cute the new Kitty Condo is!So, now I challenge you.....What can you make with a toilet paper roll???