Personalized just for my door

With all the wreaths I have made, one would think I live in a house with 1000 doors.  The truth is, I only have 2.  But, I like to re-arrange and update and refresh and change my door decorations a LOT!

This berry wreath has been around my house for awhile, so I though it was time it got a makeover.  I used a large (5") letter "S"  for Starsky and small (1") numbers for our address and an oak leaf (from the 5 piece leaf set) all from Unique Laser Designs. Twinkling H20s are my new favorite watercolor and they added a sparkling shimmer to the oak leaf and to the numbers.

For the "S", I used Distress Stains, creating overlapping stripes along the grain of the wood and then I added some random criss-cross swipes with more Twinkling H20s.

I added that oak leaf with a removable adhesive so I can replace it with different shapes depending on the season.  I'm thinking an ornament for Christmas, a heart for Valentines Day, a bunny for Easter, a flower for spring.  Looks like I have some more creating to do!  Thankfully, Unique Laser Designs has a shape for every need and for every holiday!

A Sparkly Home Sweet Home Halloween

Don't let all of these colorful details scare you away from making this Halloween wreath.  You can make this wreath in about an hour with some yarn, paper rosettes, glue, micro-glitter, and this Halloween wood design from Unique Laser Designs.  First, I wrapped a straw wreath with yarn and then I moved onto the sparkly part of the project.

I covered the whole wood design, "home sweet home", with a piece of scrap paper, but revealed one section at a time.  To that section, I spread on a thin layer of glue and then sprinkled on micro-glitter. Then I moved onto a different section and a different color of glitter.  The flying witch and the bat are purple, the cat and owls are teal, and the "home sweet home" is covered in black micro-glitter (and now so am I).

 I added some paper rosettes and stars and this wreath is ready for the front door!

Halloween decorations don't have to be scary or creepy...

sometimes they can be cute and SPARKLY!

What's on your front door for Halloween?  

Nothing yet?

Why not start with something from Unique Laser Designs...shop HERE!

Walking on Sunshine wreath

Trying to hang onto the warmth and the sunshine as we move into August.  Just had to do one more summer project before I give into oak leaves and ghosts.  

Today, I'm using these fun suns and cute flip flops from Unique Laser Designs on a straw wreath that I wrapped with bulky blue variegated yarn.

Last month, Kimberly gave us some great ideas for ways to add color to our wood shapes from Unique Laser Designs (if you missed that post, you can see it HERE).  That got me thinking...how about nail polish?  Shining up these flip flops was my chance since I wanted to color them a bright green and I didn't have the right color in my box of acrylic paints.  Two coats did it--added color and shine all at once.

Then, I used a Copic marker to add the pink around the edge. Lastly I put a heaping ribbon of Tacky Glue on the straps and poured on pink super fine glitter (that took a while to dry).

Onto the suns...

The top sun, I painted with Ranger Distress Crackle in white and then after it dried I rubbed Wild Honey Distress Stain over it---I love, love, love how it turned out.

The swirly sun, I covered in Tacky Glue and then poured super fine yellow gold glitter over.

For the bottom sun, I painted it with a mustard yellow acrylic, then stamped it with Versamark ink using a chevron pattern stamp. Lastly I covered the wet ink with clear embossing powder and heated it up with a heat gun to get that powder to "rise and shine" (sometimes I crack myself up)!

So, I am definitely not ready to say goodbye to summer...we have a whole month of sunny goodness before the "s" word (school) is back in the vocabulary.  What's your August summer project?

Spring Wreath

Hi there!

Rachelle here sharing my most recent project for

Unique Laser Designs. 

Spring is here and it's time to change the wreath hanging

 on your front door.

Let's look at this one!

Spring Burlap Wreath

{The Cross is the wood focal point}

This Cross displays the beginning biblical scenes

which I painted individually.

The top shows Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden, 

clouds, trees, plants, and animals.

 

 The center displays the sunshine, water, the earth, moon and stars.

Then we see God holding up the world, moon, and sun.

Next, I started placing the burlap on the wreath. Each piece has a decorative pearl

stick pin and a center burlap with satin ribbon. 

Finally, I placed curl twigs and butterflies on the side for added decor.

The Cross is a beautiful piece from

Unique Laser Designs. 

There we have it

a spring wreath!

That's it for this post.

Thanks for stopping by and remember you can get the Cross

and more from

Unique Laser Designs. 

 See Ya Soon!

Altered suitcase

Hello! This is Maya here and today I will share a cute project featuring Unique Laser Designs Rose deco frame. This design is so pretty that I thought it will look great as an embellishment for a box cover.

I found small paper suitcase at Target. The suitcase itself was green and the cover was kraft.

I glued the frame to the suitcase cover using a strong adhesive. I actually like this naked look as well but I decided to go one step further. I painted the cover using acrylic spray paint in lilac.

I than colored the rim of the suitcase cover with Faber-Castell big brush marker in manganese violet. I used the same marker to color the butterfly. To add a little shine I misted the butterfly with deep plum Glimmer Mist.

I pulled out my purple bling box and added pearls, jewels and acrylic rain dots.

Here it is - all ready to hide fun treasures or to be given as a gift to someone special.

Don't forget to join us in April challenge. It is so easy and you don't have to own Unique Laser Designs products to participate.

Hopping into Spring wreath

Spring is here!  I'm trying really hard to ignore the snowflakes blowing through the air right now.  But, what makes me really excited is that I get to introduce myself as one of the members of the first ever Unique Laser Designs Design Team.

My name is Kelly Starsky, and I am a busy mom to 4, wife to 1, dog-mom to 2, pediatric physical therapist, crafty chick, artist, pathological picture taker, painter, cook, baker, multi-tasker, and now a Design Team member of Unique Laser Designs! And, oh yeah...I'm the crafty neighbor! I've been creating ever since I can remember. One thing hasn't changed--I still LOVE purple. Scrapbooking is my first love, but I dabble in lots of different art. My newest addiction is gelatos--the kind you color with, not the kind you eat (but I would probably like that too). 

I have been on a "wreath kick" lately.  Some of my door decorations have seen better days and I decided that I needed to add something fresh and bright since the calendar says SPRING!

I added some ribbon and material scraps to a plain embroidery hoop (this one is 10 inches in diameter) and it makes a happy home for these decorative bunnies from Unique Laser Designs.  I just added some bright spring colors (sage green, coral, orchid, and periwinkle blue) with acrylic paint and then hot glued them onto the grassy hoop.  A lacey bow finishes it off and my door has gotten a much needed spring makeover.  This project is so quick and easy and you could do this with any of the adorable shapes from Unique Laser Designs (like the bees, butterflies, or birds)--check them out HERE.

Don't forget about the April Challenge right here on the Unique Laser Designs blog. You can join in the fun by showing us your creation made with any wood or chipboard embellishment.  You can play along even if you haven't ordered anything from Unique Laser Designs---yet!


So, does your door need a makeover?
Please share--we'd love to see the "big reveal"!

Wishing for spring wreath

My wish...SPRING!
Oh spring, spring...where for art thou spring?

I created something springy and crafty last week, but it really didn't seem to have any effect on Mother Nature, so I'm trying again. This time, I'm making a wreath to grace the door and scare away the winter spirits.  And I'm using ADORABLE spring shapes from Unique Laser Designs!

First, I took a straw wreath and wrapped and wrapped it with this pastel variegated yarn.

Next, I took some canvas flower shapes from Linnie Blooms,  I colored them with gelatos (pink and orange), and spritzed with water so I could spread the color with my fingers.  On some of the flowers I added LOTS of color, some just a bit.  Some are more orange, some are more pink. A flowery hodge-podge!

Next, it's painting time!  I painted these ADORABLE Easter shapes and letters from Unique Laser Designs.

I "marble-ized" the solid egg and bunny by blending gelatos over the dried acrylic paint and then splattered the letters with pink paint after covering them with a few thin coats of Distress Stain Picket Fence.

This is my ode to spring.  Mother Nature are you listening this time?

I couldn't stop playing with these adorable shapes, so I'm tucking in a few more ideas if you get a few minutes to play.