I finally like something that I did! Woo hoo!
The Chevron
pattern is all the rage right now (as if I have to tell you). But just in case you’ve been living under a
rock, or never knew what it was called, here it is:
I love it! I love the simplicity, and it’s so classic,
so I decided that I wanted to “make” my own Christmas wrapping paper. I first got the idea after reading the
‘Creative Ideas” magazine from Lowe’s… they suggested purchasing contractor’s
paper and then decorating it with a holiday theme. The paper is awesome because you get a ton of
it on a roll, and the entire things costs about $10.
I had some gold
metallic spray paint and an idea popped into my head… I would just spray paint
a Chevron pattern onto the paper!
I tinkered
around with several ideas on how to “make” the zigzag pattern, but settled upon
using a metal bracket. I traced around
it on a cardboard box and then cut it out.
Finally, I placed it on the contractor’s paper and spray-painted around
it. Here it is…
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| Completed Chevron pattern |
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| Supplies... contractor's paper, metallic gold spray paint, zigzag pattern from cardboard |
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| Wrapped present with a toilet paper roll star ornament |
The experience was gratifying because I wound up with something that I really like; however, I'm pretty sure I killed off thousands of brain cells when I chose to use an entire can of spray paint in a small, enclosed room. Oops.
Oh, and one downfall... regular wrapping tape won't work, it's not strong enough. Instead, I used packing tape. Not as pretty, but well worth it!
