Diy Birch Bark Nightlight
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
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Contributor post past times Chelsea of Lovely Indeed
I of late was gifted a footling furnish of birch bark, too it straight off got my encephalon working overtime on how to purpose this awesome material! I had never worked alongside it earlier too thence I idea uncomplicated would last best. And to me, birch bark has ever been beautifully uncomplicated anyway. So afterwards a footling flake of daydreaming, I came upwards alongside this sweet, uncomplicated nightlight -- perfect for footling ones too big ones, too! Gather your materials:
Draw a pump on a canvass of newspaper too cutting it out. I chose to depict freehand because I wanted a natural look, precisely you lot tin also impress out shapes from your computer. Trace the pump onto the dorsum of the canvass of birch bark inwards a dainty apartment spot. Carefully cutting it out alongside your scissors, beingness careful non to snap or curvature the bark. 
Spread a layer of adhesive on opposing sides of your foam cube too sandwich it betwixt the pump too the nightlight. Use a clamp to concur the pieces together land they dry out thoroughly. 
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- birch bark sheets (if you lot demand a source, a quick Etsy search should plow upwards a few)
- a apparently nightlight (I institute mine at a dollar store)
- paper too pencil
- scissors
- gold spray paint
- masking tape
- firm foam
- strong adhesive
- clamp
Begin past times removing the shield from the nightlight too masking off the electrical portions. Also, cutting a slice of foam to a 1/2-inch cube. (If you lot don't convey foam, you lot tin purpose whatsoever fabric that volition practise roughly infinite betwixt the lite too the birch bark.)
In a well-ventilated area, spray pigment the nightlight too the foam gold.
Draw a pump on a canvass of newspaper too cutting it out. I chose to depict freehand because I wanted a natural look, precisely you lot tin also impress out shapes from your computer. Trace the pump onto the dorsum of the canvass of birch bark inwards a dainty apartment spot. Carefully cutting it out alongside your scissors, beingness careful non to snap or curvature the bark.
Spread a layer of adhesive on opposing sides of your foam cube too sandwich it betwixt the pump too the nightlight. Use a clamp to concur the pieces together land they dry out thoroughly.
Once they're dry, take away the clamp too examination out your light! Put it inwards a location where you lot demand a footling glowy love. Have fun!
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Chelsea Costa is an instrumentalist too blogger living inwards Los Angeles. Her blog, Lovely Indeed, focuses on a DIY lifestyle too all of the happiness that comes along alongside it. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.