Anthropologie Inspired Painted Placemat Art

Today's post takes a detour from kids crafts.  We're venturinging into the land of home decor.  Have you seen Anthropologie's selection of basket wall art?  I fell in love with their modern, geometric, and graphic designs.  But, the prices are a bit steep for me.  So I put on my DIY cap and tried creating my own inspired wall art using thrifted items.  Here's how the project out  Pretty cool, right? 

Anthropologie Inspired Painted Wall Art

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Instead of using baskets, I found some similarly shaped black and white placemats at the thrift store.   (Alternatively, you could also just buy woven placemats here.)

When I brought them home, I wiped down any stains.

Then, I blocked out designs using masking tape and wrapping paper. 

For the sun design, I traced the mat onto a piece of wrapping paper.  After cutting the circle out, I folded it like a snowflake and cut out triangles.  When I unfolded the circle I had a symmetric design.  I taped down the "stencil" and then traced it with Sharpie.

Then, I used craft paint and painted the sun design on.

With the other masking tape designs, I just painted between the strips of tape.

Because the placemat was bumpy, some of the lines weren't completely straight.  (Looking back, I could have pressed the tape down firmer to help.) 

(Note:  I ripped off the tape when the paint was still wet so I could add on and fix my designs.)

I wasn't completely thrilled with my designs, so I freehanded the rest.

The paint dried in a couple of hours.

Then, I used Command Picture Hanging Strips to hang my wall art.

And that's it! 

Stay cozy and happy making, friends!