Vicki-Ann here today and I wanted to start by saying Happy New Year!
I grabbed a calendar to have on my desk that has a different quote for every day of the year. I just love to add quotes to my art in my art journal so thought this would be a great calendar for me. I had this great little stand that I thought would work perfect to hold the calendar. I wanted to make it so it matched with my other desk caddy that I made last year. Even though the calendar is on a stand it is quite flimsy and I kind of like it on my very sturdy little stand that now matches my desk caddy perfectly.
First I gently sanded all the edges of the wooden pieces and painted one side with Gesso.
I then painted one side of each piece and all the edges with DecoArt Sea Breeze Americana paint.
I gathered up my box of scrap bits of collage. Copies of my art work and collage sheets from The Artstronauts club and looked for all the tiny miniature ones that I could find. As the little holder is only small, big pictures would get lost. I cut and placed the pieces on top just roughly to see what they look like. I then grabbed the Helmar Decoupage craft paste and using the glue spreader, spread glue on the unpainted side of the wood pieces and then on the back of the piece of collage to be glued. Then you scrape on top so it is nice and flat and well stuck. I waited for all of it to dry then I inked the edges with some distress ink.
Then I glued the wood pieces together with Helmar Tacky Craft Glue making sure to glue along the side and in the slots at the bottom.
My desk caddy is still as strong as the day I made it so by doing it this way, it works fabulous.
I then sprayed it all with the Helmar Crystal Kote Matte to seal it and stop it from fading.
You could also use this stand to hold a small album or just a card that you would like on display.
I got these mini stands on a clearance sale 2 for $1.
They are made by Kaisercraft don't you love when you can snap up a bargain.
