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faux vintage whale species chart and restoration hardware inspired fishing weights tutorial

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i love nautical decor and i have been adding bits of it around the house, the latest things i made out a faux vintage whale species chart, and these faux metal fishing weights inspired by Restoration hardware.
to make the faux fishing weights you will need
clay
different sized balls,
knife or clay tool
black brown and silver paint
sponge
water
first take the clay and mould it around the balls, use water to smooth it and then make the numbers, roll out a piece of clay into a long sausage shape and make it into a circle and then mould it on to the top, leave to dry
to get the rusty look a sprayed them silver then used a brown and black paint and dabbed it on with a sponge.

Fishing Weights (Set of 4)
here’s restoration hardware’s weights that i was inspired by,
to make the whale species chart you will need
iron on transfer paper
iron
spray bottle
wood
string
glue gun
sewing machine
fabric
brown wood stain
first i printed the whale pictures on to some iron on paper and ironed them on to some white fabric
then i broke apart an old frame and used two of the sides for the wooden part, you can use wooden beading if you have it.
i painted it with some wood stain and left it to dry.
the i stitched the sides of the fabric so it would not fray and used a glue gun to attach the wood to the top and bottom of the fabric.
 in a spray bottle i added water and coffee and sprayed it over the fabric to make it look old,
lastly i glued on some string.


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  5. Love it! I would not have guessed those weights started out as random balls. They turned out awesome!
    Heidi @ handmadefrenzy.blogspot.com

  8. What a great knock off, Aimee! Beautiful work! I'm including a link back in this week's DIY highlights. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing your creativity!

  11. These are so fantastic — I have some that I bought in GA last summer and just love them but couldn't get too many so this is a great way to add to my collection. Very clever – thanks for sharing!

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