Jazzing Up Target $ Finds

Y'all. Last Friday I went in to Target to buy a bed pillow and some BC powder. Mine was awful and I was seriously Mrs. Grouchy Pants all day every day because I wasn't getting a good night's rest.  Anywho. This was my cart when I finally made it back to the pillow section. 

Um. There's a pillow in there?? Turns out I have a bit of a shopping problem. It was a rough week. I was grouchy and the colors were so bright and fun.  Instantly cheered me up. I sincerely can't stand the term retail therapy.  But sometimes, yo.  I also justified it by saying everything came out of the $ section and I needed a project I could blog about. It's totally for my business. That's what I told myself.


My original plan was to monogram the plates and put little decals on the cups and bucket. Small hiccup came when I realized that vinyl isn't food safe. I pondered for a while, asked around and did some research.  I even considered taking them back and scratching the whole thing.  Instead I decided the plates were pretty by themselves and I needed to stick to the cups and bucket. 


I whipped up a pineapple design in Silhouette Design Studio.  Turns out it's pretty easy to make the pineapple part.  The foliage had me stumped.  I cheated and decided to use a fleur de lis.  I lived in south Louisiana for a few years. Turns out it influenced me quite a bit.   

Kind of fun, right? I stuck with it for this project but I'm going to revamp the design a little bit. Those scales are great for larger cuttings, but a major pain in the b-u-t-t to weed when the design is 2".  Don't do it. Unless you're an expert at cutting out and weeding teeny tiny vinyl designs. If so, you'll have a ball. 

This happened. A lot. I got a little frustrated. Took a break. Bought a new blade and mat and came back to it.  The little square of vinyl at the bottom of the picture is what it should look like when you cut.  All nice and neat.  No edges lifting up.  It was so beautiful that I cried tears of joy.

I finished weeding my designs and got them all ready to transfer over. Then I prepared the surfaces of the bucket and cups.  Vinyl won't stick, at least long term, if there's any dirt or oil on the surface.  It's best to wipe it down with rubbing alcohol to get everything off.  Excuse the dirty bottle.  It gets used. That's what things look like when you use them. 

And then...movie magic!

I LOVE how they turned out! Especially that bucket, tho! I want buckets for days now.

In case you don't know, Slainte is Gaelic for Cheers. I had to look up pronunciation videos so I can be prepared when people come over and ask what it says. I listened to ten of them,.5 or 6 had real Irish people. It was pronounced differently in every single one.  I'm assuming it's a dialect thing.  I'm also going with slaan-cha as the pronunciation.

This was a fun project and a great way to spruce up your $ section finds at Target or Dollar Tree.