3.13.2010

Hanging out with my gnomie

Okay, cheesy title.  This is my first submission to the Living with Lindsay dollar store challenge.  I turned a Noah from the toy isle into a gnome with a little paint, some fabric and floral tape.
Here's my little guy's before and after.
His little hook came out of his hand so I cut off the top hook part and wrapped it with brown floral tape, creating a few little branch nobs along the way.
I painted him with plain old acrylic paint, turned his scroll into a bunch of flowers with a few tiny circles of fabric for the flower heads.  The mushrooms are just bits of felt with a couple dots of paint hot glued onto the rock.

Everything came from the dollar tree, the glass dish, pebble stones, moss stones, flowers and guy for a bit of spring.

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  1. Heather said... March 13, 2010

    Oh. My. Word. What creativity! I LOVE it. Must hit the dollar tree immediately LOL :) Thank you for the inspiration!

  2. Jen~ Lipstick and Laundry said... March 13, 2010

    That is cute...

  3. Jane said... March 13, 2010

    I can just tell this is going to be a terrific challenge! You just raised the bar on creativity!

  4. Molly @ The Creative Maven said... March 13, 2010

    I'm working on my dollar store challenge submissions this weekend too... and I was feeling confident, but now I'm... not :) Just kidding - great work!

  5. Wic said... March 14, 2010

    adorable. love it. to bad here in Germany the dollar stores suck.

  6. allsewnup said... March 14, 2010

    Too Cute!!

    Carolyn

  7. Jennifer said... March 14, 2010

    Holy crap this is SOOO CUTE!!! I love everything about it!

  8. janimal said... March 15, 2010

    What a cute idea! I wandered the dollar store for ages trying to come up with an entry. You have a good eye to see Noah and realize you could gnome him! Well done.

  9. Tina said... March 25, 2010

    How clever! I love everything about this.

  10. Kim said... March 25, 2010

    I have to confess I love gnomes, especially the Travelocity one - tacky or not!

  11. jen said... March 26, 2010

    so cute-- the title of the post is what grabbed me - love the humor!

  12. Jess @ Just a Blink said... March 26, 2010

    Bah-hahaha! Too funny! This is the most unique entry on Lindsay's linky challenge that I've seen yet! I used those grassy/moss stones in my entry too!

    It's so cool that crafters can come up with such different results given the same materials!

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