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Wood Shim Art

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This post originally appeared on Alderberry Hill.  I wanted to be sure to share it with you as well.

Awhile back, I picked up some wood shims from Lowe’s with plans to make some makeshift pallet artwork out of them.  I also grabbed one of the Valspar sample pots from the spring color line.  Thankfully, I finally found the time to create my wood shim art and wanted to share it with you!

I started by glueing my wood shims together so that they identical height.

You can skip the step simply by putting all the thicker ends on the outside when connecting them but I like playing with wood glue 😉

Once my shims were dry, I used additional ones perpendicular along the back to hold them all together.  Simply glue them onto the back of the shims and they will all stay together.

Using my Silhouette, I cut out a stencil of a flower pot from some leftover craft paper I had hanging around.  I grabbed my samply pot of paint and a foam stencil pouncer to get started.  Using the pouncer, I stenciled it along the front.

I removed the stencil and let the paint dry for my finished product.

I love how it works as part of our mantle display for Spring/Summer.  The color is perfect with the orange and coral I used in our family room.

Have you ever created art using wood shims?  Or maybe you like to use wood shims for other things?  I know we used what seemed like a million of them when finishing the basement 🙂  I’d love to hear some of your ideas.

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  1. I saw this project on “Not Just A Housewife” and wanted to say hi! Love the shims idea. I have oodles of them, for that moment when inspiration strikes, but have yet to do anything with them. Thanks for the inspiration! A few of those in different colors would look great in laundry room.

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    • Thank you so much for coming by! Wood shims are something that we had so many of that I finally needed to find something to do with a few of them. I hope you have fun with yours for your laundry room.

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    • We had so many shims leftover from the basement project so I am always looking for ways to use them. Definitely break out some paint and play around with some.

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    • Thanks! I wanted some pallet style art but didn’t want to bother with cutting my pallet yet. This worked out so well and was so easy.

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    • Me too! Anything that is super cheap to make but adds some style to a wall/room is high on my list for sure.

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    • Thanks! Our family room walls are actually chocolate brown so I am always looking for ways to lighten up the accessories in the room 🙂

      Thanks for visiting.

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    • Those wood shims have tons of potential. I can’t wait to work with them on something else soon.

      Thanks so much for visiting!

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    • Go grab them out of your garage and get crafting! These are so fun to work with and there is literally tons of potential there 🙂 Thanks so much for visiting!

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    • Great idea! I might consider glueing it together and letting the kids do the painting with the stencil. Love it.

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