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Buffalo Plaid Theme: Where to Buy it & How to Paint it!

11/23/2019

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    My love of buffalo plaid this year all started with Madalynn bringing home this Black and White Buffalo Plaid Tablecloth from Walmart one day.  I loved it!  Then, I went to Dollar Tree and found these red and black buffalo plaid chargers.  After that, there was no turning back!  Everywhere I go, I look for buffalo plaid Christmas decorations or supplies for making my own buffalo plaid decor.  Here are some of the things I've found so far that I am in love with! I am actually mixing the black and white with the red and black and I feel like it is really working.  After I show you this stuff, I'll teach you how I made that adorable JOY sign by painting it myself!  
Where to Buy Buffalo Plaid (it is pretty much everywhere)
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  • I  found this gorgeous buffalo plaid tree skirt for 50% off at Michael's!  It has a furry edge and I love it!  The 50% off really made it a good price and less expensive (and faster) than sewing one myself! 
  • I've already shown you the tablecloth, but Walmart has a myriad of other buffalo plaid items available at really good prices!  Look at these adorable birds! And I just noticed this owl!  I'm going to have to order it! 
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  • If you can't decide between buffalo plaid or the cute gnome theme, Look at this, it covers all of the basis!
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  • Everyone is carrying adorable buffalo plaid Christmas Stockings!  I am torn between using our traditional ones or getting some new buffalo plaid ones!  They are just so cute!  What should I do?
  • I love my new chargers from Dollar Tree!  It was so great to get 24 of them when I ordered them online!  That is a perfect number for my family.  But, they don't match my snowman Christmas plates.  Black would go, but that doesn't seem very festive to me.  Plus buying new dishes isn't really in the Christmas budget.  So, I decided that I would have to find the perfect paper plate to set in the middle of my chargers. Guess What!  I found them!   
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These are actually Dixie Plates that I picked up at Target! (They aren't available online). When I saw them I knew that they would work great with the plaid, even though they are a print.  I adore the vintage car with a tree on top look that is so popular lately.  Plus, the plaid border works fine.  The chargers that say "T'is the Season" go perfectly with the "fa la la la la!" 
Paint Some Buffalo Plaid
    Maddy has some extra stretched canvas around here and I decided to use one of them to make this JOY sign to hang up this year.  Here is what you will need:
        *10" X 10" stretched canvas
​        * Red and Black acrylic paint
        * 3 10" X 1.5" heavy paper for masking
        *  JOY stencil
        *  White acrylic paint
        *  paint brush
        *  stiff bristle brush for stenciling
        *  pine picks
        *  Red Ribbon
  Below, I will use a picture gallery to show how I painted the plaid.  First, paint the entire canvas red and let it dry well. Decide how large you want your plaid to be.  I used about 1.5" strips to paint mine. Click on the pictures to see: 

An inch and a half from the edge of the canvas, lay your first paper strip. Lay the next 2 strips next to it. Paint the exposed lower part of the canvas black.
Skip one strip then lift the middle strip. Paint black between the 2 strips. Be sure to press the paper down and tap along the edge of the paper rather than stroke so the paint won't bleed under the paper. You could also do this with painter's tape, but I didn't have any at the moment so I used this technique.
Paint one more black stripe along the top of the 3rd paper strip. Now your horizontal lines are finished. Let them dry very well.
Now, repeat the process with the papers going in the opposite direction. Don't make the paint cover too darkly. If a little red shows through, it will look more like fabric.
Lift the middle strip and paint that part black.
Here is the completed plaid.
Now decorate the plaid canvas! 
I created a stencil to use to paint the JOY on my canvas.You can print it out and cut it our to use.  Just copy and paste the picture below. 
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    You can copy and paste the photo and then expand it or contract it to the size you want it to be.  Then, print it onto some card stock and use an Exacto knife to cut it out.   Or, you can make your own stencil on your Cricut or other machine. 
Position the stencil on the plaid canvas where you want it to be. You can attack it with tape or spray adhesive. I just hold it in place and be sure to just tap the white paint onto the exposed canvas. Do not brush it or it will bleed under.
LIft the stencil and there you go
    I stapled my pine picks to the wooden part of the frame and reinforced with hot glue.  Then I added the ribbon to hide all of that. 
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I am so pleased with how it turned out! 
    I have a few more ideas up my sleeve to go with my Buffalo Plaid Christmas theme! Be sure to check back and see what they are! 
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Anita holland link
11/27/2019 05:33:31 am

So much buffalo plaid around this year, defiantly my favourite.

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Carol link
12/5/2019 01:06:49 pm

I am mad for Buffalo Plaid and will be featuring this when my party opens up tonight!

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