Bread Board iPad Stand

	After pinning some recipes on Pinterest I decided, this week... I am going to cook!  Yes, a rare occasion in our home!  So I ran some of the pins by the husband and decided to go grocery shopping.  While spending the week cooking the recipes from Pinterest off my ipad I thought, this is annoying.  My ipad wouldn't stay propped up against the wall and I was kinda of a pain in the butt to keep it out of my way on the counter all while trying not to get food on it.  So I figures there has to be something better.  I have an ipad stand made from rice and it's not good for much. I turned to Pinterest.  I searched DIY ipad stand and this cute little breadboard stand popped up from diyandcrafttutorials.com.  As I continued my search, I couldn't find anything that peeked my interest near as much as this one.  I spent a few weeks looking for just the right bread board and I couldn't find anything that I wanted.  I was frustrated and gave up. Then last weekend my cousin said we needed a craft day.  So I was like hmm?  I can make that stand.  I gave up on trying to find the perfect board and ended up with this one from amazon.  It arrived just in time for craft day and to have my husband make me a "wedge" for the back.  I stole from my scrabble game for the tray the ipad sits in.  I couldn't see buying one online for the price they wanted and I had a scrabble game just sitting there.  I can't say we have ever played scrabble with anyone else but the two of us and I figured one missing stand wouldn't hurt anything.  Plus who plays scrabble anymore with Words With Friends around?  Right?  Anyhow, I just used wood glue to attach the pieces.  Simple enough.  I sanded the whole thing down so paint would stick to it. I started with white spray paint which wasn't covering well so I moved on to regular white interior paint. After two coats of paint, I looked at it and thought this isn't what I had in mind at all. Also the one I was inspired by was distressed and I kind of wanted that feel.  I decided I am going to distress this and if it turns out looking like crap then I will just spray paint it with my glittery rustoleum flat chestnut spray paint.  So off to the garage for stain I went.   First I decided to use some sand paper to rough up the edges a bit and take off the white paint down to the wood.  I covered the entire thing with dark wood stain and lightly wiped it off.  I decided ok, this isn't so bad.  It has character.  Looks better than the solid white.  It has personality.  I like it.  I had bought a W sticker from hobby lobby on sale for 40 percent off in the fall decor section and I slapped it in the middle.  I'm loving it.  Can't wait to use it in the kitchen!

I have gone crafting mad!

Upon discovering etching cream and all the ideas on Pinterest I have turned into a mad woman. I have learned the contact paper makes an excellent stencil!  I also don't have one of those fancy cricut things, so I had to figure out a new way to get cute stencils without buying 100 different packets for one design.  So here's my latest "let it snow" plate.

Supplies:
Armour etch (Michaeals or Hobby Lobby)
Glass plate (dollar store)
Contact paper
Snowflake Paper punch (Hobby Lobby)
Reusable adhesive stencils (Walmart)
Paint Brush (I use a Q-tip) 

Punch snowflakes out of the contact paper and adhere your stencil to the back side of the plate. Place your text stencils on the front side of the plate.

Doing one side of the plate at a time. I started with the back side that has the contact paper stencils. Cover each stencil with a generous amount of armour etch. I let mine sit on for about 15 minutes.

Now wash off the etching cream with water. Dry the plate and do the other side!

Remove all stencils and you have a pretty plate perfect for decoration or holiday cookies. Go forth and go mad etching things! This is so simple and quick!