Goin' "green" with leftover tile and Decor Elements

I love my family.  I really do.  But sometimes things can start bothering me.  Little things.  Like drink glasses on the kitchen counter...what seems like hundreds of them.  When I ask whose glass is whose, no one knows.  Harumph!  So, with a piece of left over tile from the floor and some of SU's great Decor Elements, I made a very simple place holder for my counter top!  My kids really liked watching me adhere the "people" to the tile. (Squealing and laughing when an eye or piece of hair didn't make the first transfer! But that was easy to fix and we had a wonderful time.  Yes, we are easy to entertain!).  Now everyone knows where to place the glass/cup so it may be used again and I'm not running the dishwasher as often.  It cleans up easy too! I guess you could call this a "Green" project! lol.

Here is how each of  the Decor Elements came in my order. Directions are great.  I already had the applicator tool from a previous purchase.

I cleaned the tile and then put the Dad and the Mom and the Daughter and the Son onto it.  And waaa laaa!

I didn't adhere the decor elements directly to the kitchen counter since I wanted to have some flexibility.  I hope to someday have granite for the kitchen counter, and I didn't want to loose my nifty place holder. I know it isn't the prettiest project, but it's so ....so... functional! If I had put the people onto separate tiles, I could probably guarantee that one would get chipped, or get dropped, or find it's way to Mars...where I believe all my other items are that I cannot locate.  And best of all,  it works!  Lookie!

Yup, it took NO training to get my family to place a used glass in the correct spot.  I kid you not...NO training.  It's like it attracts the glasses/cups! Makes me smile every time I see just three to four classes on my counter.  A sigh of contentment escapes me and life is good. :-) 

Thanks for popping in today. 

Kristine

Tile work

Today school was canceled and I had a wonderful time playing with my papers and my latest SU delivery. Poor Mr Brown out driving and delivering in this snow. I was glad that he stopped at my house! I got my new pre-order for the Occasions Mini and some decor elements. I saw a tile done up on the Stampin' Addicts website and since I have leftover tile from my kitchen, I decided to make a tile of my own for Christmas! This was such an easy peasy project! But it's really pretty. The tile is a 20x20, and the decor element takes up the whole thing. I think it has a definite WOW factor to it.

Isn't it pretty? This is the black color of the decor element "Season of thanks." I wrapped some of the 1 1/2" stripped chocolate chip ribbon around the tile and then made two ornaments and a snowflake using my punches and dolled them up with items from my Pretties Kit. Here's a closeup of the ornaments and snowflake.



I'm hoping for another canceled school day tomorrow. The older I get, the less I like getting out and driving in snowy conditions.
Thanks for stopping by today.
Kristine