DIY | GLITTERED CHEVRON LAPTOP COVER

Hello. I'm Allison, the other blind mouse. Well, technically I'm the less blind mouse (actually quiet blessed to be not a bit blind at all, but we'll get to that story another time.) Today, I'm here to share our latest DIY.  Let me first tell you that I love coupons, especially when Michael's or Joann's has 50% off coupons (because you can use both coupons at both stores!) Luckily there is an app so I don't actually have to get the newspaper and dig through the ads. Anyways, rewind about 4 weeks. Mouse and I head to Michael's to find something to buy with with our coupons, and we happened to pick up a bottle of gold glitter. (I convinced mouse to buy the bigger bottle because I L-O-V-E glitter!) Immediately we thought glitter+mod podge! We have been going crazy with the glitter and the mod podge, but here is my (our) favorite so far!

First, tape off the first row of chevron pattern using painter's tape. We used 3 1/2 inch pieces of tape and taped a piece of scratch paper to the laptop cover to make sure that our pattern was straight.

Second, tape off the second row of chevron pattern. The negative space between these two rows is where the glitter will go. We measured the width of our chevrons after taping and it ended up being 2 cm. You can adjust this depending on if you want thicker or thinner chevrons.

After taping all of your chevron rows (we did four rows of tape because we wanted three painted rows), it is time to mix your glitter and mod podge together. We didn't actually measure how much but it was close to a 50/50 mixture.

Next, I painted the first layer of glitter + glue, mouse added another layer of glitter to fill in the spots and then I went over the chevrons again with the glitter + glue. Don't forget the edges!

Next, mouse (carefully!) removed all of the painter's tape. It is important to do this while the glue is still wet of you will have mod-podged (glued) the tape to your laptop cover!

Then we let it dry over night. and wallah!

Off to eat brick toast and do some Rx prep (and think of new things to mod podge)! Happy Daylight Savings. XO Allison.