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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Lets Be Winter Crafty
holiday decorating should offer a longer season, snowflakes and snowmen do the trick after all they can hang around till February. Keeping things a bit more cheery!
What you need to make the snowman ornaments!
Burned out light bulb
White paper
Decoupage glue
Brush
Water to rinse brush
Glitter and or snow material
Trays (or paper plates) and small mouthed glass
Orange pipe cleaner
Chop stick or pencil
Scissors
String
Tape
Felt white & black
Toilet paper tube (used)
Squiggly eyes
Glitter glue pen
Glue gun
1) Tear white paper into small pieces, 2) set up water to rinse brush (rinse accordingly)
3) Wipe bulb off, 4) dip brush into glue, 5) start painting the bulb with glue.
TIP: don’t paint the glue where you need to keep your fingers. I use a small mouthed glass to set the bulb on and do one side at a time.
6) Add pieces of paper a little at a time gluing them down as you go.
7) allow the glued paper side to dry. After it has dried;
8) repeat step 4–7. Once both sides have been covered with paper & have dried;
9) Check to make sure no spots were missed reapply glue and paper where needed and allow to dry.10) Use brush to cover half the bulb with glue 11) place over a tray or paper plate and sprinkle glitter on thick 12) sprinkle extra glitter onto the tray 13) then over another tray sprinkle the glitter from the other tray over the bulb again 14) allow to dry 15) repeat steps 10-14 until bulb is fully covered with glitter and dry.
16) cut string long enough 17)Use tape to tape down string on two sides of the bulb screw in top. 18) secure with glue gun, waiting till glue is set 19) glue squiggly eyes in place, allow to set. 20) wrap orange pipe cleaner around a chop stick or pencil to desired length for nose, cut tuck in the ends 21) use glue gun to secure nose in place
TIP; it is easier to work with the bulb when setting on top of a glass or hanging from a banana tree.
TIP; if you get hot glue on your fingers place them in the rinse water
22) cut used toilet paper roll to desired height of hat 23) cut black felt to fit around the tube
24) cut a circle from black felt to fit the top and punch a hole through the center for the hanging string
25) Cut a larger circle from black felt for the bottom of the hat 26) cut a white band for the hat from the white felt 27) use glue gun to assembly all parts of hat 28) thread the string through the top of the hat, glue to bulb if desired 29) use glue pen to make dots for the mouth, allow to dry watching for drips
White paper
Decoupage glue
Brush
Water to rinse brush
Glitter and or snow material
Trays (or paper plates) and small mouthed glass
Orange pipe cleaner
Chop stick or pencil
Scissors
String
Tape
Felt white & black
Toilet paper tube (used)
Squiggly eyes
Glitter glue pen
Glue gun
1) Tear white paper into small pieces, 2) set up water to rinse brush (rinse accordingly)
3) Wipe bulb off, 4) dip brush into glue, 5) start painting the bulb with glue.
TIP: don’t paint the glue where you need to keep your fingers. I use a small mouthed glass to set the bulb on and do one side at a time.
6) Add pieces of paper a little at a time gluing them down as you go.
7) allow the glued paper side to dry. After it has dried;
8) repeat step 4–7. Once both sides have been covered with paper & have dried;
9) Check to make sure no spots were missed reapply glue and paper where needed and allow to dry.10) Use brush to cover half the bulb with glue 11) place over a tray or paper plate and sprinkle glitter on thick 12) sprinkle extra glitter onto the tray 13) then over another tray sprinkle the glitter from the other tray over the bulb again 14) allow to dry 15) repeat steps 10-14 until bulb is fully covered with glitter and dry.
16) cut string long enough 17)Use tape to tape down string on two sides of the bulb screw in top. 18) secure with glue gun, waiting till glue is set 19) glue squiggly eyes in place, allow to set. 20) wrap orange pipe cleaner around a chop stick or pencil to desired length for nose, cut tuck in the ends 21) use glue gun to secure nose in place
TIP; it is easier to work with the bulb when setting on top of a glass or hanging from a banana tree.
TIP; if you get hot glue on your fingers place them in the rinse water
22) cut used toilet paper roll to desired height of hat 23) cut black felt to fit around the tube
24) cut a circle from black felt to fit the top and punch a hole through the center for the hanging string
25) Cut a larger circle from black felt for the bottom of the hat 26) cut a white band for the hat from the white felt 27) use glue gun to assembly all parts of hat 28) thread the string through the top of the hat, glue to bulb if desired 29) use glue pen to make dots for the mouth, allow to dry watching for drips
Sunday, September 13, 2009
a Quilters Love, Fabrics!
This is my most recent purchase, I've had an itch to start another quilt. When I went to pick up batting for the quilt tops I have left to finish I couldn't resist. It may seem strange but to some of us fabric is worth more than gold. I'm so excited that I had to share. I stocked up on a lot of earth tones earlier in the year, all those bright colors in the baby quilts left me craving the blander calmer side of nature. I can't wait to see what inspiration comes out of the entire collection.Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Labor Day Weekend 2009
starting the holiday weekend we canned 24 quarts of tomatoes, and spent time with the kids.
the slide show was done by Brandon my nephew who lives in Grand Rapids Michigan. Our Costello Reunion is always the sunday before Labor Day in Bowling Green Kentucy. This year I was late.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Harvest Time
John & I always pick corn up when we go visit my parents in Brownsburg Indiana.
Our tomatoes turned out to be pear tomatoes instead of health kicks. It's disappointing however the plants yielding well for what they are.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Soil testing
bad results all the way around.We invested in 12-12-12, now we have a beautiful bounty growing!
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
How does your garden grow
Quilting crazy
Sunday, April 12, 2009
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