Homemade Holiday

Since I haven't worked at all this year (meaning I'm broke), I'm going to make something for everyone. I have 20 days left to create all the gifts. O.o  I've started on three on my list so far...

Gifts for Son

Idea One

10%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Two

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Three

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Four

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Gifts for Daughter

Idea One

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Two

10%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Three

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Four

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

 
Gifts for Mom

Idea One

100%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Two

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Three

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Gifts for Wife

Idea One

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Idea Two

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Gifts for Others

I'm going to make several of one item and give it to multiple people :D

Son

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Daughter

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Mom

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Parents in law

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Ex

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Former MIL

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Aunt J

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Aunt F

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Aunt S

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

My twisted friend D

0%

01 Dec 2014

25 Dec 2014

Belated Valentine's project

It's been brought to my attention that I forgot to post my Valentine wreath, the one that I used spray glitter. I stand here, holding a bunch of oopsie daisies. :)

I made the wreath using wooden heart shapes, probably the 5 or 6 inch size ones. I painted them with acrylic paints. I wanted them to look like those little candy hearts, so I used (older ) dimensional Polymark fabric paint in Medium Pink Shiny to write different things on each heart. Except for the three at the top. For those, I used Tulip dimensional fabric paint in Multi and wrote a nice quote that's been popping up all over the place "Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much."

Here is the wreath after paint and words:



Not enough... it need's something. I think to myself "What would the Crafty Chica do?" Snapping my fingers as it comes to me... GLITTER! But I didn't want to do it the old fashioned way, so I decided to try glitter spray. The only glitter spray I could find was Tulip's Fabric Spray Paint in Sparkling Star. Not a big deal, it should still spray glitter on my project, right? Right.



I had an extra wooden heart that I used as a test piece for getting a nice even flow of paint for the text. (I always have bad luck with huge globs spurting out at the wrong moments). So I sprayed the test heart. One coat seemed a bit light, so it got a second. I was happy with the results.