Showing posts with label forest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forest. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2016

Craft Lightning Christmas Edition 2016

Time for another Craft Lightning.... crafts in 15 minutes or less for Christmas.

I always love to see what everyone comes up with.

It is a glorious fall where I live and I have gathered some sweet acorns for this quick craft.


Clean them and be sure you have a cap and an acorn for each ornament.


Drill a hole in the cap of each acorn.

Cut a piece of wire for each one about two inches long.

Twist the wire to make a loop as shown.


Push the ends of the wire together and slide them down through the acorn cap.

Once through, open the wires on the inside.


Use a hot glue gun to glue the acorns into the cap.

Gather your glitter and glittering glue.

I really do the stuff Martha Stewart makes for this.


Brush on the glue, and sprinkle with glitter.

Tap off excess.


Allow to fully dry and add a little twine hanger.



These make great gift toppers or ornaments.




A quick tip:  You can either buy processed acorns or gather your own.

If you gather your own, it is best to bake them in a craft dedicated toaster oven at 150 degrees for about 30 minutes to kill any critters dwelling within.

Check out the other fun fun quick holiday crafts by clicking below.



Thanks for stopping by....

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Polymer Clay Fairy Tale Series

I love fairy tales...

The symbolism, magic and guaranteed happy endings make my heart happy.

So it seems pretty natural to me to make a series of fairy tale pieces.

Some of them are title-specific like this Cinderella inspired piece.


Others are more general like "If"....


And "Happily Ever After"....


I love the mixture of elements in this piece....

The polymer clay components are handcrafted, as well as the wire rosettes.


The deep in the forest element to much of the magic delights me...


What kinds of symbolism and magic make it into your jewelry pieces?

Thanks for stopping by...