My friend, Nichole, and I decided to have a craft day every month. We've invited several other girls to join us, but so far it's just been us. We have a great time spending the day together, but it seems that we don't usually get very much work done. It's alright though; we just enjoy hanging out together. Last Saturday, we were at her new apartment. I was actually able to almost finish the jewelry box that I covered with scrapbook paper, but Nichole was busy trying to get her internet hooked up. Why are those things always so time consuming?
When I got home, I kept working on the box. What should have been an easy project became quite complicated when I got up the next morning and realized that the spray adhesive was not holding properly. Maybe I put the mod podge on too soon. I tried respraying, then I put something on it to hold it all together. When that had set for several hours, it was sticking to the box. It peeled off leaving a bumpy mess. I fixed that and added another coat of mod podge to seal everything. I thought it was dry, so I set the lid on top of the bottom. Then, I discovered the lid was sticking to the box! Needless to say, this jewelry box is not perfect. However, I still like the way it turned out. I just hope that it will work well for the person I'm giving it to:)
Here are a couple of other things I've been working on:
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| Hi, I'm made from a pair of gloves. |
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| I do my own hair. |
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| These will have clips for hair or headbands with the option to add a pin. |
Here are links to the tutorials I used from other blogs:
Doll: http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2008/12/handcrafted-doll-tutorial.html
Flowers: http://www.simplyvintagegirl.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/29/tutorial-how-to-make-lovely-fabric-flowers
Thanks to Grosgrain & Simply Vintage Girl!
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