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:
Hi, I'm made from a pair of gloves. |
I do my own hair. |
These will have clips for hair or headbands with the option to add a pin. |
On Saturday, Emily & I left the boys to watch the Razorbacks while we visited the farmers market.
Rick had some friends at another church in the area, so they went there for church on their way back to MN on Sunday. When he got there, he found out that some of the people he knew from working at a small camp in Tennessee are now leading the Student Ministry at my church. It was fun to tell them that "Big Rick" married one of my best friends and had been in town with us.
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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