Straight Stitches

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Learning from the past....

Heather March 30, 2010 5 Comments

So my epic fail a few days ago was salvaged with buttons, but being as my sister is not the only one who received all the perseverance in the family, I was determined to make my paper-pieced decorative ball happen. So I decided to google search Styrofoam crafts and low and behold I found this......Dow has a craft site for Styrofoam. Go figure. So then I find this little gem: Old World Globes in a Bowl.....exactly what I was trying to achieve. So after head-smacking myself....I pull out the needed ingredients for this project. Beware though....this is a MESSY project.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Some Dollar Store Crafty-ness!

Heather March 29, 2010 0 Comments

I love cheap crafts. They make me happy because they usually look so much more expensive than they actually are. I was so excited when I saw two pillar holders and two taper candle sticks. I figured I could make a couple of altered hurricanes for Steve's lounge, and I knew he'd like them because they were so darn cheap. He'd also like them because they'd display his cigar bands in a better fashion than what he's done. I'm also very pleased that the epoxy dries clear, as you'll see later on you can't tell that it's there.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Salvaging a craft project....

Heather March 28, 2010 4 Comments

Well my sister, Dana, and I salvaged our decorative ball project. We did not attempt the paper strips again, but instead painted two styrafoam balls bronze and then raided Mom's button chest. :) I think it turned out very well!

Here some pictures of the process.