More fake (faux) mercury glass for me. I do not know why I love this look, but I do.
This is going to be quick because you should know all this from blogland.
This shows the completed set of three vases standing stylishly in the middle of the Thanksgiving decor in the dining room which I promised not to mess up, but that promise has flown out the window.
Yes. I am crafting in the dining room.
I just cannot help it. That empty room just sitting there doing nothing but looking pretty. I was careful to not mess it up and promise tonight everything will be packed up and taken off to the antique mall.
Okay, you know the drill. Use your coupon to go purchase Krylon Looking Glass spray. I chose three glass vases from my cabinet. (No, I did not purchase these - I have had them for years.)
I set my vases at an angle in a cardboard box to be able to lightly spray the inside.
These vases were for displaying ornaments so I needed transparent, not opaque.
Each received two light sprays of Looking Glass, one light spray of Tattered Angels Black Magic Mist, and one light spray of Krylon gold glitter paint.
Of course, I cannot leave them plain.
Just wait.
Here is a peek inside to see how the layers look.
I tore out some book pages from a book in the free book pile at the thrift store.
Ran those pages through the crimping tool.
Cut strips.
Rolled them around my finger to curl.
Stuffed the strips into the vases to protect the glass ornaments.
Around each vase, I ran a strip of double sided tape to attach some silver garland.
On blue ribbon, I strung the word "MERRY" stamped on key tags.
Tied this around the vase.
Tied blue ribbon around the balls.
Finito! Love the look of the paper curls and the silver balls and the blue ribbon through the fake (I mean, faux!) mercury glass.
Love the key tags!
I have another set to show you.
Crafting never ends.
Well, actually crafting is coming to an abrupt end tomorrow because I just realize this morning that Thanksgiving is next week. NEXT WEEK!?! How in the world did that happen!?! My brother is in charge of Thanksgiving, so I don't have to worry about anything but a dessert, BUT next Friday is when I start decorating for Christmas. I have not yet completed my October Overhaul! There has to be some kind of correlation - I started blogging in April and haven't had the time to clean around the house since Spring.
See y'all!
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This is one of those posts where you just need to dump the photos out of the camera and put those neasy, peasy, quick, and easy projects out there for everyone to see and wonder what was she thinking. Some of these have before and after pics; some of them do not. Remember I erased 350 photos from my camera several weeks ago. Well, this ain't pretty, but I want to give these little, not-so-grand projects a chance before they head off to the store to become someone's problem treasure!
Way back in the Spring I bought four crates labeled Raybestos rollers. They are very neat with cleats on the under side that allows them to be stacked without slipping off. I had grand ideas - painting the insides different colors, adding handles to the end of each crate, and adding casters to the bottom so they could roll. The top crate has scalloped sides where the rollers sat, and I envisioned dowels cut to fit with a plexiglass cover.
THEN I added all that up an discovered that no one in their right mind would pay that much for a stack of crates!
So I sanded them smooth and put a couple of coats of varnish on them and sent them packing.
Notice: there is no photo of the before and there is no photo of the four of them neatly stacked together.
You will have to use your imagination!
This purple Eiffel Tower came in a box of stuff and was crying for a make-over. I got out my trusty steel gray spray paint and gave her a thorough coating.
Yes, that is a gigantic bird on the side with a vine.
Shades of King Kong and Godzilla! What were they thinking?
I had several nests scattered about and still had some chrome paint left from the Great Glitz Off. Never one to waste paint, I decided to do a whole collection of silver things.
I may have gotten a little carried away.
Not only were my fingers shiny silver, so was Scout's tail and Willie's nose.
Have you ever gotten spray paint off a dog before? I do not recommend it!
I added the nests and Eiffel Tower to the grouping with Big Bertha, Ruffled Ruthie, Sassy Sally, and Lula Sue.
Doesn't look half-bad. I needed to think a while and decide what else to add.
While I was taking a break from the silver, I thought about a whole bag of pillows I have been collecting. I usually keep several on hand if I need them for a chair or settee at the store.
I got a wild idea. I would belt them!!!
I know, not an original idea, but new to me!
I had this cute western belt that was perfect for this maroon chenille pillow.
I just buckled it around the pillow and scrunched it until I got the right poof.
Here is the back or the front - which ever way you want it to go.
I did not fasten it to the pillow so it can be removed.
Great way to use all those belts lying around not earning their keep!
If you have ever read Danni Baird's posts over at Silo Hill Farm (See how she tortures, er, remakes this wreath!), you know she is the queen of quick and easy. She often plans her projects so they can be restyled and reused for different seasons. Very clever!
So I took apart my glitzy little night light (HERE) - though it did come in handy when our power was out several hours during a storm!
I sprayed some more mirror spray into the jar.
This label was on it when it was a night light. I added another Paris label to the other side.
I had some old (as in color, not age!) gold glitter so I dipped the jar lip into glue and then into the glitter.
I put the tulle bow with the blue hydrangea tag back on. You can see the new label on this side. I did not distress it as much as the other side.
I pulled the chrome paint back out and sprayed two more nests and a cherub candle holder. I think I will glue one of the nests to the top of the cherub and use the other under a cheese dome I found.
Remember I am gradually working up to a real cloche - one cheese dome and one cake dome at a time!
I am just too cheap miserly thrifty to just go out and buy a cloche. Do you know how much they cost!?!
Here they all sit waiting for me to take them to the store for their debut on the big stage. I am adding my silvered jugs to the mix, too. I just found some cute gold glitter birds at the Cracker Barrel's Christmas section. Do I dare silver them or just add them to the glitz and glitter? I can hear Burl Ives singing "Silver and Gold" in my head!
I had to show you one picture of part of my Sweet Autumn Clematis that has taken over the yard. This is actually the park bench on the patio by the bird bath. The smell is divine and you should see it glowing in the moonlight! Sometimes nature has its own glitz moment!
See y'all!
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