Glitter!

Uh oh! Someone got into the glitter!!

Today we hosted a playdate all about teeth, which didn't include glitter, yet the baby is covered in it!

Ahhh, the joys of having a crafty house! :)

What glittery projects are you working on?

~ patricia

Putting on some Glitz

The other day I stopped by Old Navy and got some awesome deals. Seriously, I must have snapped up pretty much all the cute clearance shirts in my daughter's size. She was so excited!  When I showed her this one though, she was a little disappointed in how plain (and quite frankly, how not pink it was). 

It just needs something.

Glitter fabric paint to the rescue! I figured that a little glitter would jazz up the shirt a bit, so I got out my Tulip glitter fabric paint and painted each of the ribbons going down the shirt. A fun way to add a little glitz!

Happy Crafting!
~Patricia

Tissue paper vase / Valentine's Day Project

The other day my good friend told me about an awesome site, craftgawker.com. It's like Pinterest, but is focused just on cool diy crafts and awesome tutorials.

I found this tutorial there for a cute vase for Valentine's Day, wouldn't it make a fun gift with some coffee filter flowers?

Unfortunately, it seems like when I get a fun idea for crafting with the kids, they get creative and it ends up looking nothing like the example. But hey, little Miss M. loved it, so that's all that's important, right?

I used an old green olive oil bottle, which we covered with pieces of pink tissue paper and modge podge. We put some pink hearts on there too, but you can't really see them....because of all the glitter! I just wanted to do a little sprinkling of glitter, but it came out a little fast for Miss M., so we just went with it. :)

And, I was able to make some more of my favorite household accessory: glitter clothespins! They make fun bag clips and add a little sparkle to the kitchen. The key to making the best glitter clothespins, in my opinion, is to invest in some ultra fine glitter, and not use the larger flaked stuff you can usually find for cheap. (I used a coupon for my fine glitter at Michael's.) These also make fun gift tag clips too!

Here are some pics! Happy Crafting!

~ patricia