Pumpkin Festival!

It's over. Finally over. Thank goodness for that.
Well, this years was kind of a flop for me. All the work I did cranking out bottles, coasters, and paintings... was for little to nothing. I sold 3 bottles, one to my aunt, and a few sets of coasters. No painting sold at all. I could hear people when they walked by say "well, I could just do that at home". I wanted to walk over there and say "Fine. The go frikken do it!"
I charged 3 bucks for a bottle. That's not a lot at all. So, I'm not sure i'll do it again next year. It was so much stress and work for so little profit. I do enjoy making things, but now I'm stuck with a bunch of stuff I would rather not have. Like bottles that say "Faith" and "love".
I am not exactly heartbroken that certain paintings didn't sell... They can go on my wall now.
Well, here are a few pictures of the booth I shared with my friend and fellow crafter. Our setup was much better than last year, so I'm pretty happy bout that. Our booth and Facebook page is called O.ophoria. Look us up! Plus, all my leftover stuff is listed on there for sale.

The crocheted hats and mason jars were made by Stephanie, the carved flowers and boot Birdhouses by my uncle, and the table with the coasters on the blue tablecloth was made by another friend, and Stephanie's sister, Sabrina.

Thanks for tuning in!

Quick Craft - Glitter Bottles

Hello fellow crafters! I finally have a smidge of time to post another blog. Woop Woop! Its not going to be a big one, but its glittery, so its awesome. Btw, update on the Pumpkin Festival; I've got everything I wanna sell made. YAY! But now I need to make a few things to display them on, booo. Oh well, more crafting!

Here is another quick craft, super easy, and very glittery!

Supplies needed:

• Pledge Floor wax with Future Shine
• Clear Glass Bottles
• Glitter (Fine)
• Funnel
• Paper plates

Tips:

1. Make sure your bottles are clean and dry.
2. When using glitter, use the fine (tiny particles) glitter

Step One:

Stick the funnel into the bottle and slowly pour the pledge into the bottle. Try to not let it foam, the foam prevents the glitter from sticking. Only fill the bottle about 1/8 full, then twirl the bottle around, don't shake, and coat all of the inside of the bottle. Then pour the remains back into the pledge bottle.

Step Two:

Pick your glitter color, and pour a good amount into the bottle. Don't use the funnel, it'll only stick to the sides. Put your palm over the opening of the bottle and shake it all around. This should allow the glitter to coat all of the bottle, if not just pour more glitter in. The pour the leftover glitter onto the paper plate.

Let it sit for about an hour, then Viola! You have a pretty glittered bottle!

See, easy peasy.

Here are some examples:

If you have any questions about this just leave me a comment, and I will get back with you pretty fast!

Bye bye!

Quick tip on organizing & safety.

Here is a good tip kiddies: after you use a x-acto blade set, always make sure you put it up. Otherwise you may leave it on your sofa... And then sit on the open box... And rip a pair of pants... Also while getting a slit scrape on your tookus. Just thought you guys should know this. Happy crafting, and have an excellent weekend.

Glittery Glassware

HEY GUYS! Sorry I haven't posted anything for a long while. I have been swamped with getting things ready for the Pumpkin Festival. So much crafting! I made 15 sets of coasters Saturday and Sunday  each set has for tiles. I worked on bottles all last week; and these past few days I've worked on bottle cap magnets and necklaces. Its insane.

So for this blog, i'm gonna keep it short, sweet, and glittery! Time to bust out the glitter and podge!

Supplies Needed:

• Glass item - Such as a candle plate, wine flute, martini glass.
• Modge Podge
• Various glitter colors
• Paintbrush
• Painters tape
• Paper plates.

Step One:
Once you have picked the glass item you want to add some glitter too, tape off the area that shall be glittered.

Step Two:
Add podge to the area that is in the taped off section. A decent layer of it to, nice and thick.

Step Three:
Pour on the glitter! Hold the glass over the paper plate and sprinkle the glitter onto the podged area. Its ok if it gets onto a non podged area cause it'll just come right off. You cannot put to much glitter on it. Once you have a nice thick coat all over the podged area you shouldn't be able to see any white of the podge. Shake and tap the item to get the loose glitter off. Its ok, don't panic about it. Glitter goes pretty far. Take the tape off before it dries; the tape might pull up all your work once it hardens.
Let it dry completely.

Step Four:
Once the podge on the jar is dry pat another decent layer of podge over the glittered area. This will just seal it in. Once that layer has dried spray it with an acrylic-water proof sealer. Then viola!, you have a perty glittered glass!

Here are some examples:

This blog is going to be fairly sparse until the after the Pumpkin Festival, which is the 20th of this month. So maybe i'll post another thing before then, maybe not. We shall see; stay tuned for more awesomeness!

Bye everybody!

Want Wednesday. Short and Sweet.

Today is Wednesday! That means I will show you something you want/need for crafting.
I've gone a bit emo on this post, how you say? I chose X-Acto blades. A whole set o f them. They come in handy for everything! Painting, gluing, cutting obviously, scraping, and a ton more.

These use to be my dad's. I kinda took them and use them more than he, so they are mine now.

This set is for sale at Walmart for just 20 bucks. Not that bad when you realize the convenience it affords you. These things are super duper sharp though. Be careful when using them. Always have a stack of band-aids next to you.

I think I may have built up a tolerance to pokes in the fingers though, cause I've done that a lot and just don't seem to bleed any. Even though you can see where i was poked and pull the skin apart. Gross.

I use these in painting how? I have been taping paintings a lot lately and these blades not only cut the tape with precision they remove it as well. For those I use the pointy edged blades.

The flat edged blades I've used most with scraping labels off bottles, or dried hot glue off of a crafting fail.

In general, all of these blades are fantastic. Just if you plan on being emo, don't use them. Go eat some cake and be happy. Cake is awesome.

See. The cake is not a lie!

Computer crash! iPad to the rescue!

Hello all! So my computer is currently rebooting and going through issues. I tried to download the new Warcraft expansion patch and it decided to flip out. So I apologize, I'm not able to post about another bottle how to since all the pictures are on my computer.

No worries though! I did happen to paint this weekend and I took pictures on this thing. So, I think I will go with the splatter paint chevron. It was easy, fun, and messy. Here we go!

Supplies needed:

• Canvas
• Paint (lots of colors)
• Paper plate/something to mix paint and water on
• Cup-o-water
• Drop cloth
• Painters tape
• Paint Brushes

Prepping the work area:
Cordon off the area with the drop cloth. Believe me, you need to do this. Cover everything! Especially your tv...

Step 1:
Get your canvas out, get your tape, and tape off chevron stripes. I didn't measure or worry about them being perfect, I think it gives it character.

Step 2:
Pick out your paint colors, put a dab of it on your plate and mix it with water. Only a smidge of water though, enough to make it fling off your paintbrush really easy and not be gloopy. Start flinging colors at the canvas. Occasionally dab the paintbrush on the canvas for effect. Once you have the colors you want to the desired effect, you are onto step 3!

Step 3:
Rip all the tape!! But be careful, dont actually rip it. Carefully peel all the tape off. You don't have to wait for it to dry, just make sure your paint isn't dripping when doing this.

Tadaa! You have a pretty new painted canvas. See, super easy! I promise to edit this tomorrow on network computer and make it suitable! Also, I will totally fix my computer and continue with the bottle up-cycling!

Please comment if you have
Any questions, complaints... Actually don't post complaints. I'll just delete them. Craft hard guys! Adios!

Productive Saturday!

Hello all! This isn't going to be a how to post. Just wanted to show y'all what I've accomplished today and what are going to be some of my future how to thingys. I have painted all day, and am thus covered in paint.

I would like to give a bit of advice to you future and present painters... by a drop cloth. It's worth whatever price you pay for it. But you also have to remember to cover your tv if you are splatter painting near it... Just saying.

Also my crafty pants have taken on a new color and it's fantastic! So here you are people, enjoy some funky paintings!