Pretty-Up - day 17

Again I blame it all on being a girl. Needed some cute clothespins to hold some papers of mine and well the bland color of "bare" just wouldn't do. Not pretty enough.

 

So out came the paint, the glue & the glitter - oh the glitter makes everything look wonderful!!!

 

and from plain jane - to charmingly shabby--ified....and wont they look amazing holding my papers? You betcha!

 

Wait until you see the other fun set I made - now that's what I call snazzy!

 

Linking this up to the parties above.

 

Have a great weekend.

tina

 

p.s. I stamped the tags too. Can't be a "pretty" tag - makes everything look better!

nite...

SHABBY ACCENT

I wanted to share this really cool looking altered candle I made awhile back...I actually made a few of these cool altered "ALTER" candles.

You can buy these types of candles at any drug store or Hispanic food market some

have pictures of religious icons on them but they do have all white wax

with clear glass - those are the ones I used.

I used some old ledger paper and decoupaged it then entire candle.

Then grabbed up some different bits & bobs...things that went with

my decor or the look I was trying to get.

here is a side view of the decoupaged paper.

 I tea dyed some funky thick lace. Tied it to the candle and added

some adhesive so that I can make sure it stays on for good.

inside view of the candle----

always cut that wick down before setting it on fire. {FYI}

I added a funky rusted knob and tied the lace through the knob

and secured it with E-6000...then added a bit of CREAM SEAM BINDING to

tie the vintage ceramic leg - which by the way is hollow

so you could put mini flowers into it....COOL RIGHT?

sweet shabby accent --- could even work in a rustic chic room or studio.

Super easy to make and used most items that were in my own stash.

These would be fun to use as wedding centerpieces...or to give as gifts for the holidays.

I will share the other candle I made - and at the end of the week I will list them in my shop...

you know - IN caSe! :D

I am linking this up to the following parties:

handmade - tuesdays

show me what you got

too cute tuesdays

whatever goes wednesday

wednesday wowzers

happy crafty week to you all

and thanks for stopping by ---xo