I feel like this project should rate me some sort of title. It's not quite up to par to earn say, Queen of Crafty Recycling, but maybe Lady of Reused Refuse or Dame of Gluing Things Together That Anyone In Their Right Minds Would Toss.
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I feel the back could be so much better, but I had no idea where I
was going with this at the time and it is the back, so nobody look at it.
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The following are a couple of pictures before I added a couple of nice glossy topcoats, because it's easier to photograph when it's not all shiny. Layers from bottom to top:
The base is cut from a Yogi tea box. The inside of the boxes have henna inspired designs. I colored the design with a Sharpie and covered the other side with eggshells and paint. See more about using eggshells here. I got a little sloppy painting the eggshell side and had to get creative with the henna side to cover the areas I smudged paint.
Next layer is a clothing tag wrapped in fake spider webbing and painted. See more about using spider webbing for texture here.
In the main the letters are painted alphabet pasta. The large "C" is a dead millipede I found in my basement. I liked the coloring, so left it au naturel.
The little grommets, I bought on clearance years ago and they have come in handy quite often. The black stars and ribbon that will magically appear in later pictures were also bought on clearance.
The grommets were originally inspired because of the hole in the clothing tag. I then chose to make a corresponding hole on the other side. I shouldn't have put them through both layers because they looked out of place on the back. The grommets with the ribbon through them made sense, but the two middle ones I decided to cover up and that's where the star gems come in.
You are too funny o'Lady of Reused Refuse - to incorporate a dead bug into you design does indeed earn you a title of such esteem. Nicely done and very creative. Creepmas ain't over till the Yeti cookies are baked right?
ReplyDeleteWell thank you. The way I’m going, Creepmas might not be done until next year. If this was a Hallmark movie there would be a small group of plucky misfits tracking me down to end this never ending cycle of Creepmas Day 12. And Santa would make a cameo appearance in the last scene.
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