My friend, Melissa, and I have gotten together once a month on a Saturday for the past five months to do crafts. We felt like we needed to MAKE time for creativity, or time just slips away and you never "get to" what you like. Since we are such Pinterest hounds, we decided to take turns choosing a craft or project off Pinterest. The hostess picks the project, gets the supplies, provides the workspace and buys lunch. I must tell you, when crafty people (or those who want to be crafty) hear about our Pinterest day, they tell us how awesome it is and that they wish they could do something like that. You can, ladies!
We've done it five times now, and it is working out wonderfully. We've learned a couple of things. The first is that things don't always turn out as picture-perfect as they look in photos. The second is that it's OK if it doesn't turn out great. The best part is being together, laughing, talking, laughing, crying, eating, laughing! We've made dip-dyed t-shirts and wreaths out of ribbon and dyed-coffee-filter roses. We've burned organza to make roses and various gift package tie-ons and tried our hands at painting canvasses. Often one of us loves our creations and one of us hates them.
Saturday at Melissa's house we treated glass (vases and candle holders) with different types of materials. We learned alot. We always say, "we're practicing this technique for later." Not sure when LATER is??? Our results were mixed. I think we agree that the best part was the bagel sandwiches....MMMmmmmm. Melissa provided lots of glass options for us.
The cylindrical vase we put rubber bands around to create a masking effect.
Next, we took them out to the back yard and sprayed them with white primer.
While we worked on some other stuff, we left them to dry. After removing the rubber bands, we came out with this! I sprayed mine with some clearcoat so the primer wouldn't flake off. It's not perfect, but I like it.
Here it is filled with some of Melissa's beautiful Calla lillies. (I'm jealous. I love Callas and I can never seem to get them to grow at my house.)
And here are some of our other finished projects.
So next month is my turn. Wait and see!
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