DIY: Coral Jewelry Holders

Grab: glue (E6000), polymer clay, and paint to get to work. 

Broken coral branches will do. 

Create your base for the coral with clay and bake

(at approximately 250 degrees for 30 min). 

Make a footstep like impression with coral so after it bakes

you can glue coral in it. 

Paint.

I drilled a hole on the bottom of the clay base to fit a nail

(to hang on my wall).  Necklaces and earrings

hang nicely.

DIY: Pressing Flowers

When those summer gardens are yielding or bouquets are spent, clip the lovelies to press.

I found this awesome press at a thrift store! You can use heavy books too. All you need is sheets of white paper and cardboard for layering. I made the mistake of using cardboard with a ribbed texture (my dried flowers have that same texture).

Lay your specimens down on white paper and layer with white paper, then cardboard and repeat.

Sandwich as many flowers as you like! Patience is the hardest part. Let your flowers dry for 2 months.

These pressed flowers are lovely and so fragile! Arrange in a frame or make cards out of them (I used stick glue to arrange in a frame).

Not bad for a first try, next time I'll add greens and maybe a sunflower!

How To: Paper Rosettes

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Hand Crafted Snow Globes

What do you do when the sky is dark & the weather is too cold? Get your craft on! You can find more pics here. Directions are here.

Enjoy your weekend!