I'll be honest blogging about crafting is a bit intimidating to me. Unlike homeschooling (which I spend hours planning and researching) when I craft it is very much off the cuff. I like to start and finish a project all in one sitting. Trying to explain what I did or why is often near impossible. But when I have something that just works I love to share it so that is how I shall start, by sharing the things that just worked.
This one all started when I saw this picture of my Great Aunt Andy on her wedding day. Something about the pose, the lighting, the expressions, I loved the photo. And I wanted to create something.
The final product included a lot of little things I had wanted to try all put together. The back ground was painted as well as drizzling glitter glue across it.
I added "bling where ever I could. finding a place for a pin can be harder than you would think.
I stamped on printed pages, another technique I had been wanting to try. When I cut out the bird and later extra flourishes I made sure to cut through multiple layers to add dimension.
My crumpled petals were simple to make but hard to glue down. Usually I like nice clean lines and having an abstract flower was outside of my comfort zone.
Also out side of my comfort zone was using a glue gun. Through out the project I attached tiny beads, from a broken necklace. The easiest way to make them stick was putting the beads in an old pie pan, putting hot glue on the desired spot then pressing the hot glued object down onto the beads. The one exception was the beads on the picture itself. Those were an after thought so I had to pour the beads over my hot glue, not as easy.
I love the final product, it sits proudly in my front room. And no worries the picture is only a copy, the original is safe so if I change color schemes I can make a new one.
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