Ladybug Rock

I saw this easy to paint rock craft online, while their were lots of designs to choose from, I needed a kid craft idea for an upcoming local event for kids to paint while the parents shop.   These are super cute!..I put mine in a potted plant.  Paint the whole rock red first and and then line with black and then white.

 

Art Tango: Recycled wine bottles posing as pretty lights

Art Tango: Recycled wine bottles posing as pretty lights: I have used recycled wine bottles as flower vases or painted stand alone decorations before.  However embellishing them has taken them to a ...

Recycled wine bottles posing as pretty lights

I have used recycled wine bottles as flower vases or painted stand alone decorations before.  However embellishing them has taken them to a whole new level. The twinkle of the lights inside can brighten up a dark corner or serve as a pretty night nightlight.  The glow from the clear colored marbles offers interest as well.  Since most people won't have a glass drill bit to house a string of lights to enter the back bottom of the bottle.  I included instructions to glue or decorate a jar to accomodate a candle by dropping inside. 

• First you need to buy the 'glass glue'.  The 'E6000' and the 'craft goop' both in tubes, offer a strong bond but the drying time takes a little longer.  You could cover with masking tape to hold in place if needed. Or the 'krazy glue' made for glass adhesion offers faster drying time, although not as tough.  I found these at walmart.
• Any color glass bottle or jar can be used.  The lighter the bottle for the 'all marble' effect is brighter and lighter.  The darker glass offers a more tuscan feel for the grapes and the vine.
• Embellish with fake vine, gold painting pen (found in the craft section of walmart) wrap with rafia, whatever colors or design you choose.
  

Modge Podge Bird on painted canvas

I can't believe I didn't start using this "Modge Podge" medium sooner. You can do it on just about any surface. I'm looking forward to branching out into furniture decorations, wall accents, etc... I think I may Modge Podge my boring brown leather phone case cover next.
It's so much more than adding elements to a painted canvas, but I will share my latest projects here incase you would like to try creating yourself.

• I started by painting a 12x12 canvas green,  canvas from Michael's Craft supplies. 
• I then modge podged leaf shape cut from different colored tissue paper, also from @Michael's Art and Crafts
• The tissue leaf shapes were purposely leaning out in a foilage design pattern
• I clipped a bird shape from card stock normally used for scrapbooking
• I also cut out a shape of tree from card stock
• Cut out shapes of bird feather and flower found from random magazines
• cut out words from magazines to form the saying "life goes on"
• I used a sharpie pen for the legs and head feather