I was skeptical at first , I never would have really thought to use cardboard for anything decorative in my house before. I have used it for kids Halloween costumes and things like that , but a vase ? I was like , hmm.... I guess we will see how this turns out ! Well , I somewhat finished it today , I still need to glue on the bottom and I want to varnish it a little more so it's Really shiny and non-carboardy looking ! What do ya think ?
I think it turned out pretty cool ! We got the idea from the " Big Ass Book Of Crafts 2 "
Pretty good stuff in here..
This what it was originally supposed to look like ( of course we all put our own spin on it ) One of the girls in our group had the idea to put Christmas lights or Led lights wrapped around it , I love that idea and might try that too. I really like the newspaper flowers , also . Once I put the branches in it , I liked the natural look and decided to leave it just like that . I think I am going to make some newspaper flowers today just for the heck of it anyway , I am sure they will come in handy . I really wanted to make some soon because I found this cool tutorial and these are so pretty !
Can't believe they are newspaper ! Now I don't have the kit that she has but I figure I can cut out the petals just fine without it. To think , this is all recycled and FREE ! with the exception of a little paint . I did buy a can of Bauhaus Gold Krylon for the base color of my vase, it was only like 3 something. Then I just glazed it with some metallic Gold , Bronze and Teal folk art craft paint . Ha , pretty fun , and you can't beat free. So I say, eat your heart out Pier 1 !
Next week we are making something for our beautiful ( and brilliant ) crafty heads ; ) maybe something feathery or flowery .. hee hee
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