Glitter, Glitter, Everywhere!!!

“Oh, the weather outside is…” actually it is delightful. We’ve had a picturesque but light snow today and a sparkly, multicolored, glittery blizzard “all through the house!”

Actually, that might describe a majority of our crafter-friends’ homes for the next few weeks. Christmas card-making projects, gift wrapping paper, ribbons and more, scattered all around your home. Oh yes… “it’s the most wonderful time of the year!”

One of my projects has been creating poinsettia place cards for our December Pot-Luck with our church family. I doubt if there was a glitter-free room anywhere in our home. We sparkle almost everywhere!

Meanwhile, this week, doing his part for the December gathering, my husband, Jim, is starting his woodworking projects for the centerpieces. Can’t wait to see what he comes up with.

Today’s project was inspired by a technique from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Els showed her die cut poinsettias using her double-sided adhesive tape sheets, sandwiched between velum and a layer of micro fine glitter. For my project, I did some using velum as a base but also used some of my pearled paper scraps as the base. The glitters come in a beautiful variety of colors so I had fun “playing” with different color idea combinations. The technique is simple yet the results are exciting!  

Well, Thanksgiving is not that far off and I really need to de-glitter my home before next Thursday. Wonder where I left the vacuum?

Till next time…

We wish you and yours, a beautiful and safe Thanksgiving.                                                                                              May God Bless You All.

PS - when I finished this project, I had made about 80 poinsettias! Not bad for only having 1 arm.