What are your interests or crafts?
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Cheap is spray paint and a plastic bucket for a sink..that my dear is ART! Love it!
Welcome 'B"!
Welcome 'B"!
THANKS LADIES!! It was a lot less expensive than you may think. The sink and waterfall faucet were eBay items that I snagged for less than a normal sink and faucet would've been at Home Depot. The gemstones were items that I had on hand cuz I'm a bit of a rockhound. The most expensive thing was the derned photomural for around the Jacuzzi. It was sooo worth it though. When I take a bath, I feel like I'm in a cool oasis. I do love decorating. Told my son yesterday that we need to add on to the house cuz I need another room to tackle. Kidding, of course (a little). *wonder if I could decorate the attic ... *
Is that a craft, or just an indication that I'm cheap?
When my husband and I built this house (literally - from the ground up) we put temporary fiberboard vanity tops in two bathrooms. They were only supposed to serve their purpose until we could have some vanities cut to fit. Well, we soon discovered that a damp washcloth left on fiberboard will raise the grain substantially. That got my creative juices flowing a bit. I'd never seen or heard of anyone doing what I was about to do, but I figured WTH, the worst that can come of it is a messed up piece of fiberboard.
Here's what I did:
#1 I wetted bath towels and covered the whole surface of the fiberboard to raise the grain overnight.
#2 After wiping off the excess moisture, I painted the fiberboard with aqua latex paint and allowed it to dry completely.
#3 Then I rubbed a dark blue latex paint on with a rag and immediately wiped it off of the surface. Now the dark blue only remained in the deepest areas. Allowed that to dry completely.
#4 Now I painted random squiggles of blue and green stained glass paint, then feathered them out a bit with a soft brush.
#5 By this point, the paint fumes were getting to me a bit (that's my excuse) and I glued some stuff to the surface: a sterling silver trilobite earring (that had lost its mate) with the post cut off, a piece of slab cut malachite, and a big black opal. Allowed the glue time to dry.
#6 My next step was the scariest: I poured EnvirotexLite polyester resin over everything. I had to do this sloooowwwwly to keep it from overflowing the edge of the board and to pop any bubble that arose with hot breath. Give that a day to dry.
#7 Add another layer of resin.
Here's the result:
Close up of area with malachite:
Close up of area with black opal:
I did the exact same treatment to the top of a white cabinet that holds towels. The embedments on that were: sterling silver turtle earrings, more opals, chrysocolla cabochans, a silver button, and a dime. The dime cracks me up because people keep trying to pick it up - lol.
To complete my waterfall bathroom I also installed dark green ceramic tile on the fixture end of the Jacuzzi surround and put up a photomural on the rest of it. Then painted that with 5 layers of polyurethane.
The other bathroom vanity is a whole 'nother story, but done in a similar manner with fossils, ammonites and petrified wood. This is getting too long ...
That is wonderful work!!! Will you come re-do my bathroom please
...showed this to DH I liked it so much ! My bathrooms are generic come with the home stuff !
That is wonderful work!!! Will you come re-do my bathroom please
Ummmm - no.
That is amazing RAVE!
(pouring the epoxy without getting it full of bubbles is tricky!!!)
(pouring the epoxy without getting it full of bubbles is tricky!!!)
My Aunt did. And the basement. Including the room where the coal used to be delivered a long time ago. The place was gorgeous from top to bottom.
Some pictures of what I make and sell.
This is a Yellow Rose keychain:
Strawberry dipped cookie earrings:
Cupcake keychain:
With different colors:
This is a Yellow Rose keychain:
Strawberry dipped cookie earrings:
Cupcake keychain:
With different colors:
And some more.
Donut keychain:
Yet another cupcake lol, they're my fave <3:
Fudgesicles:
Creamsicles:
I have a pair of these in every color lol
Donut keychain:
Yet another cupcake lol, they're my fave <3:
Fudgesicles:
Creamsicles:
I have a pair of these in every color lol
They're not ALL sweet lol, though most are food items. Here are a few different kinds.
Buttered toast:
Roses:
Hot dogs:
Pens too!
Buttered toast:
Roses:
Hot dogs:
Pens too!
Ok, one more then I'll stop spamming
Cinnamon Rolls (my favorite!):
These are Monster Cookie earrings from where I work, I made some for myself and everyone loved them so much that I made a few more for them! These take me about 8 hours to make:
Fudge cake sundae (also from work):
And another work item, Apple Pie <3:
Cinnamon Rolls (my favorite!):
These are Monster Cookie earrings from where I work, I made some for myself and everyone loved them so much that I made a few more for them! These take me about 8 hours to make:
Fudge cake sundae (also from work):
And another work item, Apple Pie <3:
Those are awesome......you do great work!! Those cupcakes are cute
Thanks! Cupcakes are my favorite, so I make those the most lol. I have some Christmas ones that I'm working on now, as well as some in other colors.
Those are so clever!! And they're making me hungry. *off to raid the fridge ...*
Everyone always says I make them hungry lol. I wear them everywhere I go, and I now have so many that it takes a few months to wear them all
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