Happy Valentine's Day Weekend! Every year for as long as I can remember, my mom has done things specifically for us on Valentine's Day. She has made it that one other day besides Halloween ::chuckles:: to shower my brothers and I with the NICE CANDY! That's one of many traditions I am sharing with my daughter. While she is not a big candy eater, she does love small hand held objects. Therefore SHE is the reason I created these. I plan to scatter them around her computer area. So she could see, read and know that EVERYDAY that I love her, I want her to Be Happy, Laugh and Smile. I initially saw these done as a pendant by my friends Vicki L. and Donna L who told me how to make them. Thank you ladies.
Now for me, to share it with you..
I started out with some wooden hearts from my stash. You can find them at any craft store. I painted one side black and one side white with Deco Art acrylic paints.
I then got out my Helmar Tacky Craft Glue and coated the white side. I chose the tacky glue because it is nice and thick. I will be adding eggshells to it shortly. I wanted to be sure that it would be thick enough for the shells to sort of hug into the glue.
I took my already cleaned eggshells and carefully placed them insides down on the glue. It's not a big deal if you don't fully cover the entire space, but as you push down on the pieces, they crack into smaller bits. When this dries you can smooth the edges with a nail file.
After it is dried, I flipped the white crackled side over and used my Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive to secure my magnet chip and my paper rolled beads, on a string. I used the Helmar 450 in this case because I wanted a THICK and CLEAR quick drying glue that would be strong enough to hold on to the magnet and the twine string and lay flat enough to secure it to the wooden heart.
Then I sat cans on them as weights for a few minutes while I cleaned things up. It was not necessary to do, but I did it. Plus it helped flatten things.
After everything was dry, I pulled a few of my favorite color acrylics by Deco Art and finished them off. Now you can use alcohol inks, reinkers and such. The choice is yours.. ::smile::
Here are few more pictures of my finished projects!
I hope you CREATE something with LOVE for SOMEONE you love.. and use some Helmar Adhesives while you're at it!!
