Tie Dye crazy.

Over the summer I became obsessed with tie-dye. I just love the look. This is going to be a rather short post because all I did was follow the instructions the kit came with. I got my kit from walmart and I found that if i just put the caps back on it will save for months. Which is good because I didn't use all of mine up. Although I used different styles for each piece my favorite is the pillow on the left it just turned out so pretty!

My sheets all dyed!

Unfortunately, all of my projects lately have been Christmas related. So just expect tons of crafts after the holidays. (yes I know Christmas is like 2 months away)

Lumos. Nox.

Finished although the picture quality sucks.

So I won't pretend I am not a huge harry potter junkie. So of course I love any Harry Potter craft, for this one I painted my light switch cover.

You will need:
*Paint: Black and white
*Sharpie: Silver and black
*Sandpaper
*Light switch cover
*Glitter (optional)




I started by sanding my light switch cover because I knew it would be too glossy for the paint to stick. Then I used black acrylic paint to paint half the switch. I used a post it to keep my line straight (I was lacking painters tape) and then after that side dried I painted to other half in a shimmery white paint. After both sides had dried I  wrote Lumos on one end and Nox on the other. Being the glitter lover I am I decided this project needed a final touch of sparkle.

In the works.

artwork

 So I can't teach you how to draw, because honestly I'm not even so great at it myself. However, I wanted to share some of my favorite art pieces.

Aladdin.

Calvin & Hobbes.

Jug.

Alice In Wonderland.

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Mod Podge and Magazines

Making a mess (what I do best)

Lately I have been dying to use mod podge, a glue/sealer that you can buy or make using equal portions of elmer's glue and water. While at Marshalls last week (one of my favorite stores) me and my mom were looking at colorful decretive boxes. She said when she was younger she decorated her own, then she proceeded to tell me how the times have changed...

Finished box!

However, this gave me my mod podge idea! I was going to decorate a shoe box in magazine cut outs. I have made so many collages before that this was a piece of cake. So I got some old magazines, scissors, my shoebox, and a glue stick after covering the sides of the box I coated it in something very similar to mod podge. I could not find any elmer's glue in my house but I did find a puzzler sealer to leave your finished puzzles matte and held together. Which is pretty much mod podge.

Altoids container.

I also coated an altoids container in magazine scraps giving it a colorful finish, I'm not sure what I will use it for I just wanted to make something else.