If you're sexy and you know it...

This is great!  Well written article.  Thank you geekalerts.com

See the article on geekalerts.com here:

GEEKALERTS.COM ARTICLE

about the high heel sequin Christmas stockings.

If you're sexy and you know it get one of these;-) HERE

New pictures- high heel Christmas stocking in red, turquoise

I took new pictures today on a backdrop that I made.  I will do a tutorial on how I did the backdrop (Free People inspired).  I like it so much better than the black velvet I used before.

Now I feel like it shows more how FUN they are in real life;-)

Here is a picture I took of the GLAMOUR stockings.  Sequin= fun sparkle!

They are available HERE

RED SEQUIN HIGH HEEL CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS

Very Christmas-y, right?  Red body with white and silver tinsel boa, silver font. 

RUSTIC WEATHERED PICTURE FRAME TUTORIAL (easy) BARNWOOD STYLE

This tutorial is so easy and looks so nice!!!  I saw these picture frames at high end stores and they cost a lot of money.  So I experimented...and it worked.  

[click on any picture to enlarge for more detail]

 WHAT YOU NEED:

picture frame (my frame is from Michaels $1)

black acrylic paint

color acrylic paint (depending on the look you are going for)

GUESS what color I prefer;-) (hint: mint)

paper towel

brush

PROCESS:

1.  smudge black acrylic paint on the frame.  I used a paper towel

and saturated it with the paint.  Just smear it on doesn't matter 

what pattern- it won't show.  Make sure you smear some on the sides.

 2.  wait till it dries!!!!!!!  Important step!  I did one where I didn't

wait and it ended up not so nice!  So wait;-)

3.  Open your choice of acrylic color.  I did several colors.  Well...of course...mint is 

my very favorite one!  I think it looks best with the weathered, barnwood look!

Put streaks of paint (not too much) on the frame and with your dry brush 

start painting over the black.  Sort of as if you wanted to cover it, but don't do a good

job covering it;-)  Let the edges be barely covered.

4.  Don't forget to cover the sides (if you want you can do the back as well.

Makes it more finished.

Here it is in soft yellow:

and off white:

and turquoise:

[see how my sides are also covered]

and MINT:

It is so easy you can have it as a project with your small kids.  They can smear the black paint on 

the picture frame;-)

Here are the 4 colors I made this in next to each other:

 

This barnwood style, rustic weathered picture frame tutorial is fun!  I ended up wanting to "weather" all our picture frames with mint;-))

Enjoy!

ACORN BALL ART

 YOU NEED:

acorns

styrofoam ball

paint

hot glue gun

lots of hot glue sticks

PROCESS:

1.  collect a lot of acorns

2. wash them and let them dry

3. put them in the oven on low (250) for 15-20 minutes.

this kills all the critters/eggs in it.  Watch it in the 

oven (don't let them "pop".  let them cool.

4.  paint the styrofoam ball either brown or red or any

color that hides the ball.  You will not be able to

cover every tiny spot on the ball so this darker color

will blend in with the acorns

5.  start hot gluing them on the ball (NOTICE on my pictures that

I originally wanted to make this into a HANGING BALL/ acorn pomander ball

(hence the red ribbon I first glued on) BUT these end up

really HEAVY when done (which I realized mid project and 

removed the ribbon).  

6.  cover every spot on the ball.  You are done!  Enjoy!

  P.S.: You could paint/spray paint this any color you want if you want it to

match your home decor, but I liked it all natural the best!

Here are some pictures of the project:

acorns after coming out of the oven

acorns close up.  see some of them did pop open a bit on the bottom

some did more and you just toss them.

don't be confused by my ribbon.  I wanted to make this into an acorn pomander ball

but it was too heavy, so I removed the ribbon before I finished.  (sorry it ended up on all the pics;-(

at this point you will notice it getting heavy!!!

and...you are done! (see how the red styrofoam shows through?  I suggest you paint yours brown

to match the acorns better.  (btw it is not as obvious in real life.  here I used flash and you

can see it much more than when it's on my shelf;-)

Enjoy!