Snowdrop - January's Winter Flower DIY

"Good morning little snowdrop, so full of hope and grace.
How wonderful to welcome your gentle smiling face."

                                                                                                               Angela Yardy

What do you do with leftover white and green foam paper scraps?  Well, you make something cute like little snowdrop flowers - and while you're at it, paint an unfinished crate, add a decorative trim and ta-da, you have created an adorable winter centerpiece.

Here's how:    

Cut out teardrop shaped petals from scraps of foam paper.  Wrap pieces of cotton balls around wire stems. 

Coat cotton with mod podge, shaping into buds and allow to dry.

Use the blade of scissors to curve petals and dot buds with green paint to

 mimic inner flower segments.

 

Wrap stems with crepe paper starting at the base of petals and bend the stem and flower facing down.

 

"Good afternoon young snowdrop, so full of peace and love
How wonderful to welcome you to the world above."
After making lots of snowdrop flowers and green foam leaves, I painted an unfinished crate with Annie Sloan's Henrietta, a muted pink shade that I didn't like:

Then adding AS's Coco on top, and finally settling on this after adding touches of white chalk paint:

      "Gooday my little snowdrop, so delicate and fine
How wonderful to welcome you into this heart of mine."

 Next, I found a snowdrop image at The Graphics Fairy and transferred it onto a piece of unfinished wood using the mod podge image transfer technique.

 

And then finished it using the same chalk paints as on the crate.

"Good evening humble snowdrop; I’m so pleased that you’re here.
You bring a breath of life to the beginning of the year."

Please visit  http://www.angelaspoems.com/  for more creative poetry and to read the complete 

 "Good Morning  Little Snowdrop" poem
by Angela Yardy

Take a little time to enjoy

and

Happy Crafting!

 

Recycled Soda Bottle Heart Shaped See-Thru Box

Create a beautiful see-thru heart shaped box for your Valentine candies or trinkets with nothing more than items from the dollar store.  
Here's how:


Materials needed:

• Soda bottle (3 liter)
• Valentine paper plates
• White posterboard
• Corrugated sparkling paper or pliable cardboard (1 inch wide side trim that doesn't crack)
• Masking tape
• Tacky glue
• Scissors/xacto knife
• Foam paper

 

 

 

• Remove the middle section of a 3 liter soda bottle (Dollar Tree) by taping off the top for a straight line and cutting around, bottom and top, leaving a closed cylinder shape.

 

• Press together the plastic cylinder, creasing one side with the handle of scissors or a bone folder. 

 

• Press the center of the opposite side toward the crease and make a second crease.

 

 

• Let the plastic open naturally forming a heart shape.

 

• Use the heart shape plastic (both sides) to trace two hearts from the pattern paper plates and white poster board.

 

• Apply glue to the back of the poster board hearts and attach the paper plate hearts.

 

 

 

• I used one inch wide silver corrugated strips that I had leftover when I made a snowflake here to tape on around the hearts with masking tape. You can use any pliable material that doesn't crack to make the sides of the hearts, top and bottom. 

 

 

• Once the sides are taped on, add tacky glue around inside where the heart shape edge and trim meet and let dry completely. ( I chose not to use hot glue since I am not neat enough using the gun and I didn't want it to look messy and ooze out)

 

• Remove the masking tape and attach the heart shape top and bottom.

Cool looking, isn't it!

 

Smaller versions can be made using smaller soda bottles.

I made a decorative flower to add on top, using foam paper from the dollar store.  The red shade was a bit off so I used pink instead - by using a scallop edge punch to cut out circles warmed on a iron and hot glued to a center circle.

 

 

Turned out really cute! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These boxes can be embellished with your special trim and filled with anything adorable and cute.  So pick out your sweetie's favorite treat and make one for Valentine's Day!

Take a little time to enjoy

and

Happy Crafting!


















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Winter Snowy Flameless Tealight Candle Holders

Does your home feel bare now that the holidays are over? Many of us are sad that the Christmas decorations are down and put away.  Why wait for the next holiday to spruce up those special areas when you can just decorate for winter. 

One way to embrace this chilly season is by adding a warm glow to your winter décor by making a dimensional snowy flameless tealight candleholder. 
Here's how:

1.  Using a knife, remove a small end portion from a Styrofoam ball to allow the ball to sit flat.

2.  Trace the base of a flameless tealight or glass votive on the center Styrofoam top.

3.  Use a knife & spoon to remove outlined area.

4.  Insert glass votive or tealight for fit.

5.  Using a plastic knife, coat Styrofoam with Aleene's True Snow or Snow-Tex and allow to dry.

6.  Add additional faux snow paste to top middle area, adding glitter (optional) and allow to dry overnight.

7.  Insert glass votive, tealight and admire your creation!

These winter snowy flameless tealight candleholders look good on their own but would look beautiful within a winterscape or winter wonderland theme.

                      Take a little time to enjoy

and

Happy Crafting!

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