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The Rebel Crafter
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Silk Tie Easter Eggs
Friday night was my monthly scrapbooking club night. Our founder Jodie brought in her Silk Tie Easter Eggs to show us and to demonstrate how to make them. You need 100% silk ties that you can find at Goodwill, garage sales, or maybe old ones in your Husbands closet. I took my egg home and my Daughter was definitely interested in trying this technique so I thought I would share how we made them.
You will need:
Eggs
100% Silk Tie
Vinegar
Stainless steel or aluminum pot (use one you do not care about as the dye may stain the pot. I used a pot I only make soap with).
Duct Tape, Pipe Cleaners, or rubber bands.
Cut your tie apart.
Cut a piece of fabric that fits around the egg.
Get the fabric good and tight around the egg.
Secure the back with a small piece of duct tape.
Twist the ends and again secure with a small piece of duct tape. Make sure the duct tape is covering just a little of the egg.
You can also tie with string, pipe cleaners, or rubber bands. I just found the duct tape to be fast and easy. Make sure the fabric is snug on the egg.
Place in a stainless or enamel pot with enough water to cover the eggs.
Add a few tablespoons of vinegar.
Simmer for 20 to 25 minutes.
Let cool and unwrap your egg.
Shine your egg with a little vegetable oil. These eggs are for display only, I would not eat.
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The Rebel Crafter
Egg Topiary
For this project you will need:
Styrofoam Florists Cone (mine is from Michael's sized 98mmx301mm)
Faux Eggs-small and regular sized eggs (I purchased mine from Hobby Lobby, I used 2 small packs of regular sized eggs, and 2 small bags of small eggs)
Moss (I picked up my bag at Dollar Tee)
Hot Glue Gun
Container or flower pot for the topiary
If you would like to paint your eggs you will need:
Acrylic paint in Light Blue/aqua (I used Folk Art brand Sky Blue)
Acrylic paint in Brown.
Paint brush (small and regular)
If you would like them blue like mine, lay them on one side or prop in a container and paint one side at a time with the blue paint and regular sized brush.
Let Dry before flipping and painting the other side.
To create the speckles mix some brown acrylic paint with water so the paint is thin a drippy.
Dab some brown paint onto your small paint brush. Make sure you are working outside or an area where paint can splatter (or cover the area well with paper towels). Holding the brush about a foot and a half over the eggs take your free hand and firmly tap on your hand holding the paint brush to create a spray of speckles onto the eggs.
If you get too big of a brown paint blob just paint over it in blue when dry.
Create the Topiary:
Start by removing approximately 2" of the top of the florist cone so that it isn't so pointy. You can use a knife to slice the tip off.
Hot glue one of the regular sized eggs onto the top of the cone. The glue takes a minute to set so hold onto the egg until it stays put.
Then start hot gluing a couple rows of the smaller eggs near the top of the topiary. Place them randomly with space in between them.
Continue attaching eggs down the topiary again randomly gluing regular sized ones with some small ones in between.
Don't glue the eggs too tightly together as we will be filling the gaps with moss.
Once completed gluing all your eggs on the topiary start to fill the gaps with moss.
Make sure you put your topiary on a piece of newspaper or paper towel as the moss is messy.
Fill in a gap between the eggs with hot glue.
Immediately push a small clump of moss into the hot glue and use the back of a paint brush or a stick to press the moss firmly into the hot glue.
Fill in all the gaps with moss and put your topiary into a pot of your choice. If you see any brown paint spots you don't like just touch them up with blue paint.
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XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
Easy Apothecary Pedestals
Todays fast and easy project inspiration comes from Tami over at Dollar Store Decor. She created mini apothecary display jars gluing dollar store glass candle holders onto candlesticks. Here is the link to her project: http://dollarstoredecorating.blogspot.com/2012/02/candleapothecary-jars.html. I loved the simplicity of this project but I wanted to create a bigger display so I purchased a glass hurricane for my candlestick at Michael's. For under $5 with coupon, I turned a cast off candlestick into a pedestal apothecary display. It was so simple I will definitely be making another taller one for a pair. Fill them with seasonal items for a nice buffet or kitchen island display. Thanks Tami!
For This Project You Will Need:
Candle stick (recycle one you no longer love)
Glass Hurricane (I purchased mine at Michael's)
E6000 Glue or Gorilla Krazy Glue
Take your candle stick to the craft store and find a hurricane jar that fits nicely atop your candle stick.
Apply E6000 Glue along the base where the hurricane comes into contact with the candle holder.
Let dry over night. The glue will definitely take all night to set.
Fill your new display piece with seasonal items. I used moss from the dollar store and some faux eggs. Attach a ribbon if desired.
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XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
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