Feeling Crafty

When I went to Christmas brunch at Melissa Howell's (Firestone) a few weeks ago, she showed us how she made some very cute pendants. Basically, you take a Scrabble tile and cut a piece of scrapbook paper to just the right size to cover the tile. Then mod-podge the scrapbook paper onto the tile to hold it in place, add a coating of diamond glaze to give it a smooth and shiny finish, and glue on a bail (the thing the chain goes through). Pretty simple, but certainly nothing I would have ever come up with if Melissa hadn't shown me how!

Well, Haley and I decided to be crafty and make these pendants to give out as party favors at her birthday party this weekend. We had lots of fun with the project. It started with a trip to Michael's craft store where Haley and Preston picked out the paper, a glittery mod-pdge glue and the other project supplies. (BTW, Melissa - they have a diamond glaze at the Michael's in Brighton!) Haley was in heaven at Michael's. She just loves craft projects, and here is a whole store full of projects waiting to happen!

When we started the project, Haley very carefully selected just the right portions of the scrapbook paper patterns to make into her necklaces. She helped cut and glue and brush on the mod-podge, too. Preston helped make the favors to give to the boys at the party - same basic steps, but we glued a magnet to the back instead of making it into a necklace.

I think they turned out great! Here's a couple of the necklaces...