Today’s the day to announce the winner of the Winter & Spring Holiday Giveaway! I always wish everyone could win, so I decided to choose 2 winners
To determine the winner, I used a random number generator, and the craziest thing happened… 2 of my very favorite bloggers, won!!
Congratulations Mary M. and Ellen!
Now just because I couldn’t believe it, and I didn’t want you to think I picked my favorites, AND I wanted to give someone else a chance, I decided to giveaway one more set~
Congratulations to Pamela! I will be contacting you by email to get your address!
Ok, so if your sweet little heart is broken because you didn’t win, I am going to show you how to make a new one!
This Valentine heart had a humble beginning as a pile of wine corks
That came together into a heart shape with the help of a little E6000
Lay it out first [see Juicy Details below] before you start gluing and make sure you don’t accidentally glue it to the table where you’re working 😱
Then you can add a little paint
Hmmmmm….some of the corks look pretty rough~
I wish I had thought to turn them all over, showing their smoothest ends…
Nothing that a little bling can’t fix!
some red and clear glass flat sided pebbles and silver ball beads
cover up all the lumps and bumps
and now you have a nice, shiny, happy Valentine heart
and an excuse to open more wine!
Save those corks! 💗
Coming soon, I’m going to show you how to “fancy up” the wine bottles all those corks came from 😘
Juicy Details
You can see more painted glassware and ordering information over on my Gallery here
Make the heart by starting at the top and making 2 rows of 2, then below the top row, a row of 3 corks each, then 4 and 4 corks joined together
Continue with 1 row now, decreasing cork number until the last one, where I used a metal capped cork from a bottle of Mer Soleil Silver. I used E6000, but a glue gun would be easier
I save old jewelry and bits and pieces, beads and bobbles, just for spur of the moment crafts like this
The flat sided glass beads, are called vase fillers in craft stores, and they come in handy for all kinds of things, like making chargers on Moroccan Fantasy here
and Summer Crafts & Beachy Accessories here
Get your crafty hat on!
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