Romance is in the air and your wedding is just around the corner! So much to do, so little time and you haven’t found the perfect favor. Your guests will love this adorable candy scoop! It is simple to make, yet elegant and perfect for that final touch. For this project I used: Plastic candy scoop 5 - 30ss and 25 - 12ss crystal rhinestones Gem Tac Wax tipped tool or tweezers 6 inch wide white tulle about 16 inches long ¼ of an inch silver ribbon about 17 inches long White candies Plastic wrap I purchased this plastic candy scoop for about 75 cents at my local craft store and a google search showed several places you can purchase them online for slightly less. I used 5 – 30ss crystals alternating with 5 -12ss rhinestones in the middle of the handle and then the remaining 12ss crystals along the outside of the handle. Place a drop of Gem Tac about the size of the rhinestone on the handle and using the wax tipped tool, pick up a rhinestone and gently press it into the glue drop. Continue gluing rhinestones until the handle Is covered. Allow to dry for 24 hours. Place the candy in the scoop and wrap tightly with plastic wrap. This helps secure the candy and keep it from falling out. Cut a piece of 6 inch tulle about 16 inches long. Wrap this around the scoop and secure with the silver ribbon. Breathtaking elegance that will wow your guests!
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You know that feeling you get when your favorite pair of jeans gets a hole in the knee? Never fear! You can still use them by turning them into your new favorite pair of shorts. Why wait? Have a new pair of jeans that you love? You can do this with a new pair of jeans for a unique look that you’ll love even more. For this project I used: A pair of old jeans cut to short length Black lace Scissors Gem Tac Wax tipped tool or tweezers 4 mm silver round metal trim 12ss Crystal Rhinestones I began by cutting my jeans above the knee down to short length. Then I traced the back pocket size on a white piece of paper. I cut this out and used this as a pattern to cut the correct size of black lace to cover my pocket. Using Gem Tac, I applied a line of glue around the edges of the back pocket of my jeans. Laying the black lace on the pocket, I gently pressed down the edges to adhere to the jeans and allowed to dry flat for 24 hours. Using the pocket pattern, I cut a design out to have a template to use as a guide to glue on my metal trim and rhinestones. I began gluing the metal trim on the out most edges of the pocket following my guide. Although the metal trim is hot fix, I prefer to use Gem Tac to adhere to thick material like denim. I alternated between the metal trim and rhinestones leaving about ¼ of an inch between embellishments. Place a drop of glue about the same size as your embellishment and pick up either a rhinestone or piece of metal trim using the wax tipped tool. Gently press it into the drop of glue. Continue gluing until your pattern is finished. When finished gluing, allow to dry flat for 24 hours. The silver metal trim and crystal “pop” on the black lace and turn these shorts into something special! Rhinestones, metal trim and wax tipped tool are available from:
www.RhinestonesEtc.com Do you want to be notified of upcoming sales, new clearance, and new products? Would you like our guide to Gluing Rhinestones Without Panic? Subscribe to our newsletter by clicking here. Both my mother and mother-in-law loved the memory books I made for them for Mother’s Day, so I set out to make one for my father for Father’s Day. The same basic principles apply for the Father’s Day memory book except that I changed the theme to be more masculine. For this project I used: Heavy cardboard cut to 4 x 5 Decorative scrapbook paper Jute twine Photo stickers Glue Scrapbook stickers Metal Trim Card stock Instant coffee Pictures Begin by cutting your decorative scrapbook paper about 1 inch larger than your cardboard. Glue the cardboard to the white side of the decorative paper so that the print is facing outward. Cut corners on the diagonals. Fold the corners inward and glue the sides down. For my end papers and pages, I coffee stained white card stock. To do this, place about ¼ cup of instant coffee on a cookie sheet. Pour boiling water into cookie sheet about halfway to the top edge of cookie sheet. Allow to cool to lukewarm. Place your card stock into the coffee water making sure to coat both sides with coffee water. Remove and place on a clean cookie sheet . To dry, you can use 1 of 2 methods. You can dry with a hair dryer or like I did place in the oven. Watch you papers carefully as you do not want to start a fire. Place in a preheated 200 degree oven for 5 -10 minutes again watching carefully and removing as soon as dry. There are several good YouTube videos on this if you need more instruction. Once your papers are dry, cut 2 pieces slightly smaller than your covers for your end pages. Cut 2 pieces of jute twine about 17 inches long and sandwiching the twine between the cover and end paper, glue the end paper to the cover. Next I used an accordion fold to make the pages, again, just slightly smaller than my covers. I glued 2 accordion pages together to get my 6 inside pages. Next I put my photos on the pages using acid free double sided photo stickers and decorated the pages using scrap booking stickers and metal trim. Allow to dry completely and then tie up with the twine. Your Dad will love this personalized gift from you!
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