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Glitter Snowflake Ornament Project

Rescue those ugly ornaments from the clearance bins! I found these rather “blah” snowflake ornaments at the dollar store. They seemed to be saying, “please cover me in glitter and make me pretty!” Ironically they look better photographed than they … Continue reading

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Victorian Valentine’s Ornaments

There are some great ideas at the Art Glitter blog from their guest designers. When I was a guest designer last year, I found some creative glitter projects from previous designers. One project that really piqued my interest was an … Continue reading

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Kraft Paper Hearts

I love Valentine’s decorations. The other week I went Googling for some Valentine craft projects and I found a lot of fun projects, probably more than I can handle for one Valentine’s holiday in a year. One of the cute … Continue reading

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Handmade Angel & Gingerbread Boy Christmas Cards

This year I made some angel ornaments and while taking pics of them, I thought about using some of the photographs of the angels to use as images on some handmade Christmas cards. It was a delight to take pics … Continue reading

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Handmade Gingerbread Boy Ornament

Here’s a fun project just in time for Christmas. I made this gingerbread boy Christmas ornament with a Styrofoam gingerbread shape. The items I used for this project are: #D29 Dazzlers Confection Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive Puffy Pens Spice … Continue reading

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Bunches of Blingy Buttons….from blah to ahhhhh….

I love buttons as much as I love glitter, so why not combine the two for a “cute-as- a-button sparkly” project? Store bought buttons are great, but to add to my collection, I opted to make some of my own … Continue reading

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Hearts of Glitter

As I work on various projects, my mind often wanders, searching for new items to add a glittery surface to. A few months ago, I bought a package of these little plastic heart boxes from the dollar store. At the … Continue reading

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Glimmer Trees

For my business I make an assortment of sculptural pieces to make into pins or magnets. I recently made a sculptural tree design that was looking for something beyond the basic coat of acrylic paint. After adding some pizzazz with … Continue reading

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Sparkly Altoid Boxes

My love for Altoid tins prompted me to embellish some empty ones that I saved. I tend to be a craft supply “pack rat” and for awhile now I’ve had a small stash of empty Altoid tins just waiting to … Continue reading

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Glittery Petite Purses

This is my first “official” Art Glitter project and I had loads of fun embellishing my Petite Purses with gorgeous, sparkly Art Glitter. Fall is just around the corner and it happens to be one of my favorite seasons, so … Continue reading

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