Glitter and Glue.......

I am not a glitter girl, just saying I am not in love with playing with it.  But I got a bug in my bonnet about making some glitter leaves to hang in my window and well now you just have to make some with me.  It all started when I found this beautiful decorative leaf in the store covered in glitter.  It was just so stunning. I bought the only one they had and wrapped it up for my friend Lynda to include in her birthday box.  Of course I could not get the leaf out of my head and proceeded to spend way to much time on the Internet trying to find more.  I came up with nothing, absolutely nothing.  So what is a girl to do?  Well go visit the nearest craft store which is Joann's in my case.  I figured I could make something I would like and get a deal with my 25% off coupon and was I right!!!!  The Fall Seasonal items are 50% off already so this was a great project that was also cost effective, you have to like that.

I bought several of these wooden cut out skeleton leaves, glue, a foam brush, and the cheap glitter on sale in the kids area.

Here is my mini work station on parchment paper.

I loaded my my leaves with brushed on glue.

Flipped them over on a pile of mixed color glitter.  Nature does not make leaves in exactly one color so mine aren't either.

Let dry and then complete the process again on the other side.

I love the sparkle and the variation in the colors.

I will show you the big reveal when both sides are dry.  Right now I am in LOVE with them.  I know many of you are enjoying the beautiful colors of Fall, I am not, not down here in Florida anyway.  This is my way of bringing Autumn into my home.  I can't wait to see the finished project.  Hope you are excited too.  Remember working with glitter and glue is not for the faint of heart, or those of you who do not care for a mess.  I think the mess is worth it in this case.

By the way I recently finished a fabulous audio book called Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan.  It was read by the author which made it even better.  It is available in good ole book form if that works better for you.  It is a memoir about motherhood and it made me laugh and cry,  I loved it.  You don't have to be a mother to love it, it was one of the best books I have listened to yet.

Happy October, my favorite month of the year!
We are expecting a cool front this weekend because of the lovely monster of a hurricane making its way up the eastern coast, stay safe all of you in the wind and intense rain.