Picture in "Stained Glass" sans the glass..

So, most of the supplies you need for this project you probably already have at home.  You will need:  Saran Wrap, Aluminum Foil, a sheet of cardstock (or three if you want to "frame" the masterpiece), tape, markers, and a Black Sharpie (probably brand name, as the ink seems to show up better), and something to trace if you want to.  Off we go......

First you need a sheet of saran wrap a bit bigger than your cardstock, 

and if your child wants something traced, have them pick the picture out now....

My son decided he wanted to do Batman.....

Gently stretch the saran wrap over the picture you're going to trace, and start taping the corners

and maybe a couple of the edges to the table or whatever surface you're working on...

try to have it end up as smooth as possible without wrinkles as it will 

make your life much easier with the tracing.....

With a black Sharpie (a skinnier one would work way better) that is not

dried out, i.e. the ink comes out really dark, trace over the outline of the picture underneath...

or draw whatever picture your heart desires but just the outline....

(this was not dark enough...I had to go dig another one out that was much darker.....)

Let the little one have at it with their markers to color it in.....you can either leave the original picture underneath, or slide it out and put a piece of white paper underneath.....

cause then it doesn't lead to as many "wayward" lines if you have plain paper underneath....oh well, it adds character, right?

Gently slide the book/paper out from underneath the saran wrap

take a piece of foil a bit bigger than your cardstock, and gently crumple.....but not too much, because....

you need to "uncrumple" it gently and stretch it a bit, but you want to keep all of the texture....

Turn the shiny side of the foil down, and place one piece of cardstock in the middle, and gently fold all the edges of the foil over the cardstock.....

turn it over and it should more or less look like this.....

Gently unstick the taped edges of your saran wrap, this might be a good time for an extra set of hands....

Line up the picture how you want it over the foil wrapped cardstock.... and flip it over and tape an edge to the cardstock and gently stretch the saran wrap as you tape to the back, flipping from back to front as you go to make sure you don't have any major wrinkles on the front.

Now, if you want to stop here, you're more than welcome to be finished....or you can add a bit of frame for your childs masterpiece.....

Take two pieces of cardstock in the same color and measure/spread out behind/against your finished artwork and where they overlap put tape where you won't see it.  You can glue the edge where it will be visible....

Then Glue ( you can just use regular glue, or whatever you have, I just had my glue gun out for something else) the artwork to the "frame"....

Here's the finished Stained Glass....

He, of course, had to find the "perfect" place for it, on his Batman wall....

I think he nailed it.

So, that's it for this one, I hope you can enjoy this with whatever munchkins you have in your life, and let your imagination soar with it......  If you'd like after you're done, come back and leave me a link so I can come see a pic of the masterpieces you've done with the little ones in your life.  Thanks for hanging out with me for a bit, I hope you enjoy this with your kids as much as I did with one of mine!

Thought Provoking Tuesday

So, I heard this a few weeks ago while listening to a "teaching" on the radio, while I was driving, and I've really been chewing on it the last few weeks.....The woman was talking about her reaction to her husbands "sin issue", and how her reaction was to go tell her friends and chat about how horrible it was.  Even her thought process revolved around the fact that she couldn't understand why he couldn't have sin issues more like her, cause hers weren't so bad (at least in her mind).   Then she talked about how God really convicted her about the fact that Jesus died for her sin too, that he died for us all.....

I must admit I have gone this route many times, as my hubby tends to be in your face about everything, if he has a sin issue, it's right there for everyone to see.  So, I've been guilty of saying many times to myself that I must have to go through all of his muck to learn to rely on God.....and why does he have to do everything the hard way, why can't he be more like me?  

It's really the same thing the woman on the radio was talking about.  

God sent his son to die for each of us, so that some day we can be with him for all of eternity.....just because my hubby seems to wear his sin on his sleeve, and mine is more of an internal thing, it doesn't make any difference.  Sin is sin, and Jesus died for it all.  My sins aren't any better or worse than any other persons....

Do you have an issue with this....does it resonate with you?  Share your thoughts and feelings, please.....

Tomorrow is the day for the "stained glass windows" barring no great distractions....Thanks for being patient!

Found a cool idea for your little girlies

I saw this, and so wanted to share with you.....go check it out!

Pretend Makeup at the Polka Dot Daisy

I will be posting a craft for the munchkins of my own later today or tomorrow......It's kind of like a stained glass window of sorts that the kids can make, with things you already have....no glass involved!

Apology and New Offerings

I first want to apologize, as I've been promising you a new craft/sewing project and haven't got it done yet.  We've had a crazy few weeks, our oldest had scarlet fever and the two year old an ear infection, the hubby was off work for four days with a bad back, and we found out we're expecting again this fall which seems to be the reason for my exhaustion......Oh, I've also been working furiously to try to get the new Spring line ready for my shop.

So, if you haven't yet, stop by Here to check out our new line "Fancifree", we'll be posting new offerings every day for the next few weeks.  Be sure to check back often to see our new stuff.

Don't forget to stop by Here to enter our Giveaway for one of our new Spring Blossoms, I want to help you celebrate that Spring has Sprung!!

Giveaway on the Etsy shop Blog

Just wanted to let everyone know to go check out my Etsy Shop Blog.

You can find out how to enter to win one of the blossoms from the upcoming spring line....

Thought Provoking Tuesday

Here's a new artist my friend recommended, and I love her stuff.  Check her out here.....

JJ Heller "Your Hands"

I'm still learning.....

I was catching up on some blog reading, and found this post on Gypsy Mama's website...so I thought we could play along together.....

I’m still learning to let my husband be my husband, and God be God.

I’m still learning that it’s okay to say “no” sometimes, when asked to do something.

I’m still learning to quiet my thoughts and the business around me, so I can here God’s quiet whisper.

I’m still learning to just say thank you when someone compliments on something of mine, instead of explaining it away.

I'm still learning to let my kids be kids, and not little adults.

I'm still learning to treasure every moment like it's my last,
instead of getting so caught up with the "things" I have to do......


Okay, it's your turn.....