Local Flavor Swap Reveal,Glitter notebook tutorial, and Giveaway

Chaotic Goddess Swaps

My swap box partner, Becca, is from Florida. You can find her over at: http://www.everydaylifes.com/ and here's the direct link to what I sent her: Every day life flavor swap

She had a rough week, which made the swap box journey a little bit difficult:

1. Shooting in her town, which meant businesses closed delaying the mailing of the awesome swap box

2. USPS delivered the box to the wrong zip code despite having the correct 1 on the box. This delayed the delivery of the box 2 extra days.

In response to that, Becca was so sweet and emailed me a gift card!  Yup, she's awesome just like the contents of the box!

Here are the contents of my awesome swap box:

All things Disney:  Disney along with coffee and lemonade(my 2 favorite drinks)!  All set to go for a movie night! 

Gator and FSU milk chocolate for college football, nail polish the colors of the local school, shells to represent her favorite beach, the Help because I like the movie, and of course Florida orange juice!

Seriously, you would think Becca was one of my best friends!  This box screams ME(and my daughter loved it too)!!

Thanks Becca for all the thought and effort you put into this box!

For the box I filled for Becca I made her a notebook, it originally looked like this:

and I turned it into something Glitterific

 (and yes, I've been playing a disney fairies game on the ipad way too much this week!)

I believe I found the printable states at: 50 states

1. Print it and cut out the state along with the heart

2. Paint it with Mod Podge 

3. Sprinkle with glitter

4. When dry spray with Clear Acrylic Sealer Gloss

5. Super glue heart where you want it to go on the state

6. Paint the back of the state with mod podge and put it on the notebook

There ya go, easy peasy!

For those of you who love giveaways, I've framed a glitter state similar to the notebook I made for Becca:

Here's what I've made for the giveaway, it's in a 5x7 frame:

How to enter the giveaway:

Leave a comment on this blog telling me what state you live in

and/or

Become my friend on facebook: Angie Youniquemom

Winner will be announced in 1 week.

DIY Glitter Letters

I've branched out and  this post can also be seen on:

Scattered Thoughts of A Crafty Mom: Youniquemom's DIY Glitter Letters

Materials needed for glitter letters:

1. Paper Mache letters from Joann's: Click HERE for info

2. Paint (in my case pink paint) *spray paint would be easy!

3. Paint brush 

4. Mod podge

5. Glitter (again, in pink)

6. Clear acrylic sealer gloss
7. Paper bags or newspaper

Not all materials included in picture

Step 1: Put your letters on paper bags or newspaper to protect the surface of your craft area

Step 2: Begin painting your letters

Step 3: Allow paint to dry

Step 4: Paint 1 letter with ModPodge and sprinkle glitter over it 

The more ModPodge you put on it the better.

I avoided putting glitter on the sides of the letters. 

Step 5: Shake off excess glitter, repeat step 4 on next letter and use excess glitter from previous letter.

Repeat this process until you are finished with all letters.

Step 6:  Allow all letters to dry

Step 7:  Spray with Clear Acrylic Sealer to seal the glitter (this will keep the glitter in place)

Step 8: Allow letters to dry in well vented area

Step 9: Put up on wall in any way you want. 

I attached mine to pink tulle, glitter ribbon and a wooden rod.

**Things I learned during this project**

If I do this again I may try spray paint instead.  I was using what I had on hand, which was acrylic paint.  

Although I got plenty of glitter on the letters, I had to hurry to get the ModPodge on then get the glitter on. ModPodge dries quickly if not put on thick enough.

Glitter goes everywhere, make sure you are doing this project in a place that can easily be vacuumed.

Another glitter project coming soon!

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DIY Christmas decorations

An uncle of mine contacted me the other day needing office decorating ideas for Christmas.  So, I offered to help him out and came up with some easy and cheap decorations.These decorations needed to be light in order to ship and cheap for our budget. 

First my daughter and I made these snowmen for his desk: 

And, then I decided to make a wreath with cardboard and tissue paper. 

This is what it looked like when I first began working on it:

Finished product:

This wreath took some time!  I'm taking a break...

Any other DIY ideas for Christmas?

Creative T-shirt ideas

Since I've been on the couch this week, I've been  looking for new and creative ideas to change my wardrobe, but not spend too much money.  I shop clearance racks and hit some good bargains recently.  So, with a couple of those t-shirts, I'd like to add some accessories...

For those of you who want to join me in revamping a current wardrobe, here's a link to check out: DIY tshirts

I personally want to try this v-neck cardigan.  I'll soon be hunting for some fun buttons!

Which looks are your favorite?  If you make one of these, please email me your pictures.  I want to see how creative everyone can be.

Other things: Surgery went well.  I've been so thankful for all the meals I put in the freezer last week.  We are enjoying the chicken enchiladas for lunch that were leftover from last night.