I finally got to start using those awesome images from my last post. It took me nearly three days to get all my supplies in order and the pieces I did today took me all day. I was expecting a couple of hours, tops. Nope. I had to use John's computer, because my laptop isn't hooked up to the printer. Sooo, I had to use Photoshop...and I'm used to Fireworks...blah blah blah...it took forever.

Anyhoo, my mom helped me pick out all the supplies and came up with the idea that I should make something for our church choir director. Sunday is Easter and, as you can imagine, our director has been working like crazy. I made a brooch, but it didn't turn out exactly like I wanted. Here it is:



The pictures turned out really dark. I'm going to try to take a couple more in the morning, so there's some natural light. I got the image of the Easter lillies from a postcard that was sent to my great grandmother in 1910.



Here are the charms for the bracelet I made for myself. The little girl eating honey doesn't have a name in the ABC book I found her in, so I'm just referring to her as Honey. Here she is, not shrunk, surrounded by the charms that had already been baked:



Here's where it gets a little weird. I've been using these pictures of adorable children...but I have to put them in an oven. I felt like the witch in Hansel and Gretel.



By the way, they're made from Shrinky Dinks that you can use in your printer. The actual directions say to coat them in clear nail polish. This seemed weird to me, but it mostly worked. I connected everything with these teeny key-ring style hoops that were nearly impossible to get open. Here's how it turned out:



There are more pictures in the gallery and they're all bigger than these.

Labels: holiday., sewing/crafting.

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