I
was a lowly pickle jar but I aspired to be something greater. I knew in the creative hands of Barb I would
emerge from my dullness to be a fun candy jar that everyone wants to dip their
hands into for a tasty treat.
Grab
some candy and join Barb on the journey taking me from dull and boring to fun
and spectacular.
Clean
your jar and remove all the glue residue from the label. Usually a good soak will take care of this
but if needed, Goo Gone works to get off the last little bits of adhesive. Just make sure you wash me well after using
this stuff.
The
first step was to add designs with embossing paste. Barb scribbled gelatos on her mat and mixed
in the embossing paste until she got the perfect color. She used a Hero Arts stencil to add the
design.
Barb
then resumed a long lost relationship with Webbing Spray from Krylon. She had forgotten how much fun this product
was. The black webbing was a perfect accent for a Halloween project. (on a side note – Barb said the white webbing
was great on winter projects). Just make
sure you do your spraying in a box so as not to make a mess.
Well
I had to cover my belly. You can’t have
your belly hanging out – even for Halloween it is not pretty. Barb grabbed some great Halloween paper and
some black fabric.
Did you notice my belly band has four layers. She tore a strip of fabric for a layer. Another strip of fabric was tied in the
cutest little bow. She
glued it on my middle and I am almost ready to go but every candy jar needs a
cute lid to finish off their costume.
She cut paper for the top and a strip of paper to put around the
edge. Gel medium works great for this.
Don’t
tell Barb but she really needs to work on her photo taking skills. I keep telling her but does she
remember. No. Must be old age sneaking in on
her.
She
got out her trusty spray can of black webbing and decorated my top. I am getting better by the minute. Barb dug through her ample supplies (OMG
ample is not the word to describe her enormous stash). She found these great eye ball stickers, a
sentiment and a pumpkin and the embellishment journey began. She used all those eyeball stickers – I have
eyeballs where candy jars shouldn’t have eye balls. See – I am now beautiful.
Be
brave, grab an old jar you were going to recyle and go to town. Make that jar into something fun.
Thanks
for stopping by. I do hope you learned
something from Barb. I will keep on her
to keep improving her craft so stop by and visit us again. Happy snacking.
