New painting: Strawberry Love!

Remembrance Shrine to Annabelle

Remembrance Shrine to Annabelle
Originally uploaded by Craft Assassins

Awww, so lovely! Thank you for sharing your shrine with us!

Call out for cruise swag!

We leave for the cruise at the end of next week. I've been receiving emails from artists/business owners asking how to get their goodies in our Crafty Chica swag bags. In a word: YES!

We have 54 high-energy cruisers who would love to see what you have to offer!

If you would like to have your business material or product included in the bags, email me for details. I would need to have the items by April 8th, 2010!

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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Starbucks VIA makes great iced coffee. Easy!

Peaceful.

“It’s very peaceful,” my sister told me. “Just go and you’ll see what I mean.”

My dad died nine months ago and I had yet to visit his grave at St. Francis Cemetery. I’m still very emotional at the mention of his name, the memory of his voice and roughness of his cheek when I would kiss him goodbye. I know many of you can relate. I thought standing at his headstone would take me to a deeper level of sadness, and I didn’t want to go there.

A dear friend of mine, who lost her son five years ago, recently had a party where all the family and friends made beautiful painted rocks to put at his grave. I felt maybe I could do the same in honor of my dad’s birthday, and set them at his resting place. It never happened.

Monday night, I chewed on my thumbnail as I wrestled to write an essay. I finally began to type and get in my groove when I heard my dad say “KATHY!” – the same way he would call my name from across the house. I jumped in my chair - it startled me! Next thing I knew, the essay just flowed from my fingertips like water from a pitcher. That moment became the inspiration for the piece. I went to bed content.

I think that experience triggered an event the next day...

Yesterday afternoon, my mother-in-law called and right before we hung up she mentioned she was headed to St. Francis’ to leave flowers at her parents’ graves.

“Are you coming this way?” I asked.
“No, just taking the freeway,”
“Okay, well, I’ll talk to you soon, bye!”
“Why?”
“Why?” I repeated.
“Why did you want to know if I was going in your direction?” she asked.
“Oh, I thought maybe I’d go with you…” I said, figuring it wasn’t meant to be.
“Actually, you just reminded me that I need to pick up the flowers from Darla’s, I will be going your way. I’ll call you when I’m almost there.”

My heart raced. Not quite to the point of a panic attack, but a few notches lower. She picked me up, we drove across town to St. Francis’ and parked in front of the area where my dad was buried. I took a deep breath and wandered around until I found his plot. I didn’t break down or sob. My sister was right.

Peaceful.

My mother-in-law walked up and handed me a bouquet of hot pink flowers to put in the vase. Okay, most people would think “hot pink flowers for Dave Cano?” I couldn’t help but smile. The flowers were the SAME color of the ring I wear of his. It made me laugh a little and I snapped this picture.


I knew he was happy that I visited and that’s why I didn’t feel sad. He loved company, especially during the hospital days. His face would brighten up as soon as any of us crossed the doorway. I think he loved that we brought the vibe of our busy, adventurous lives into his cozy corner.

After I set the flowers in the vase and talked to him in my head, we got in the car and drove to another area of the cemetery for my mother-in-law’s parents’ graves. We parked, she popped open the trunk and removed the lid to a large plastic bin full of all kinds of silk flowers and fake Easter eggs. She loaded up her arms and we made the rounds to Patrick’s Grandma Minnie, Grandpa Greg, Aunt Socorro, and our friend Andie.

As she arranged the bouquets in each one, adding the colorful eggs in all the right spots, I looked around the cemetery. There were flowers everywhere in all kinds of beautiful shades. I realized that the only time I ever went to St. Francis’ was for a burial. I never noticed the flowers on the graves. They are all part of the process of grieving and moving forward.


Now I feel inspired to paint those rocks for my dad and set them at his headstone. I know he would like them very much. ☺


Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glitter Spray on a Stencil

Well, this marks the end of my 30 Days of Glitter, I hope you liked it!

Please check out my Crafty Chica product line!

PLEASE buy a copy of my new novel, WAKING UP IN THE LAND OF GLITTER!!!

Alrighty - Here is my last installment of the series! Enjoy!

30 Days of Glitter: Glittered Hinged Wallet!

You know how hinged wallets are everywhere these days? Well, I saw a glittered vinyl purple one recently and could not resist buying it, even though I knew from the start it would be too thin to hold everything I need. Anyway. I bought it, and in true Crafty Chica spirit - I immediately altered it to make it my own.

30 Days of Glitter: Charmed Bag

When you don’t have room on your sleeve, wear your heart on your handbag! Create this charming little tote with lots of Crafty Chica® charms, color and shine.

Edits done for novel #2!

MISS SCARLET'S SCHOOL OF PATTERNLESS SEWING (March, 2011, Grand Central Publishing)

It took eight hours a day for four weeks, but tonight I wrapped it up. I love this book, I love the ending. Now I wait and see what my editor thinks. More rewrites may be coming. if so, it's okay because I know it will only make the book better!

I truly cannot believe I wrote and edited this novel in six months. My last one took YEARS!

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Artful Cap

Directions coming soon!


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Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Shading

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Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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HOW TO: (Discharge) Bleach and Dye a Black Dress

This week I'm at iLoveToCreate headquarters, and my desk is in the design area. It's like crafty crack. Everywhere, all around me are designers who alter anything and everything. Today our copy editor, Chloe, came in wearing this gorgeous mutli-colored dress that she made herself, along with Allee, our tie dye expert.

It started as a $22 dress from Target. Chloe explains how they made it using bleach gel and Tulip® One-Step Fashion Dye™. It process is called "discharge dying."

Tips for bleaching and dying black fabric:

- Not all black fabric will dye the same. Black fabrics come in a variety of bases - red, blue, etc.

- Don't expect even color after bleaching - some areas will turn rusty, others grey or red.

- Check on it to see how long to leave the bleach, some will change color faster than others. Thinner fabric hasd a chance of breaking, so watch out!

- Go with it! After you bleach, WASH the garment and then add the dye. either by squirting, soaking, spritzing, etc.

- Wash again before wearing.

- TIP: Use the Tulip Fashion Graffiti Paint Cannon to spray your bleach!

Here are some links about discharging fabr

I have way too many black clothing items that could use some spiffing up, I'm excited to try this technique!

Thank you Chloe and Allee!




LINK

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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Glittered shoes - ready to be made into Shoe Shrines!

30 Days of Glitter: Glass bulbs

Supplies:

Clear glass ornaments

Crafty Chica™ Glossy Gloss Varnish™

Crafty Chica™ Chunky Glitters™

Photo

Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue®

Paint brush

Directions:

Remove the top of the glass ornament.

Pour in about a tablespoon of varnish and roll it around, so the inside of the ornament is fully coated.

Turn upside down and drain out excess.

in the glitter, put your finger over the hole and shake so all the inside of the bulb is coated with glitter.

Leave top off to dry.

Replace top, glue picture on the front of the ornament, embellish with more and glitter if desired.

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 days of Glitter: Book reviews

Wow, three weeks have already passed since my novel came out. (LINK!)

My biggest fear was wondering if people would "get it", and secondly if it would translate outside of the craft world. And the Latina/o fiction world.

Thankfully the answer is a big YES to both of those! *Knock on wood* There have not been any scathing or bad reviews, and overall they are all positive. The ones that do have criticism are very valid and insightful. I've found them to be very helpful as I'm working on my next book!

Thank you so much to everyone who has bought and read the book, and those who left reviews too, I am so grateful! It puts a lot of pressure for the follow up, I hope it goes over just as well or better...*yikes!*

Have a super day, and go out and READ - any book, just read!!!

Here is a new review that just popped up today, and it made me so happy to read it.

Curling Up By The Fire: For those who let books take them somewhere else...

Waking Up In The Land of Glitter
by Kathy Cano-Murillo
2010 Grand Central Publishing
ISBN:978-0-446-50924-4
Softcover Edition
327 Pages
Genre: Fiction

4.5 / 5 Stars

My Thoughts
I was rather impressed with this novel. I found it funny, quirky, sweet, and rather inspiring. It was a beautiful story about love, friendship, and hope, all based around a love for crafting and the phenomenon that seems to be sweeping over our nation. Although I am not really a crafty person, I found myself inspired to think maybe I could give it a shot before reality actually set in again.

The relationship between the three women is interesting, but I actually found the character development of each woman much more interesting. The self-discovery process each women went through during the novel was fraught with missteps and problems, but the development of self-esteem, slow as it was, and the discovery of what each of them was capable of in their lives, was utterly fascinating. I found myself rooting for each one, but at the same time, I was also thinking about my own life as each one went through their own changes, and looking at my own life to see if maybe I wasn't achieving my own potential as well. I believe it was one of the reasons I began to blog as I felt I wasn't achieving enough in my own reviewing world; I needed more of an outlet and I needed to achieve something more. I could totally relate to what each of those women was feeling so it felt really personal to me. Naturally the real development of a true friendship always come with a series of tests, and all of these women have secrets that will test their friendship. When these secrets burst open one day, will the foundation of their friendship be strong enough to withstand the forces whipping around them or will they go their separate ways? Sorry folks, you will have to read the book to find out.

Verdict
By writing from the personal viewpoint of each character, you get to feel what each character is thinking and feeling and I really enjoyed that aspect of this novel. The transitions between characters were seamless and flowed beautifully. I especially enjoyed the Spanish influence in this novel and loved learning about the few Spanish cultural traditions that were mentioned. For those who do not have a background in Spanish, the author does include a glossary of Spanish terms to help the reader. I am definitely looking forward to future novels from Ms. Cano-Murillo.

For those who are interested in using this novel for their reading groups, the author includes a great Reading Group Guide, in both Spanish and English, for your use. Posted by Stephanie at 7:03 PM

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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My book made the Las Comadres Club!

My book is the May selection, click here to see the other selections as well.

30 Days of Glitter: Canvas Art

Supplies:

Blank canvas
Crafty Chica Glitters
Tulip 3D Fashion Paint, black
Crafty Chica Tango Markers
Decoupage medium (Collage Pauge or Aleene's Paper Glaze)
Brushes
Typing paper (to catch glitter overflow)

Directions:

1. Draw your design on the canvas, the bigger and bolder the better.

2. Use a marker to color in the area you want to glitter. DO NOT color the entire picture - only the first area you want to glitter. For example, for the heart picture you see above, you would color the crown yellow and stop.

3. Use your brush to coat the yellow crown area (example) with decoupage medium, and then pour the gold glitter over it. Tap away excess. Move on to the th next section, staying in the lines you drew.

4. When the entire design is covered in glitter, use the Tulip 3D Fashion Paint to draw over the outline. This will make the design POP out. The picture at the top doesn't show how cool it looks, so just trust me, okay?

TIP: You don't have to glitter the whole thing. You can glitter the main design, and then color patterns in the background with the markers. You can also sub paint for markers!

Have fun!

Crafty Chica's Loteria Game Buttons

Crafty Chica's Loteria Game
Originally uploaded by crazycoolfunkyfresh

Look at these sweet buttons that a crafter made using my Crafty Chica Loteria game!

EVENTS!: B&N and Fiskars!

If you live in the Phoenix area, come see me at my next book signing!

This is my last signing for the month and I'm celebrating. The first 15 people to attend will receive a tube of Crafty Chica™ Chunky Glitter™ !

Saturday, March 20: Barnes and Noble, 2 p.m.
21001 N. Tatum Blvd, Phoenix, AZ (Desert Ridge Marketplace)









Next event - SUNDAY!!

A live web chat hosted by Rebecca Peck at http://www.fiskateers.com/blog/.

Here is a cute story. Remember in January when I was heading out to CHA and the Phoenix airport closed because of the crazy storm? Well, our flight was canceled that night and we had to come back the next morning. Who do I see at my flight gate? Rebecca! We had a blast sharing stories of our crafty adventures while we waited for the chaos to settle down around us. And before we stepped foot on the plane, she invited me to do a web chat when my novel came out. So here we are! Here is the description she wrote:

Kathy is such a joy to chat with, even when you’re stuck on standby at the Phoenix airport, and her daughter Maya is a gem! You won’t want to miss this chat! Kathy will even be reading a few excerpts from her new novel! So join us on Sunday, March 21st at 9 pm EST, on our Livestream channel. We’ll have drama, glitter, and fun prizes from Fiskars and iLoveToCreate! If you want to participate in the text chat, you’ll need to register for a Livestream account. Can’t wait to see all of you there!

So remember - THIS SUNDAY - 6 p.m. PT and 9 pm ET. FREE prizes!
Don't forget to register at the Fiskars Livestream channel!

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: iPhone case

LINK

P.S. I'll show the finished version soon!

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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WRITING: Get sketchy

I've been working away on my novel edits that are due next week. I'm barely halfway through and only have a few days left. Actually, nights, because I have my day job!

One of the issues I've had trouble with is pinning down my main character's outfits. She is a vintage fashionista and even though I can see her outfits and accessories in my head, I was having trouble translating them through my keyboard. This is where I unleashed my crafty side.

I sketched her outfits! Every time I come up to a scene where her outfit is supposed to make an impact and I don't have time to search through Polyvore or through magazines, I sketch my vision. It is much easier and faster - and more fun too!

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glittery Day of the Dead Box

Give your home or office a touch of shimmery delight with a shadow box decorated in vibrant Crafty Chica Chunky Glitters! Add images from your favorite Crafty Chica Inspiration Cards for a daily pick-me-up!

• Crafty Chica Wood Frame
  
  
• Crafty Chica Inspiration Cards
  
  

  25762 Uno

• Crafty Chica Little Chica Paint Packs
  
  
• Crafty Chica Chunky Glitters
  
  

  		25693 Bollywood Blue
  		25695 Popstar Purple
  		25697 Sci Fi Silver

• Aleene's Original Tacky Glue
  
  
• Miscellaneous
  Foil
  Newspaper
  Scissors
  Paintbrushes
  

Instructions

1. Cover work surface with newspaper. Squeeze a puddle of desired color of paint from the Crafty Chica Little Chica Paint Pack onto foil. Basecoat the inside and outside of frame and let dry.
2. Use a clean paintbrush to coat the inside of the frame (sides and top only) with Aleene’' Original Tacky Glue then immediately pour a layer of glitter over it. Let dry then tap away excess glitter.
3. Paint desired pattern on the front of the box with colors of choice. Let dry. Working in small sections at a time, cover pattern sections with glue and add glitter to sections as desired. Let dry.
4. Use handle of brush to add dots of paint on top of glitter for more dimension. Let dry.
5. Choose one card from the Crafty Chicaâ„¢ Inspiration Cardsâ„¢ and cut out images from the card to place in layers within frame (front, middle and back).
6. Glue the back layer to the inside back of box. Add a bead of glue to the bottom of the second image and hold in place in middle of box until it stands upright. Glue the third image in place in the front of box.

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Caption Contest! Contest Winner!

This is my doggie, Ozzy. This week is his 9th birthday!

It's also St. Patrick's Day today, so let's celebrate everything!

the challenge: Come up with a caption for this photo of Ozzy with GREEN GLITTER as the theme of it and I'll draw one name to win:

a Crafty Chica iron on transfer
a set of Crafty Chica Charms
a signed copy of my new novel, Waking Up in the Land of Glitter
a tube of Crafty Chica™ Chunky Glitters™ (Glamour Queen Green)

Contest ends FRIDAY!

~* Last week's contest winner *~

WINNER of the "I Need Your Advice: MEN" drawing is: GreenStockings! http://greenstockings.blogspot.com/



Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glitter Charms

LINK

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glittered Paper Dolls

These were so much fun to make! i'm going to make a new set soon!

Paper Doll Ornament Clips
Supplies:
Pictures of faces that you either drew or photocopied, approx. 2” round
Thin cardboard, heavy watercolor paper
Fabric, paper, ribbon scraps
Glue stick, white craft glue
Crystals or gems
Crafty Chica glitter
Clothes pins or alligator clips
Crafty Chica Markers or paints
Scissors

Directions:
To make a batch of paper doll ornaments, you want each one to be about 7” long. Cut long triangles (to make the body/dress) from the cardboard. Decorate them with fabric and trim, using glue.
Apply the picture of the heads to cardboard. Cut out sets of feet and hands from cardstock. Sort the heads, bodies and limbs in piles. Before you glue, mix and match all the pieces until you create a doll you like. Glue the heads to the bodies and add the feet and hands. Embellish with glitter and gems, let dry. Hot glue the clothespin on the back and clip to your tree!
TIP: If your doll feels flimsy, glue a strip of cardboard to the back and then the clip.

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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Greetings from Tucson!

I'm back from two sunny days in Tucson, Az for the Tucson Festival of Books, as part of the Nuestras Raíces program!

Patrick, his mom and the kids came with me and we made the most of every minute there. Not only did I do a book reading and signing each day, I also led two Crafty Chica workshops. The books sold out and we had to turn a lot of unhappy people away from the craft tables when the supplies ran out. But hopefully I'll be back next year with double everything!

Here are some pictures from the trip...



Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: El Pastelito Card

El Pastelito means “the little cake” in Spanish. Regardless, the universal translation is ultimate yumminess! Make this card for the sweetest friend you have!

Designed by Kathy Cano-Murillo, the Crafty Chica

Materials List

• Tulip® Fashion Glitter™
  
  

  23533 Multi Fine

• Aleene's® Paper Glaze
  
  
• Crafty Chica™ Mojito Papers™
  
  
• Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue Sticks
  
  
• Crafty Chica™ Loteria Game™
  
  
• Crafty Chica™ Chunky Glitters™
  
  

  		25693 Bollywood Blue
  		25700 Frida's Fuchsia

• Miscellaneous
  Scissors, scalloped
  Paintbrush
  Cardstock, white and black
  Scrap paper
  Scissors
  Foil
  

Instructions

1. Cut black cardstock into desired card size. Fold. Cut white cardstock smaller on all sides than black cardstock. Using an Aleene’s® Original Tacky Glue Stick, glue white cardstock into center of black card.

2. The front of the card will have three colors of glitter. Squeeze some Aleene’s® Paper Glaze onto foil and using paintbrush, paint a thick strip of Paper Glaze onto top 1/3 of white cardstock and immediately pour the first glitter color of your choice over the glaze. Press with your finger to set. Pour excess glitter onto scratch paper and return to glitter container for reuse.

3. Repeat step for the second and third sections of the cardstock, using the glitter colors of your choice. IMPORTANT: While applying Paper Glaze in the middle section, leave the center of the middle section without glaze so that you will be able to glue the image for the card to that spot.

4. Using scalloped scissors cut a piece of the newsprint design of the Crafty Chica™ Mojito Papers™ slightly larger than Loteria Card playing card piece. Using the Original Tacky Glue Stick, glue newsprint paper to the middle portion of the card that you left untouched with glaze and glitter.

5. Glue the “El Pastelito” playing card from the Crafty Chica™ Loteria Game™ to the center of the newsprint paper.

6. Let card dry, then write your special message inside.

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glittered Bottles

This is a project from my Crafty Chica Collection book, glittered soda pop bottles!

Here's how to do it:

Buy some glass pop bottles. I love the Mexican ones because they have raised designs or the labels printed directed on the glass. But you can also use flat paper label ones. It's all good!

You'll need acrylic craft paint, assorted brushes, and toothpicks for the micro spots.

You'll also need decoupage medium and ultra fine glitter in colors that match your paint colors.

First paint the entire bottle, and all the little details. Let it dry.

Next, working one area at a time, coat it in a thin layer of the decoupage medium and then pour on the glitter. Don't sprinkle the glitter - POUR it! If you sprinkle, you'll miss some spots. Trust me. Tap off the excess glitter and move on to the next spot.

Stop when it is all covered in glitter. Spray with varnish to seal it.

You could skip the paint part, but I like to do that step because it makes the glitter more vibrant. Red glitter on red paint, yah, baby, gimme more....

Now you can use your bottles as vases, centerpieces for a party, for a window sill, etc.
Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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Tucson Festival of Books!

Come see me this weekend!

Tucson Festival of Books!

Saturday, March 13, 2010

11:30-12:30 Waking Up In The Land of Glitter: A Reading and Q&A Session with the Crafty Chica!

Kathy Cano-Murillo, widely known as the Crafty Chica, will do a reading from her newly published novel, Waking Up In The Land Of Glitter and also have a short Q&A session with the audience.

12:30-1:30 Crafty Chica Story Book Shadow Boxes

Participants will be using various papers and pages to embellish a multi-compartment shadow box. Participants will use images, printed quotes and found objects to create a visual story about self-empowerment! Boxes, paints, glitters, glues and trims included. Participants should bring small gumball-sized mementos and/or photos if desired.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

11:00-1:30 Crafty Chica Poetic Charm Bracelets

Participants will create a shiny, dangly charm bracelet themed around books, reading and writing. Bracelets will incorporate word beads, charms, pendants and more!

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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30 Days of Glitter: Glitter-in-a-Bottle Keychain

Today's project is all about making the most of the odds and ends in your art room. Once I cleaned out all my extras, I realized that I could put them all together to make something functional! I posted a picture earlier and got a few emails about it, so I thought I'd share the crafty recipe for it!

I picked up some blank dog tags. I glued down scraps of paper on them and then a picture, and then painted on accents, added micro stars, and glitter. Yes, even in the tiny space of a dog tag, you can cram in all those elements! I covered each one in resin.

And then I took some mini-bottles, filled them with glitter, attached a chain, added word beads and charms and some old-fashioned key rings. Now that I look at the picture, I think it would have been cool to add a bit of yarn too!

As far as the glitter in the little bottle...just think - you will have (contained) sparkle with you where ever you go! I actually glued the lid down. That way I can tell people "In case of emergency, break bottle of glitter!"

Supplies:

Keyring
Decorated dog tag, or another large picture charm of some sort.
2" of chain
mini-bottle filled with Crafty Chica™ Chunky Glitters™ (add a bit of glue inside the rim to hold it tight)
Eye pins
Beads
Needle nose pliers
Jump rings

Directions: Attach the dog tag. Attach the bottle to the chain, and add that to the keyring. Put the beads on the eye pin and use jump ring to attach!

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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OMG, Just got Michael DeMeng's new book: "Dusty Diablos!" Que cool!

30 Days of Glitter: Vrooom! Glittered cars!

I saw a clip of a Japanese car show and they had a Mercedes that was 100% covered in crystals. Of course I had to drop what I was working on to make something just like it. Problem - I didn't have enough crystals in my supplies. The horror! Well, they say glitter is the poor man's bling, so glitter it is!

These cars in my photo are Patrick's and DeAngelo's. The green car is the exact model Patrick owned when I met him. It was charcoal grey and we used to drive around in it on our early dates. After we were married and had rent to pay, he sold it. He has been heart-broken ever since. We always say someday we'll get another one, so until then, I got him this micro version. He keeps it on his art table for visual manifestation purposes... eee gads, and then I go and glitter it up! At first I worried he would be mad, but he told me loves it even more now!

These are covered in my Crafty Chica glitters - Glamour Queen Green and Rockabilly Ruby and I added some Be Bop Black to dirty them up for a vintagey kind of look. I bet you are tired of reading me "talk" about my love of glitter - but I am so proud of these glitters, they are truly premium and every time I use them I am amazed at their dazzle. You can't tell by the picture, or even by the bottle, but once you actually use them, you can see the sly holographic effects in them.

TO MAKE THESE:

Lightly sand the paint on the cars.
Use a fine liner brush and coat with Aleene's Original Tacky Glue, pour on the Crafty Chica™ Chunky Glitters™ ! Blow away excess. Let dry. For more sparkle power, add some mini-flat back crystals!

Here is the Japanese car show video - fast forward to the 1:21 mark to see the eye-popping crystal car.


Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

P.S. Check out my new novel and Crafty Chica product line!

30 Days of Glitter: Mix your own glitter varnish!

LINK

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

P.S. Check out my new novel and Crafty Chica product line!

30 Days of Glitter: Artisan Perfume Oils!

This is an unexpected Glitter post!

Elli, a reader, wrote me after she finished the novel and asked for my address so she could send a little sumthang-sumthang. I love surprises! Her package arrived yesterday and the biggest smile spread across my face when I opened it.

She created all-natural perfume oils inspired by Estrella, Chloe and Ofie (the characters in my book)! She came up with her own interpretation of the scents, based on the ladies' lives and personalities. I love these one-of-a-kind treasures so much and plan to wear them whenever I feel the spirit of one of the craftistas.

Here are Elli's inspirations for the scents she created (so creative!):

ESTRELLA (Star): Sparkling pink sugar crystals, dusky violet and sweet pea sprays and a Day of the Dead ofrenda covered in rose pedals.

OFELIA: Grainy vanilla lattes and a garden fresh bunch of mixed flowers, topped with a bit of the fastest hook in the land looping warm wool.

CHLOE: No-nonsense, ambitious woods and spices, sparkled up with a citrusy, glittery, mandarin kick. Smells even better when warmed by hot television lights.

VISIT ELLI'S SITE AT http://oakrivertownship.com





Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

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