One Last Fall Project!

Due to technical circumstances I was unable to post over the Thanksgiving holiday week,

but I just HAD to share this one last Fall project before I pack it up and

 start dragging out my Christmas decorations.

This was SO super simple it really did blow my mind!

The possibilities with this are endless!

Materials:

Elmer's Glue

Food coloring

Epson salts

Ribbon

Acrylic Paints

Paper cups (to mix the paint in)

Paper plates 

And in my case, my great friend Michelle, who is a MUCH more talented painter than I am!

 

If you can paint, wonderful! If not, don't be afraid to enlist the help of a friend who can.  It's a great way to spend time together and show them how much you appreciate their talents!

 

 

We started with some clean glass jars I had saved from various things such as spaghetti sauces and pickles.

We then put some glue, about a 1/4 cup and a drop or two of food coloring in a cup and mixed it. There is no real measuring here, you can make it any color you like.

If you make it very light and pastel looking, the finished product will look like sea glass.

However, I am going for a Fall look so I used a burgundy food coloring for my first attempt.

Paint on using thin coats and let dry completely between coats. If it is too thick, you will get runs and drips in the paint like I did here.

On the final coat, if you wish to make a frosty one instead of painting it, roll the wet jar in Epsom salt and let dry.

Michelle decided to make those drips work for her. She put on 3 different colors, starting with yellow as the base color, then orange and finally red and let them drip. Gives it a warm fireplace feeling I think!

Then she used acrylic paint and painted a couple of pine cones and a warm holiday greeting.

Once the ideas started coming, they didn't stop.

 

We found that dabbing on the glue/paint it gave it a bubbly textured look when dry so Michelle dabbed on some yellow, orange and red to look like fall leaves.

When it dried, she used the acrylic paint to add a stunning fall harvest scene. I think this one came out looking incredible!

 

 

Once all the paint is dry,

 tie a ribbon in a bow at the top and tack with a hot glue gun if you like.

 

 

 

Add tea lights and enjoy a warm fall glow!

 

Special Thanks again goes to Michelle for all the incredible art.

I never could have done it without you!