Valentines Container -recycle

How do I spell Broke? ROBBIN.   The lack of JOB has finally caught up with me. So I decided to Make some gifts, instead of purchasing them.   I started out with the some empty Crystal Light containers, and one Store brand container that I got from my son('s trash -You have to be careful when I am at your house - I will be digging through your garbage saying - hey can I have that - lol)  I had this awesome music book, printed in 1892, that I picked up at a thrift, and I got this page of graphics from Karen the Graphics Fairy.   ( I don't know what I would do without her awesome sight)
http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2011/02/antique-valentines-printable-collage.html

I cut the graphics out then got out the Mod Podge.   

I applied a sheet of the antique music to the containers with a thin layer of Mod Podge. 



I let it dry a bit and then added a top coat and positioned the graphics on top.  I let this coat dry then added another.  Once that was dry I used my Martha Stewart glittering glue and added a fine line of it and sprinkled on some Martha Stewart fine glitter.   I loved the way they turned out.  I filled them with candy kisses and hot glued some ribbon to the lid. I printed out a Happy Valentines Day and put it in the center of the lid.
(I failed to take a picture of the first two, before I gave them away)

Obviously I don't have a eye for centering because the blue one was way off!!  I kept that one =)

Lamp Reveal

Finally I got around to downloading some pictures of what I have been up to. This lamp was my Nana's Mother's Day present. I saw some online and thought I could do it, but I attempted one at Christmas and I totally messed it up, so I gave up for a while. I got this lamp base at the Thrift Store for $3.84. The lamp already had a crackle finish, and I thought it looked good, so I left it and then I got all of the sea life from  the internet, printed and cut out. Then mod podge'd them to the lamp. I sprayed it with a sealer, once I was done. I had to buy a new lamp harp and shade. I really wanted a dark shade but Nana said she preferred this, due to the light factor. The shade came from Wal Mart for $10.00. So I invested a total of less than $25.00 and you can see by the article I clipped from house beautiful that these babies sell for (choke, choke) 2 grand.  I LOVE it, and so does Nana. I made it for her bedroom at the beach cottage but she insisted it go in the living room for people to see. I think she loves it too. I am currently working on a few others and will post once I finish. I soooo wish I had taken a picture of the lamp before I started. So here it is........Ta Da.......

Our family loves Crabs.  We get them steamed by the bushel, then all of us sit around and pick and eat and talk for hours.  Couldn't leave this guy off, and boy was he a challenge to cut out!

There is also a flounder for Nana, who loves fried flounder, and a horse shoe crab, in memory of my Pops, who was once pinched by one, when I was small, while we were crabbing.   Good memories, for sure.