Happy Saturday! I hope everyone's having a great Saturday. Today I'm sharing a mixed media canvas I made for a friend;
as a few of you might know I moved to Singapore recently. Right after we moved here, my husband had to travel for work for 5 weeks, leaving me and my LO in a new place with no friends or family around. I was lucky enough to meet my friend at this time, she never let me feel alone in a new place, invited us on play dates, introduced me to her friends and helped me find my way around the neighborhood.....
After reading about Jennifer Mcguire's "Share Handmade Kindness" challenge for friends and family,
I just knew I had to make something for her.
Even though I'm just a beginner when it comes to mixed media, I enjoyed adding all the layers and textures on this canvas.....and love how it turned out.....and the best part is the photo is not fixed and can be changed.
Also playing along
Creative Artiste Challenge 8 - Mixed Media
CAS-ual Chic Challenge - CCC05 - Precious Metals
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I made this canvas for a friend who had a baby girl recently. The quote was cut using my Silhouette Cameo, the background patterned paper is from DCWV, I added a generous dose of sparkle Mod Podge over the entire canvas.......love love love the shimmer :)
I also added a customized photo frame (yup you guessed it the baby's name is Saannvi ;) )  to complete my handmade gift set.

 .....I want to take this message forward into the new year, might not be possible at all times but I guess it's worth trying.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


I have always been fascinated by snowflakes, even more so probably because I haven't seen any in real life :(
I tried out these super easy (and inexpensive) plastic straw snowflakes and loved the results!
You will need:

1. Plastic straws - mine were 8.25" long
2. Hot glue gun and glue sticks
3. Fevicol / Elmer's Glue
4. Fine glitter / diamond dust
5. Scissors
6. Stapler

Shadow boxes have been on my mind for long, last week I finally got around to making one. I made this for my parents who celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this November.
I first painted the MDF shadow box black and added some patterned paper at the edges and inside the box partitions. Added photos in three partitions and covered everything with a generous layer of Mod Podge. I finally embellished the box with MDF, chipboard and metal embellishments.
Supplies used:

1. 12x12" MDF shadow box
2. Gesso and Black acrylic paint
3. K & Company patterned paper
4. Mod Podge
5. Tim Holtz tattered floral die
6. Tim Holtz distress paint
7. Mdf embellisments from here and here
8. Metal embellishments are from a RAK from Mallika
9. Flower centers are from my stash

I up-cycled this bottle of Schwarzkopf Volume Boost Shampoo. Sliced off the top with a cutter, added some washi tape, sequined lace and golden ribbon bow. 
The kusudama flowers are from an old magazine.  I sprayed some walnut stain ink and golden shimmer mist on flowers once completed. The flowers though extremely easy to make involved a LOT of paper folding! 
Here's the vase brightening up my otherwise boring office desk...

The wooden buttons for the flower centers are from some old curtains.

There are tons of Mod Podge shoe makeover tutorials available over the internet, here's my take.
I started off with these boring red canvas shoes, I've hardly worn them, I wonder what I was thinking when I bought them!

You will need:
Old pair of shoes
Fabric Scraps big enough for the part of your shoe you want to cover
Mod Podge
Big Flat Brush/Sponge to apply the Mod Podge
Old newspaper
scissors
hot glue gun (only needed for the bow on top)
I decided to cover my shoe only partially, you can also cover it completely, a great tutorial on how to do that can be found here.
Nothing much to say, just cover the parts of your shoe where you want to put the fabric with a thick layer of Mod Podge and carefully stretch and place your fabric over it. Work in sections as Mod Podge tends to dry fast. Keep stretching and removing any folds in your fabric as you work along the sections. Leave to dry for about half an hour, once dry carefully cut off excess fabric. Apply a thick layer of Mod Podge over the fabric (don't worry Mod Podge dries to a clear finish) and let it dry and you are good to go! I also added a fabric bow to finish off my shoe.

Here's how I made it:

1. Take three strips of roughly cut fabric as shown in the picture. My strips measured approximately 6"x1", 4.5"x1" and 1.5"x0.5". The dimensions don't have to be exact, cut the longest strip a little over double the desired length of your bow and adjust the other strips' dimensions accordingly.
2. Fold and hot glue the first 2 strips from both ends as shown in the picture.
3. Place the smaller bow on top of the larger one and hot glue them together.
4. Scrunch up the bow from the middle and hot glue it in place.
5. Wrap the third fabric strip tightly around the middle and hot glue it in place and your bow is ready.

Hot glue your bow on to the shoe and you are done!