I was reminded by my good friend that I haven't posted in a long time. "Every time I look all I see is the same Italian bread post," she commented. I know I haven't been on for awhile, other things have had my attention. I made sure to make time today to work on another room, the bathroom. My friend offered some ideas for this room that I would like to incorporate. So far I have the walls done and a clawfooted tub. Blue, to me, is the color for a bathroom. Not sure what to do with the floor, maybe grungy tile...? I need to think of how to do that. Vintage Tub & Bath has some great images of tubs, vanities, and other household furniture items. Do you think the tub is too big in comparison to the witch? I think it might be slighly to big but not sure...
Also, this is the completed b-day gift I posted about earlier here. It is a bottle of dragon's breath. My friend loves dragons and also loves the color cobalt blue. I got this gift idea from A Fanciful Twist. The idea is to place living flowers and greenery in a jar and seal it. Moisture, or "breath" is produced. Most of the weeds are dried up/dead in the Chicago area so I couldn't produce my own moisture so I added a little water, but it was either absorbed or evaporated. In the bottle I inserted dried weeds and flowers, different types of glitter and stretched out cotton balls to resemble smoke. I placed a wine cork in the mouth of the bottle and spooned wax from a melted candle over it to produce the look of a sealed bottle. The label I found on Graphic Fairy, and I glttered wooden stars that I had leftover from another project. My friend likes her gift very much and added it to her spice shelf. I can't think of a more suitable place!
One of the other gifts I included was a candle. I got the idea from The Polka Dot Closet. There is a great project on how to add an image to a candle. I didn't have a rubber stamp of a dragon, instead I printed an image onto tissue paper. You just need to tape tissue paper to a piece of paper so it will feed through your printer.
Sometimes homemade gifts can make the best gifts!
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