Cookie and Crystal Earrings

Who doesn't love cookies!  Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite and I use the images of cookies and tiny polymer clay cookies in all kinds of mixed media art and jewelry.  Exhibit A:  Pearl, Crystal & Cookie Earrings.

My daughter doesn't always like my jewelry, but she loved these!  It's just the right combination of elegance and kitsch, she says.  Booyah! is what I have to say.

What are YOU working on?  I want to see and hear all about it!

 candace@cool2craft.com

Around the World Inspired Crafts

The Cool2Craft TV show theme for this week is Around the World.  We're celebrating art and craft influences from all over!

My craft project this week is a super green craft!  It starts with paper coffee cups.  I cut off the rim, wrap it with fabric scraps and embellish it with bits of wire.
You can find the video and written tutorial on cool2craft.com.  Be sure to check out all the projects!  Do you have projects you'd like to share?  Check out our Linky Party each week for a new theme - you'll find the Linky Party button on cool2craft.com, too!  You can enter the party with a link tp a project.  Go on!  It's easy!
If you don't have a blog or website, just email me with high resolution photos and a story, so I can share it on our Creative Community Blog!
Happy crafting!

It's Time to Play Glitter Your Garbage!

This week's show theme on Cool2Craft TV is Glitter Your Garbage.  It sounded like the name of a game show, so I went with it!  My weekly video is "Glitter Your Garbage: the Game Show That's Changing the World!".

If you feel inspired, come on over to Cool2Craft and post a project on our Linky Party!  It's easy and fun and I'll be your best friend!

Link Up, Me Hardies!

Avast, ye scurvy lot! Surrender yer jewelry boxes! Fakebeard the Pirate wants to hear about yer faaaaaavorite jewelry projects! Yer Linky Party be open, now go link up! Aaaarrrgh!

On Cool2Craft TV this week, we're trying some new jewelry techniques and celebrating some of our favorites! Do you have jewelry projects on your website or blog? We hope you'll share them on our Linky Party this week! We love sharing your work with our viewers! Link a post or email me so I can share your project or story on our Creative Community blog!

Link up here, me hardies!

Tell me all about it - candace@cool2craft.com

Shoes of the Muse

I'm so excited about this week's Cool2Craft theme!  It's SHOES!  I live in my sneakers!  I love them and they should be a reflection of me...and now they are!
I loved messing around with Tulip Soft Matte Fabric Paint to color, shade and highlight every section of my shoes!
But, I should start from the beginning.  I've worn these shoes for almost two years.  I actually wore through the leather in a couple of spots!  Before I could think of giving them personality, I had to fix that.   I used Aleene's Platinum Bond Super Fabric Textile Adhesive  between the leather and the liner.  I wore them for a week before I detailed them and saw that the glue held fabulously, so I proceeded.
Now I've been wearing them for a month and every detail is intact.  In fact they look brand new!
Do you love shoes?  Do you have shoe projects or posts you'd like to share?  Well, head on over to Cool2Craft.com and find the Linky Party button!  See you there!

Crafting with My Kidlets

 

My grandniece, Ana, found an Easter craft online that she wanted to try, and everyone knows crazy Aunt Candy's house is the place to place to create!

Ana Googled kid's Easter crafts and this is the project she found.She printed out the directions and used her allowance to buy the supplies.
The craft called for a paper milk carton, but only one person in the family buys milk that way, so...

I showed the kids Tiffany Windsor's Paper Bunny Bagand they loved it!I helped Ana make her bunny basket and then we made a version of Tiffany's bunny bags.
I set out Aleene's Tacky Glue, circle punches and buttons and they went to town!
We used plain, colorful bags and scrapbook paper for ears and face details.
Ana shared her googly eyes, because who doesn't want a bunny with googly eyes!
After making the bags, the kids decorated my Easter tree.This is Steven, Lauren and Ana with their awesome creations!
When I get busy in the studio, I forget how much fun it is to craft with the kidlets.

I hope you have time to craft with your little ones, and I hope you'll share the photos with me!
Email me - candace@cool2craft.com with your story and high resolution photos so I can share them on our Creative Community blog.

 

Ana Googled kid's Easter crafts and this is the project she found.She printed out the directions and used her allowance to buy the supplies.

The craft called for a paper milk carton, but only one person in the family buys milk that way, so...

Giveaway Alert!

This week on The Cool2Craft Easter Linky Party I will be giving away this Polymer clay, metal leafed egg pendant!  I loved making the metal leafed pendants for this week's show! The egg as a symbol of new life is delightful to me! It's all about bright and shiny possibilites!

I'm giving away this pendant to one of our Linky Party contributors on next Monday's show. All you have to do is link am Easter project to this week's party! I'll use Random.org to choose the number of the winner and announce it in the chat room on the April 9th show.

Good luck and go link up!

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