Twine Light

The workout posts and videos are on their way! 

But in the meantime....

another craft!!!

This one is a Twine Light Ball.

Materials: 

• Twine- about 2.50 for 500 yards in the hardware section of Wal-Mart
• Ballons - 1.00 for a pack of 15
• Heavy Starch - 0.97 cents! 
• Finisher Spray - 4.99 at Hobby Lobby ( which I didn't even use)

Cheap and Easy

The idea is that you wrap twine around a balloon, spray it with some spray starch and let it dry then pop the balloon.

This was the hardest part!

Honestly, the most difficult part is wrapping the twine around the balloon with out it sliding off, but once you get going its a piece of cake.

All wrapped up and ready to go!

 It finally got wrapped, after some friendly arguing between me and D about who had the better idea of how to wrap it. I can admit defeat, his way worked and mine didn't. You were right, honey.







I have read a lot of tutorials that tell you to dip the twine/yarn/string in a glue mixture and wrap but the spray starch method seems much easier and less messy!

I still need to purchase a light kit to fully complete this project, but I am satisfied! I think I mightspray some acrylic finisher stuff I have onto to it just as a second layer of stiffness, but you wouldn't have to.

I count this as a success.

I am also considering doing a couple more of varying sizes and just hanging them in a cluster over baby A's bed.

Or using them as wedding decor...

                 

There are a million cool things you could do with this concept, so get crafting!

Twine Wrapped Wreath with Felt Flowers!

Today you get a two-for-one!

Since I was out of town all weekend, and deprived you of posts for THREE days, I'm gonna do a two in one post tonight! It's a very inexpensive and variable project, good and easy for any time of year, and you can add any theme or embellishment and really make it your own.

Its a twine wrapped wreath with felt flower accents.

glass jar + twine + spray paint

Today's pin is a twine stenciled spray painted glass jar.

this is my version.... not so great. 

This brings to mind a terribly chipped  and cracked manicure. NOT a lovely candle pair.

The idea is that you wrap a jar with twine and then spray paint it so that the twine acts as a stencil. 

Easy enough right?

WRONG. 

It is supposed to be quick and cute and easy and fool-proof. But I clearly missed the memo. 

My problems started with the twine, maybe I got the wrong kind but it was fuzzy and smelly and  I couldn't tape the twine and make it hold tight enough around the jars that it wouldn't move and shift. So I brought out the big guns (duck tape and glass of wine) to figure this thing out. After much fiddling I finally was able to tape it down on the bottom and the inside tight enough to keep it somewhat in place. [But don't ask me how because I have no clue] 

Then I sprayed two light coats of a pretty, matte cranberry color and let it dry but apparently I got that step wrong as well somehow.

After a few hours when the paint was dry I pulled the twine and tape off and was ultimately disappointed. 

I ended up with a horrid waste of twine, paint and glass jars. Maybe I will revisit this in the future, but based on the luck I had this go around, probably not. 

Oh well, there is always tomorrow.