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Thrift Stores, Glitter and Valentines Day

For those who have been following the blog for a while, you know that I am not the world's most creative guy. However, even I could pull this one together.

I found some nice heart shaped crystal candy dishes at a local thrift store and while they weren't designed to fit together, filling the large dish with Red Glitter and the Small dish with Gold (or Fuchsia) gave me a very nice Holiday decoration!

I simply filled the bottom dish with Red Glass Glitter (70 Grit Chunky) and the Smaller dish with Gold (70 Grit Chunky). Little dish goes into larger dish and topped with a red plastic heart!

Now, here is the same project, with Old Rose Glass Glitter in 90 Grit and Fuchsia in the smaller dish in 100 Grit. This really helps to show off the difference in Grit sizes. All the Glitters (and the hearts) are available in our store, right here!

Now, onto the center of the table these go, and I look like a hero! Maybe there is crafty hope for me after all!

Miniature Glitter Paper Houses created by Karin Corbin

When it comes to paper houses, Karen is one of our favorites! Her little tiny paper houses are some of the nicest around and she provides step by step instructions on how to build her designs. The detail of her houses are not like the cheap imported things you see at Target, these are really nice designed kits you can put together and glitter up with your favorites colors and textures.

Over here at Meyer Imports, we really like Putz, or glitter houses, here is a link to a story we did on Putz houses last year and another link to Karin's work can be found here! Tell Karin you heard about her from our blog and let her know we send our love!

Mushrooms, Glitter and Christmas, Oh My!

Another great blog post from Paula at Creating in Glass Slippers (you might remember her from the SnowFlake project of last week). As a follow up to that, we are happy to see that Paula is featuring both our Mushrooms and our Glitters! (Kind a double wammy of products!)

And Paula has done a great job in detailing the project step by step, she is also offering mushrooms in her Etsy shop (worth a look as well!)

Thanks Paula! Great Post, great ornaments! I am heading to the shop right now to grab some glitter and mushrooms to make some of these for my tree!

how to make glittery pine cones

how to make glittery pine cones

Marian at Mustard Seed Interiors is one of our favorite customers and a enthusiastic fan of Glass Glitter as well. And since I just did a post on "could I Glitter that" which included Glittery Pine Cones, I thought a nice follow up would be this post on How to Glitter Pine Cones!

And yes, there is a technique to it and while not difficult, for the best results, do as Miss Mustard Seed does!

Now this is my favorite picture, just look at all that luscious Glass Glitter, almost jumping out of the craft tray to leap onto the pine cone. Each little grain of glitter hoping that they will be selected to be "one" with the pine cone for ever and ever.

Yes, I do get carried away a little bit when it come to glitter, but it really is a great picture.

For the whole post, including all the little tricks that will make your pine cones the best of the season, just click on over to Mustard Seed Interiors!

Jayne Asks "Think I could glitter that??" Yes you can!

 

We have found that Glitter creates long time friendships, as we "glitterers" are a different breed altogether. When you start to see the world into two separate categories, things you may glitter, and things you can't glitter, you know you are just not quite the same as the non-Glitterers.

Examples:

• Pine Cones, Cutout Stars, Putz Houses - Yes, may be Glittered.

• Small Children, Pets, Bath Water -  No, should not be Glittered.

As further proof of this phenomenon of the true Glitterer, our friend Jayne (Daisey Jayne~ make, restore, reinvent)ends her blog post with the line:

Everything looks better with a touch of glitter!

While we certainly do agree with the sediment, we still prefer our small children without Glitter!

However, what Jayne does prove in her blog is how glittering can allow you to see the simple things we all have around us in a totally different light, the light that sparkles off Glass Glitter.

And this, my friends, is a good thing indeed. Check out her blog for the whole story!

DIY German Glass Glitter Stars (Thus starts the Holiday Blogging Season!)

Our friends over at Domesticspace just posted a very nice step by step project for creating Glittery Stars. I saw this and thought, what a great project to the start the "Holiday Blogging Season".

You see, now that I have finished my Thanksgiving leftovers, it is time for me to "Think Glitter" for holiday projects and that means I need to get off my duff and start posting all of these great Glittery finds that I come across.

And Jeanne gets the prize of the First Blog that caught my eye, with her great pictures, easy instructions (love using recycled cardboard) and a real family DIY project. (However not safe for kids under  8 year old due to the real glass used in the glitter - my lawyer made me say that.....)

Thanks Jeanne for a great project and a great start to the Holiday Blogging Season!

How to Create German Glass Glitter Letters

Today, thanks for your friends over at Classy Clutter we are offering a peek at how SIMPLE it is to great really great glitter Letters!

And the fact that she found Glass Glitter on Etsy in three different Grit sizes (we do love our Etsy sellers!) just tickled me..... silver.

Now of course, this would of been a great use for our new Silver Fusion, because for letters I always like to use the heavier grits (70 or 80 grit) the larger grain size really helps to pick up the light and add even more sparkle to your letters. Have Fun creating your own letters! Thanks to "classy" for a great post!

Down on the Farm, The Miniature Barn

People often ask us what you use our german Miniature for, so one of our resident artist was given a task, Make Something Wonderful!" And this is what she created! An old fashion miniature barn!

All the miniatures, from the pigs to the chicks to the owl perched on the roof, are all available in our Miniature Shoppe!

Even the little plastic mushrooms are from our Vintage Line of Germany minis.

Two cats, one is thinking about pouncing onto the chicks......

Love these little pink pigs! Walking on our Green Grass EarthFlakes. Looks like real grass. No cutting needed, ever.

A real great Barn that is going to look just wonderful in my boy's room! Or maybe on my train set. Or just maybe on the cover of my next catalog...... Decisions!

Springtime Shadow Box, with Mushrooms

One of our inhouse artists created this Mushroom Themed shadow box, even using a cotton mushroom for a door knob. Love it.

She used our cotton mushrooms and cut them to conform to the side of the box. A touch of our green Earthflakes to complete the Mushroom Garden!

A close up of the Mushroom door knob!

They do look a little scared. Run, run, run home before the witch gets you!

Project Time! Valentine's Day Drink or Wine Bottle Tags!

Thanks for the shout out from JBS Mercantile! They have taken some of our glitter and miniatures to create a neat gift for all the teachers in our life! Think about this card hanging on a Special Drink, could be soda, water, or even wine or beer! A million and one uses!

For the full detail and product list, just go here!