Graphic Designing

this thursday a week ago

Every Thursdays we babysit a little boy "K" I've been babysitting him since I was 11, two weeks shy of 12, and he was 1, three weeks shy of 2. I love the little guy like a brother, he's so adorable. Anywho, on Thursdays when he's over here I like to have some sort of arts/craft thing for my younger two siblings and K. 

This Thursday a week ago we made tissue paper lanterns..

This craft is fairly simple.

Supplies: Paint brushes. Tissue Paper. Elmers Glue. Brown Paper -Newspaper will do. Scissors. Glass jars -I used canning jars.

Prep: First I put down the brown paper just to lessen the clean up time for me.

Then I cut up tissue paper in triangles and squares and put them in bowls sorted by color.

Next I cut paper cups in half so they were a good size for dipping the brushes into.

I filled the little cups half way with glue.  

Then I set up the tissue paper filled bowls, paint brushes, and glue to look appealing to the littles -K will usually say no he doesnt want to do a craft, that is until he sees the setup then he changes his mind and wants to do it.

Process: Then they applied a small amount of glue to a section of the jar, chose the tissue paper of their choice and stuck it to the glued area. 

They did that until the entire thing was covered in tissue paper. 

Lastly we applied one more coat of glue over the entirety of the jar to seal it. 

And thats that.

You can put a tea light in it and it makes a pretty lantern. 

The glue and paper is only on the outside so it is fireproof!

The kiddos really enjoyed making them and its really simple. Hope ya'll have fun trying them out!

Much love.

Natalia

the "meltdown"

the supplies - hot melt glue gun - glue sticks - crayons (i used two 24 packs) - canvas - hair dryer

i sorted them into rainbow-ish order

and glued them on two at a time

The crew helping me out

then with the hair dryer we slowly went over sections until they started dripping. it was actually pretty fast!

taking turns melting the crayons

the finished project.

i'm going to make a mini one for myself to hang in my room but this one is going to my sister.

much love,

Talia

I Made This..

..Tape art.

Tutorial found here

I'm finally getting a start on decorating my bare bedroom. I have one wall that I'm planning on making into a collage of sorts. Im hanging my guitar, some artwork and framed photography of mine. I'll post pictures as it comes along

xoxo,

Natalia