Featured Linky Party Guest and Creative Project
Usually I start thinking about who or what to feature a few days before, and this time, I was ‘umming and ahhing’ about which one LINKY PARTY SUBMISSION of you to feature today. until this morning. I just had to make a decision because the article with the new linky-party had to go out !
As this morning, this DIY faux- ‘cast iron’ horse had walked into the scene. Well, ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce….
DIY faux CAST IRON GARDEN ORNAMENT HORSE.
By Robin from ReDoityourselfInspirations.blogspot.com
100% recycled
The ornamental horse is made from a plastic toy horse found in a thrift shop! Yes. Unbelievable but true. Ok. it took quite a bit of work to bring it to this stage, but Robin did it! I am not even going to attempt to do my usual ’Step 1,2,3 Howto make this craft my way’. I wouldn’t have had a clue on how to go about producing this look. This is a low-res image. The original looked even more fantastic. Because this IS fabulous.
How to make a Faux-Cast-iron Garden Ornament?
Just to entice you, it involves plaster of Paris, and several coats of paints and treatments. The last layer is a Rust-Oleum Oil Rubbed Bronze paint, which I am going to research. (No idea how toxic or non-toxic this is as I don’t know the product but it sure looks marvelous). I want to make myself a garden sanctuary. I’d love to include some sculptures in it, and I think I just found the formulae. Brighton (London by the sea) is FILLED with cheap thrift shops and I am bound to find something suitable here also. Love it!
Craft Inspiration
OK. If you are all inspired, like I am, please do link up what you have made this week. I sure would like to be inspired by your submissions also. So do link up below.
Now, it’s TIME FOR A PARTY
Policy: YES to having a link back (in your post) to this blog or the party, NO to Etsy/ goods for sale/other linky parties. How to link up is set out below the party Thank you for playing nicely. (I hope you’ll visit some of the other party guests’ blogs, leave sweet comments & follow us on Google+, etc. )
How to link back to the party
A text link at the bottom of your post, or link somewhere on your blog is perfect. Thank you.
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- Join my Google+ page or communities (I am looking to grow my Google+ presence, so I welcome all the G+’s you give my article. As well, do put me in your creative circles! And I’ll do the same for you.
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- Of course, it is of great value to visit other bloggers in the linky party. But that goes without saying, doesn’t it?!
Have fun. See you soon again!
BTW ….. Free Online Workshops
We now have 2 FREE weekly courses at FineCraftGuild:
- MONDAYS, Tammy from OneMoreTimeEVENTS.com is coming to FineCraftGuild to share her Seasonal Home Decorating Tips and helps us create timely vignettes, decorate with recycled glass and things like this.
- THURSDAYS, Janeen van Niekerk from Quilt Art Designs is offering a series of free quilting workshops for beginners. Start at the beginning if you’d please, and then work your way through the lessons. So far, we are in the middle of the third project. Take a look: How to Make a Modern Quilt last week’s topic and tomorrow we’ll feature the next phase of that project. It is really, really fun to work with quilt materials under the tutelage of Janeen. Start here: How to Make a Quilt.
Both free craft workshop-series are extremely well illustrated with easy follow-along photos!
