"What's up?"

"The sky."

I get that answer every time I ask that question.

Today I am giving you one of those super-duper wrap-up posts. Don't worry. Awesome craft posts coming soon. As in, tomorrow.

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It's really disheartening to lose hard work.

I'm sorry my blog was out of commission for a day! Blogger had some matinence issues-- everyone had problems, posts temporarily removed, etc. I'm back up and running now, though!

Bramblewood Fashion is having a Spring Gala Blog Party! :) Here's my answers to the questionnaire: (rushed answers, because I did this when I had a brain freeze on my literature essay but really needed to work on it!)


1. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be?

I love wrought iron art. The richness of the metal, the character of the forging, and the Art-Noveau-ish-ness of the designs are very beautiful.

Unfortunately, wrought iron kind of costs money. Imagine my amazement (and my why didn't I think of that?!) when I saw Suzy's Faux Wrought Iron Tutorial.

I knew I had to make this project for my bedroom. (I'm decorating with DIY projects). I actually made this project nearly two months ago, but kind of forgot to share it with ya'll... (ooops).








I collected bunches of paper towel rolls and a Cherrios box.


(Yes, when you live in a big family you can collect that many toilet paper rolls in just a few weeks. And you tend to get huge boxes of cereal.).

Are you familiar with the art of quilling? It consists of rolling thin paper strips into various designs and glueing them together.

The genius of the project is quilling toilet paper rolls! Just wrap the cardboard around a pencil... glue (I used ModPodge), and use clothespins to keep the design in shape while drying. (use wax paper behind your project to keep the glue from sticking to your work surface).




Suzy used wood for the outside frame, but I didn't have wood... so I made a frame out of a Cheerios box instead!

The hardest part was making all the components match. Do you know how hard it is to make the exact same swirl, 15 times over?





The last step is spray painting! FUN. This was my first time spray painting (I used paint left over from m brothers' Boy Scout Pinewood Derby. With my brothers, you have to have black paint for homemade speed cars).

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I stuck 3 sewing pins in the wall and hung my artwork from that.

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Is it pretty or what? I might put more scrollwork ontop of the rectangle eventually.

You will need:

• pliers
• a mandrel or thick marker
• wire (copper is the easiest to work with)

I'm thinking of starting a blog party featuring... quotes!

Would you be interested?

I've wanted to start a blog hop for awhile now, but am aware that my readers have all sorts of interests. Plus, there are already so many art/craft/writing specific blog hops out there.

This linky would allow you to share your own interests... you'll just have to be creative and use a quote! Anything will go... photography, calligraphy, art, crafts, or even writing about what a quote means to you. The only rule would be that it is made by you!

Sound interesting? Leave a comment here on the Faerie blog!