Starfish Hurricane Candle

Starfish Hurricane

Things You'll Need

• Hurricane  candle holder (or other candle holder)
• E6000 Glue
• Seed Beads
• Twine
• Glue Spreader (I used a broken Q-tip stick)
• Starfish
• Marking tool
• I used Sewing Waster Soluble Pencil
• A Dry Erase Mark would also work 
• Blue Painters Tape and marks
• Paper Plate or bowl, to catch falling seed beads
• Tea Candle

Process

Mark Seed Bead Area

• Set the hurricane cylinder on the base
• Mark above the base onto the cylinder, 
• If using a candle holder, mark 1/4" - 1/2",
• to create a clean line and keep seed beads off surface
• Mark from bottom mark of cylinder to top. 
• how far you want your seed beads, between about 1/3 of height
• Place tape on outside of marks, to keep glue inside the area/lines

Glue on Seed Beads

• Repeat 1 - 3 until bottom section is covered with seed beads

1. Apply & spread E6000 glue, in sections, between marked lines
2. Sprinkle seed beads onto the glue
3. Press the seed bead into glue with your finger, to make sure its into the glue 
4. Remove tape
5. Let dry 24 hours
6. Gently brush over the seed bead, to remove any loose beads
7. Fill in any open spots, if desired

Glue on Twine

• Spread some glue in a spot, above seed beads
• Press the end of the twine into the glue and wrap twine around cylinder, above the seed bead
• Apply glue in various spots to keep twine in place
• Wrap as high as you want and press into glue
• Let glue dry for 24 hours

Glue on StarFish

• Spread on the twine, and let it soak into twine, build a small mound of glue
• Spread glue on underside of starfish, build up a little mound
• Let glue set for a couple minutes
• Place starfish in the middle of the twine
• Let glue dry for 24 hours

Light 

candle

and

enjoy

Black & White Photo TerraCotta Pot

Things You Need

• TerraCotta Pot & Saucer
• Plastic Pot Insert
• Paper to design on
• Scissors
• Tape 
• Black & White Photographs
• Black & White Ribbon
• Sealer: outdoor or terracotta Polyacrylic [See A]
• Foam Brush
• Spray Glue
• Marbles or Small Rocks
• Hot Glue Gun
• Sand Paper [See A]

[A]: 11Jan2015: I have come to realize that Polyacrylic being water soluble, the finish maybe come cloudy. If you use Polyacrylic,  using a plastic liner for the pot.
Use oil based Polyurethane, exterior, or terracotta sealer.


Process - Water Proof TerraCotta Pot & Saucer

• Coat the whole terracotta pot with thin coats of the sealer Polyacrylic [See A] using the foam brush. 
• Let dry in between coats.
• I set the pot on marbles so it has air flow to dry
• Lightly rough up the outside of the terracotta pot to help the glue grab to the pot.

Process - Pictures

• Select pictures you want to use
• Do a test run, with the initial of last name in place marked & cut out pieces of paper, if needed

• Crop and/or format pictures
• Print pictures off in black and white.
• Make sure pictures are placed 1/2 to 1 inch above bottom of pot. This way pictures will not sit in drain water in bottom dish.
• Using the spray glue, adhere pictures to the exterior of the pot 
• Over lapping the pictures is ok
• It is ok if the pot shows between the pictures

Process - Finishing Pot

• Measure and cut the ribbon to fit around the top lip of the pot, including bow length.
• Adhere ribbon to top lip of pot using the spray glue and tie ribbon in a double knot.
• Once ribbon is dry on top lip, tie bow and secure with hot glue gun. I placed hot glue in between knot and bow, and the bow knot.
• Apply sealer [See A] Polyacrylic over pictures, ribbon, and bow.  
• Let dry and repeat.
• Hot glue marble to the bottom of pot. This raises the pot when its sitting in drain water.
• If a gift, sign and date bottom of pot
• [See A] If you use Polyacrylic, put the plant in plastic pot, the plastic pot keeps water off the terracotta pot prevents the Polyacrylic from clouding/dissolving.