Snowmen RULE!!!

This next photo has nothing to do with this post:

 

I'm getting ready for a Fall Craft Market ...

it's been YEARS since my last

craft show, and I'm pretty excited about it!

I absolutely LOVE to paint!

So ... I'm planning to paint all my favorite

Fall and Christmas projects,

and then sell them really cheap!!!

My goal is to enjoy the time I spend painting,

and make enough money to pay for my Starbucks habit.

Ha.  I'm only half kidding.

Here is one of the projects

I've been working on:

These fun snowman pokes are made from wooden rulers!

They are super quick and easy to make,

and I like to make about a dozen or so at a time.

Start with wooden rulers ...

my sister found these online years ago,

and I'm thrilled to put them to good use!!!

These old rulers have a metal edge that

I removed with small pliers.

I thought these might make a fun gift

for a teacher ... poked into a poinsettia plant

or stuck in a goody basket.

So, I painted the backs and left the 

flip side (the actual ruler) unpainted.

I used a paint roller to apply several

smooth coats of white acrylic paint to the rulers.

I trimmed craft sticks to approx. 1 1/2" lengths

and glued them to the top of the rulers

as hat brims.  Then I painted the hats and the

hat brims with black acrylic paint.

Okay ... I used Plaid's Extreme Glitter

in black to paint over the hats and hat brims.

I dotted the eyes with a stylus and black paint.

I used Plaid's sponge stippler to

blush each snowman's cheeks with powder blush.

Now for the noses.

I like Tulip(R) Slick Dimensional Fabric Paint.

Here's another post that

shows you how to make carrot noses:

http://megpiedesign.blogspot.com/2010/11/tipped-hat-snowman.html

Now for a coal mouth (dip dots)

add a wooden heart to the hat, and a

red bow to his neck.

 

Super cute, super easy, and

absolutely adorable tied to a package

or hanging from the tree;

or poked into a plant or sticking up

out of a goody basket!

- Peace and Rulers -