Blogger Challenge Group, Week 7

I have a few minutes before I have to leave for work, so I thought I'd get my project for my bloggers challenge group up for you to see. This week's challenge was to pick an item--anything you wanted--and alter it.

I ended up altering an item that (like yesterday's notebook) I had bought a while ago for a specific purpose and hadn't yet gotten around to working with. I altered a pair of small garden lanterns I found this spring in the Dollar Spot at Target. They were intended as a small part of a gift to my mom for Mother's Day. I figured they'd look nice on the table on the screened porch at the beach house. I got the original idea for altering these lanterns from Jan Tink's blog back in the spring. She had altered one of these and I thought, "I could do that, too."







So, here's what I did. Using Staz-on, I stamped images from Polka-Dots & Paisleys on the glass panels. They were really easy to remove--just lift the metal tab and slide out. Stamping on glass was a little tricky at first. The surface is slick, so it took a few tries to get the image to look crisp. It was easy to wipe off any "mistakes" with a baby wipe and do them over while the ink was still fresh. I covered the tops of the lanterns with some matching designer paper. Since these will be on a screened porch, I coated the paper with ModPodge to seal it. I added a bunch of colorful ribbons to the handle to finish it off. I'm looking forward to putting these on the table when I go to the beach next weekend!

Be sure to check out the work of the other Bloggers Challenge group members. You can find a listing of their blogs on the sidebar to the right. I'm looking forward to doing that when I get home from work today.


Materials Used:
From Stampin' Up!: Petals & Paisley stamp set; Polka Dots & Petals designer paper
Other: Staz-on; grosgrain ribbon (Michaels and AC Moore)