Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Oh No...Someone Gave me Hobby Lobby Gift Cards!

Did I mention that I could get lost for hours in that place?! When I go in with my kids, I tend to limit my shopping trip to an hour or less.....for obvious reasons! When I go by myself, I can wonder aimlessly for hours and hours. So I had two gift cards--thank you to one of my sweet students and my hubby. I went to go pick up Christmas stuff for next year, but they hadn't really marked any of it down yet. So......I went in search of something else to bring home with me. I was on a mission, headed for the t-shirt section when I passed this end cap with metal jewelry on it. It was as if the heavens rang out and it was calling my name.....I HAD to have it! I have been eyeing those cute metal necklaces on Etsy for months. So I bought the lower case letter stamps, the metal block, and various little things to 'stamp' on. I brought everything home and went at it! 



So I started out and of course, screwed up the very first one! The -a- stamp is really giving me a hard time. It looks backwards and that really messes with my head! 


This is what they look like to start with. I added the black dye to the first one to make the letters darker. You add the dye and then wipe it off the flat surface really quick before it dries. I kind of messes with the finish a bit. I am not sure if it bothers me or not at this point. Once, I got it with the rest of them you really don't even see the difference anymore. Maybe it just had to tarnish a bit to get back to normal. Who knows! 


This is my finished product.....ready to be added to a necklace. I think I am in love! I did go back and change Addi's block to silver just to add some more character. The bottom circle says, "love always", then "lance", then "Addi", and "Sofia" on the top. The really cool thing is I can recreate these and sell them for around $25-$30 since I already have all of the materials now. My Etsy shop will be seeing these soon! 

For future reference, I probably should not go into Hobby Lobby looking for a new hobby. Each hobby I pick up is very expensive, not to mention the learning curve! I am very happy with this new project. I only wasted a few of these and the finished product was fabulous. If you have an extra $50-$75 this project may be something cool to try. 

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