Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting. --Traditional Proverb I wish I had better skin. I wish I didn't have to look at rosacea and hormonal dark patches every day. I wish I had soft feet. I wish I knew what it was like to be "the pretty one" instead of "the smart one". I wish aging was easier and not accompanied by failing health. I wish politics would go away. I wish Israel would give the Palestinian people the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. I feel bad that the Palestinian people have no land to call home. I wish there was a home for all the homeless people. I wish there was a job available for everyone who wanted one. I wish college didn't cost so much. I wish every high school graduate could attend college if they chose to. I wish I had a staff to do the cooking, cleaning and grocery shopping for me. I don't want to live in a mansion, I like my house just fine. I just don't like taking care of it. If I had a staff I would treat them l...
This is a simple technique for making paper look like polished stone or pieces of agate! These are the supplies I used in the following video: Glossy pages from a magazine or travel brochure (request free US travel brochures here ) Polycrylic Gloss Varnish diluted by half with water (available from Amazon ) Rubbing alcohol (or surgical spirits) diluted by half with water (available from Amazon ) Water soluble graphite pencil (available from Amazon ) Tattered Angels paint as follows (available at Canvas Corp Brands ) Plain Jane Baseboard Mist - Purple Pansies & Sunburst Plain Jane Simply Sheer Mist - Peony & Safety Orange Chalkboard Mist - Seven Seas & Ruby Slipper Glimmer Mist - Key Lime Pie Glimmer Glam - Tinsel & Cupcake Glimmer Glaze - Blue Cheese Decor & DIY Paint - Crystal Check out these gorgeous results! **affiliate links provided where available
I recently made a fun junk journal out of junk mail that was destined for the trash. In this video you can see how I added some color to all those fun junky pages! Here are some of the products I used: White Gesso Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in raw sienna applied with an old gift card Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Paint in primary magenta, diluted and brushed on as a wash Homemade spray ink in some kind of blue Something sort of purple, may have been another homemade ink Oil or wax pastels or crayons (I'm not exactly sure) from a kids art kit Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits and an old rag
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