Here was the little display I set up on a kitchen end counter and I mostly like it.
But it needed a kick to maybe draw the eye and make your brain go wow, you know?
The silver ball in the milk glass urn just needed a little something.
It looked too much like an oversize plastic Christmas ball, which is exactly what it is.
You know when you go to someone's house and you see a decor item that just draws you
and you want to pick it up and handle it and say,
"What is it? This is so cool!"
That's what I was shooting for.
In my craft room I always have a store of silverish buttons.
The ball was very slick and so were the buttons, so I roughed up the ball with some sandpaper to give the surface some tooth for the hot glue to grip.
I snipped the hasp thingies off the back of the buttons with my wire cutters.
So then it was me and the buttons and the ball and my glue gun.
I threw in a few silvery stars and snowflakes and some beads......
The hubs poked his head in and said it looked steampunky. Is that a word? I agree.
It does look kind of steampunkish.
And a couple hours later and shot with a heat gun to remove the glue webs and I have this.....
It looks good no matter where I put it!!
Yeah. That's the place. I love the way this came out!
Don't you want to pick it up and turn it over and check it out? So do I! ; 0 )
