Twigs and Twine .... with some help from the dogs

I decided to get a little crafty with some twigs from the yard and some leftover twine.

Twig Votive

I grabbed some twigs and broke them off in even pieces.

I used my hot glue gun to paste them onto a votive

In some areas I doubled up the twigs

And then added my twine

A little gift for my sweetie

I gathered a few twigs about the same length

Using a knife I CAREFULLY shaved off the first layer of bark
on one of the twigs

(A little hard to see) I wrote my quote in pencil

I broke out my wood burner and copied over my text

I used a rubber band to hold all the sticks together

I wrapped the twine around both ends to hold the sticks together

Let's stick together

Grrrr...... so I finished this last night and was going to publish my blog tonight. Unfortunately it totally slipped my mind that my precious little fur-babies LOVE to chew on sticks. And where did I leave my newest little craft project? On a side table... right where they could reach it.... this is what I came home to....

Not much left

So who did it? This one sure loves munching on sticks

But he looks pretty guilty.

Wooden Letter Quote

I combined a couple techniques I've found. Trying to decide if I like it...

Thoughts?

I found a quote I liked and bought some wooden letters

I also had a couple of flowers I had doodled

Sorry for the lack of the next few pictures. I grabbed an
extra canvas and mod podged some phone book pages to
the canvas (I have to use the Yellow Pages for something).
I then painted over the phone book in white. Don't worry
about trying to smooth the pages down.

Once my paint dried I went over the canvas with some sandpaper.
The wrinkles of the phone book will ware off.

Glue down your wooden letters

I enlarged my flower doodle

And traced a copy onto the canvas

I then went over the flower with white paint

Almost done!

A little hard to see but I watered down some brown
paint and covered the canvas in small sections. Before
the paint dried I wiped off the excess paint. This will
give it an aged look

All done!