I know, you're thinking I grabbed some polymer clay and made this darling little leaf bowl, but NO. It is just bread and glue! I had some left-over dough in the frig from a segment we did for the local news station, and you know crafters, we NEVER throw anything away. So, I decided to make a sweet little nut bowl with matchy-matchy wine glass tags for Thanksgiving.
I love how the leaves turned out for the wine glasses. They actually look like fine porcelain in real life. My pics are not the best, but I hope you can see how pretty they turned out.
The leaf bowl is perfect for filling with pistachios or other little snacks to go with the wine while the guests are waiting on that darn turkey to cook!
So, to make your own Tacky Glue Dough, all you need are 3 pieces of white bread with the crusts pulled off, and 3 big spoonfuls of Aleene's Tacky Glue. Pinch up the bread into a disposable cup and add your glue. Mix it with a plastic spoon until it starts to turn into a big lump, and then roll it in your hands until you have a nice ball of dough. Next, pat or roll it out to the size of a pancake.
For the complete steps for Tacky Glue Dough, go to the iLoveToCreate website for the pics and how-tos.
Then grab your scissors and cut a leaf shape about the size of your palm,
Use a spoon to help shape the leaf into a bowl and the press veins into it.
I pinched the edges and softened them with my fingers.
The little leaves are about an inch and a half wide, cut out with scissors, and then a straw was pushed through so I could hang them on the stem of the wine glasses.
To speed up the drying process, I set my toaster oven to 200 degrees, let it warm up and then turned it off. Then I placed the leaves in the oven for about 3 hours to cure. I noticed that the leaves were puffing up with air, so I pressed them with my fingers and placed them back in the oven until they were totally dry. If you can wait until the next day to paint them it will be great.
Autumn leaf colors were what I used to transform the leaves with color. I used paint from my stash. After they were completely dry, they were ready for Scott and I to toast to all of our many blessings.
Happy Thanksgiving!
& Blessings
to everyone!
Pattiewack
4 comments:
These leaves and bowl are fantastic! Such an ingenious and clever idea. Love it!
Thanks so much! Playing with the Tacky Dough made me want to make more. I'm thinking about charms that are stamped for bracelets next!
Wow, that is a great and inexpensive way to make tacky dough! I will have to remember that! Great idea and the possibilities are truly endless! Thank you so much for sharing!
I have loved playing with Aleenes bread dough for years, and love seeing more new and fabulous things to do with it!
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