DIY and Crafts — marbled

After seeing my friend Tara make these super gorgeous marbled nail polish planters. I just had to try my hand at creating a similar look. I’ve tried nail polish marbling before, but I could never make it look as good as Tara did. So instead, I went with my old standby of multi surface craft paint and liquid starch and the planters came out so super cute and colorful. Now I am hooked and want to make all the marbled planters! Below I am sharing my tips on how to make marbled planters so that you can get in on...

This post, How to Make a Marbled Framed Mirror, is sponsored by Consumer Crafts. Thanks for supporting the brands that keep the lights on and the crafting going strong! You all loved my marbled planters, so I figured I would share this colorful marbled framed mirror with you too! The marbling technique that I used for this mirror is different from the technique used for the planters, but it still gives the swirls of color I know we all love. If you have never tried paint pouring, what are you waiting for? The technique is so addictive and you never know what...

With school starting this week and September right around the corner, I can’t help but hang on to the last little bits of summer before fall and pumpkins start rolling in. These DIY marble handled marshmallow roasting sticks are perfect for those last few summer s’mores out by the firepit. A few colors of clay and some basic roasting sticks and you too can make your own roasting sticks to take your s’more time up a notch. Aren’t they so pretty?! Fancy s’mores here I come! Ha! Materials to make your own DIY Marble Handled Marshmallow Roasting Sticks: Polymer clay in...

As the fall season approached, I tried my best to rack my brain for ideas on new ways to decorate pumpkins. It gets difficult because there have been hundreds of different pumpkin decorating tutorials created by talented crafters over the past 10 years. But so far you all are loving my abstract art pumpkins and color blocked pumpkins I came up with this year. But today I am going to share how to marble pumpkins! You may recall the marbled planters I shared back in May. I just applied the same technique to ceramic pumpkins and created these fun and colorful marbled guys. Now I will...

Do you remember my marbled pumpkins from Halloween? Well, I took the same technique and applied it to these unfinished ceramic ornaments I found at Oriental Trading and created the prettiest marbled ornaments ever! And just for good measure I added a touch of Christmas magic in the form of glitter. But you can totally make them without the glitter too and they look just as pretty! Ooh la la! I am loving the swirls and glitter together! How to Make Marbled Ornaments: –Unfinished ceramic ornaments (I bought these at Oriental Trading, but I saw some in the craft store too) –Acrylic...