What to make, what to make? Then, all of a sudden, she got the idea to cover it with the text of the Christmas story. Now, I’m all about book page crafts, but I couldn’t reconcile myself to the idea of ripping up Scripture, even if it was scanned pages instead of an actual Bible, so we settled on the idea of Christmas carol sheet music instead. We didn’t have the time or the sheet music that day, so we scheduled another craft date {oh, darn, we had to get together and play again…} to make them.
Here’s how we did it, and you can too!
Materials:
– glass dish {we love our stars, but any shape will do}
– printed sheet music
– Mod Podge {I used Gloss and Sparkle; Erin used Gloss and Antique Matte}
– Martha Stewart liquid gilding {I used silver; Erin used gold}
– paintbrushes
– filler…you can use ornaments, a candle, potpourri, candy, or anything else you like
STEP 1: Rip your sheet music into pieces. Apply Mod Podge directly to the dish and smooth your sheet music down on top of it.
As you work, layer the pieces so that they go in different directions and have a good combination of notes and lyrics. You can also feature particular things, such as the song title. Erin used pieces from several different carols on her dish; I used the same piece of music, Away in a Manger, for all of mine.
Here she is applying it, using one of the really nice brushes I got from Martha Stewart. Not all paintbrushes are created equal. Just sayin’.
I also chose to apply gilding to the bottom of my dish. I did it on the outside rather than the inside just in case I ever want to put candy or food inside.
I think it looks so classy! The Antique Mod Podge goes really well with the gold gilding, doesn’t it?!
What do you think? How would you fill your dish?
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