I am taking part in the Show Us Your Plum Contest over at Cherrished Bliss. I was so happy to be chosen by Ashley to receive an item from Pick Your Plum. I had no idea what I would be receiving. All I knew was it was a Pick Your Plum item which I was receiving to craft and blog about.{I just love a good surprise, don't you?}
My package soon arrived and I was so excited to find this set of lovelies to transform!
Today I will show you the first brooch I worked on:
Melted Crayon Brooch
What you'll need:
brooch {I reveived mine from Pick Your Plum}
crayons in your fave colors
a sharpener, knife, or grater
an oven set at 200 degrees F
Make some crayon shavings using a crayon sharpener, knife or grater. Pile your shavings into the center of the brooch. Make sure it's nice and full since the crayons will melt down.
Place your brooch on a cookie sheet {the one I use is specifically for crafts - you might want to line yours in case the crayon spills} and bake at 200 degrees F. I left my oven door slightly open to see when the crayon was all melted {it took all of about 3 minutes}
Once your crayon shavings have melted, remove the brooch with a pot holder {I don't know how hot it gets, but I wasn't going to touch it} and let it cool.
Doesn't it look cool? I think so!
{sorry for the bad photo}
You may find me linking up to some of these lovely parties.
Have you been crafty with a Pick Your Plum item? You join the contest too!
Want to see what I did with the other pins?
Click to see the Interchangeable Clip/Pin
Stay tuned for the last one {the blank flower brooch}
You may find me linking up to some of these lovely parties.
NEVER would have thought to do that! I really like how your brooch turned out. I just received the super large paper clips from PYP with a similar embellishment area. I'm thinking I need to do this with some of those!
ReplyDeleteThis turned out just adorable! Who would think to melt crayons in a brooch! : ) Thank you so much for linking up with us!
ReplyDeleteI love how creative you got with your challenge!! I would be lost trying to figure out what to do!! Its people like you with that creative edge and imagination that I just love to sit and watch!!! Great job!! I love it!!! Thanks for being apart of our challenge!! Hope to see more from you!!
ReplyDeleteTotally outside of the box and you did great!!
ReplyDeleteThumbs up from this gal!! :)
What a great idea! Who would've thought about that one? It looks like a super cool marble finish on it. Never would've thought it was crayon.
ReplyDeleteStopping by from the PYP link up :)
Wow! I'm super impressed! Your brain is waaaay crafty! Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the wonderful responses. :) I'm so happy you all like it! :D
ReplyDeleteI would have never thought of it.. Thats so creative..Thanks for linking up at friday fun party
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