Coastal Bohemian

Thursday, December 12, 2019

My sister took me to Bermuda with her on vacation last August and I smuggled some pink sand back home. I tried to make an ornament for Christmas that looked like we had written our names in the sand, HOWEVER, that did not work out.

I know, you're thinking, that's a great idea, right?

I had gotten this far and put them away until I could come up with a way to make something else that I liked. I'm pretty sure it has to do with my commitment to destashing.

Now more than 12 months later I just added a charm and a hook and created these little cuties. (I had the charm, destash)

You'll need some sand , clear glue, a cup and spoon for mixing.

Create a mix that is thick like pancakes . You should be able to pour a small amount onto the silicone sheet that will spread like batter and will easily form a circle.

I added small shells but you can add anything you like.

Use a toothpick to remove bubbles and to add a hole for hanging. Oh you'll have to wait until this is much more set to put the hole for hanging or you can drill a hole like I did.

I can't wait until my sister sees her ornament from the pink sand from our vacation.

Show me some holiday love by leaving a comment below, especially if you have an idea for me to make writing in the sand.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

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Monday, December 9, 2019

Christmas Cookie Blog Hop Challenge

Welcome to the Christmas Cookie Challenge. You'll find links to favorite family recipes, new recipes for families and fun cookie stuff here at the hop. Pop on over to the other links for recipes for your Christmas table.

Hoping you'll find some new inspiration to pin to your Christmas Cookie board.

Meet this month's co-hosts!

Across the Blvd | Coastal Bohemian

This Autoimmune Life | My Slices of Life

Domestic Deadline | Stone Cottage Adventures | Comfort Spring

Don't forget to pin these goodies and add my Greek Butter Cookies onto your favorite list!!!!

Printable Recipe

This is a very special cookie to me and my inner child. We , my inner child and I used to enjoy these when I was a child. I used to visit all my aunts in Astoria, ( They all lived within footsteps of each other . Yes I know, totally Big Fat Greek Wedding!!), and as I visited each one they would hand over these lovelies. So from house to house covered in white powder I went. Each one made their cookie a little different and I have taken the best of what I liked and tweaked the recipe.

The pictures below will help you understand the steps better. I suggest printing the recipe and then looking through the photos.There is a little extra work to use the clarified butter but it makes a simply amazing cookie.

I'm showing the thumb prints here and the height and size of the cookie.

This photo shows the tinfoil with sifted powdered sugar with hot out the oven cookies placed on top. What happens is the warm cookie begins to absorb the sugar and sweetness. Remember this cookie has very little sugar inside and it comes alive with the powdered sugar.

Sift more powdered sugar on top of the warm cookie.

These cookies are fragile and I like to lift them with my tiny cookie spatula.

Yes that is a colander and yes I use it to sift powdered sugar.

Happy Holidays

Michele

Cookie Bohemian

With love and gratitude,

Michele

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Angel Wings Mixed Media Faux Turquoise Technique

Here's a mixed media piece I made for a giveaway for a non profit event for This 4 Youth Foundation.

Supplies

IOD Wing Mold

Brown Acrylic Paint

Turquoise Sculpey 3 Clay

watercolors

Decorative Stencil

Texture Paste

Stamp for hanging Ivy

Block of Wood

Old Book Page

Printable Rose File.

You'll need some brown acrylic paint and a block of the turquoise Clay by Sculpey

Pull the clay apart in small bits. Add 2 drops of paint to a bowl and roll the clay around the bowl to allow the clay to pick up some of the brown paint.

I'll be using this mold from Iron Orchid Designs.

Do not blend the clay together! Place each bit into the mold pressing into place to fill in the

entire mold. Release the wing from the mold

and bake for 15 -20 minutes according to the directions.

I used a piece of scrap wood for this project.

I printed this image on an old music sheet page and used decoupage glue to adhere the paper around the block of wood. I covered the front and the sides. This is my canvas.

I brushed on some white gesso and wiped it back with a baby wipe. I'm looking to knock back the printed paper and create a more subtle background.

Next, I added some texture

with my texture casting medium.

I swiped it on with a an old credit card.

Additionally, I create more texture using the texture casting and a floral stencil.

I added more gesso to cover up the texture casting and give it a primer for my other paints.

Using a watery mix of Seaglass paint by Americana,

, I dripped the paint down the front starting from the top. I used a large juicy brush filled with the watery paint to help me lead the drips around the page. Repeat this with turquoise and black paint.

I glued the wings to the block using hot glue.

I shadowed around the wings with black watercolor and added some ivy stamping from the top.