Good afternoon friends and the curious.  I had to work this morning at my other "JOB".  So no fun stuff this morning but I am home now and it's off to the paint room.  I am going to be working on some hang tags for an order that I have received.  They chose Winter (my favorite snowmen) and Valentines.  I am excited.  So I will get those started and take pics for you guys.  The first thing that I do to them is antique them with my coffee, vanilla and cinnamon mix.  I boil coffee grounds vanilla and cinnamon on top of the stove then I start the dipping process.  After they have set in the mix for a bit, I take them out and place them on a cookie sheet and place them in the oven at the lowest temp.  Two hundred is a good one.  Make sure to keep an eye on them because they can burn and well then now you have a new not so pleasant odor for them.  lol.  I know because I have done this.  Trial and error is my motto.  Then after they are dried I begin painting.  I will float the edges to make them look even older.  The color depends on the inner design.  So I am going to get busy I think I will do the Valentines first.  I am so ready to be warm and not think about snow...or cold...Not that I'm seeing snow here in Southern California it's beautiful here today, maybe that's why I don't want to work on snowmen...hehe...Love is in the air...Well have a wonderful day!
Linda
 
 
 



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