Thanksgiving Sharpie Craft

I've had three small white plates that I've been debating on what to do with forever.  I found them at
Walmart for a dollar or so each.  They are about 5x5 in size. I decided to doodle on them with Sharpie's.  This is what I came up with:

The nice thing about Sharpie art on ceramic, is that if you make a mistake, you can just wipe it off with rubbing alcohol!  I drew the outlines of my designs with a fine black sharpie first, then colored them and then re-outlined them with the sharpie again.  Once I had everything done, I put them in an unheated oven and then set the temperature to 350 degrees and baked them for 40 minutes.

My Pilgrims:

 My Turkey:

And, my Native American's:

Super easy and fun!

2 Ways To Decorate Ceramic Pumpkins

Hello there!  Happy Monday!  My life has been crazy lately but I was finally able to get some Thanksgiving crafting done over the weekend.   I had these two ceramic pumpkins:

I decided to cover one in orange glitter and the other in orange burlap.  Here is how they turned out:

I painted both orange and the stems green.  Then for the glitter one, I covered it in Mod Podge and sprinkled glitter all over it, then used aerosol hairspray to seal it.  I have found that this works wonders at sealing the glitter on and still allowing the glitter to sparkle. I then topped it with an orange bow and a gold strand to finish it off.:

I cut strips of orange burlap to fit into the grooves of the pumpkin and then Mod Podged them onto it.  From there, I glued jute down each groove and then finished it off with a material bow, some jute and raffia:

They look darling on my antique dresser!:

Easy as pie!

Linking to:
craft-o-maniac-monday
made-by-you-monday

Ceramic Bird In Nest

AGGH!  My life has gotten crazy as of late and I haven't been able to much crafting or blogging.  I hate it when life gets in the way of my craft addiction!  I did paint & antique this little ceramic bird for my Spring decor:

I made the next with some twig garland and a string of beads.  He has looked super cute as a centerpiece on my table with my bunnies.

I love ceramics because when I was little, my mom would take us to the ceramic store and let us pick out whatever we wanted to paint.  I can remember doing it from the time I was just tiny and truly believe that I owe my love of crafting to my mom.  I hadn't painted a ceramic in YEARS, so this was really fun and took me back to some really good childhood memories :)