We made some more of the clay leaves and altered them a bit for Thanksgiving favors. I made the leaves in a smaller size and put a hole into the stem before cooking, then added a brown-paper note for each one.
To make the brown-paper notes, I ripped off a narrow strip of paper bag to give a ragged edge and used some slightly watered down gold paint sponged onto the edges to guild them. The words were printed on with a narrow black permanent marker. I punched a small hole into each tag with a wood skewer. I made the leaves and M. and W. helped me guild them the same way as the larger leaves in this earlier post. http://artteajannell.blogspot.com/2011/11/gilded-clay-leaves.html I used a thin, gold, stretchy thread to tie the tags to the leaves.
We made enough for each place at the Thanksgiving table. (About 35.)
Saw your first post on this project and loved it! I planned to make some here but alas, jury duty has overtaken my life the past few weeks so I never got them done. Maybe next year! Thanks for the idea and instructions. They look absolutely great!
ReplyDeleteThanks. They were really fun and I thought they were a nice Thanksgiving sentiment.
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