Iron Craft - Stars and Stripes
This week's Iron Craft challenge should have come together really quick, but I was a little off my game considering I was being attacked by an army of mosquitoes and stalked by some tenacious deer flies. Seriously, at one point, there seemed to be a cavalry of mosquitoes prepared to conquer, a consolidated effort to suck my blood. Ugh.
So the effort took me two nights, but it got done. And I am mighty pleased!
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Last week's craft project feel apart on the drive to our woodland Airstream retreat. The glue gun failed me. Perhaps because the glue wasn't appropriate for wood. Because of this I was able to reuse the crystal beads for this week's project.
The most fun was finding a place to hang the star. It inspired me to do more. I'm imagining many weekend evenings dedicated to making more of these, except from now on I will be using hemp twine to bind the twigs together.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTH6HSgqPnY5OzqzZC361uNX8LP052K-jqvYXtdVkL9leIRxQIcDOar0bBdX4xn86C3IIhrS2fgRPaE50TSeUifUhvq8lG6xLUIctT2NdhTMNgjr_YDCLdTC6xa_xs0CHf_T-PEFC-q-v/s400/IC27-2.jpg)
The only unfortunate occurrence is that I got so caught up in binding, I was really delayed with dinner. We didn't eat until 10:30! But you know - everything tastes good when it's been cooked over a big campfire!
So the effort took me two nights, but it got done. And I am mighty pleased!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsP3cp0OAmV75IneckGTUnE5zfK2R3K9fKMu_L2d8OCMGCbj6JlLwA47IEspHFl2bo4uk4citFAW4jjGrhRlMynDS3tYYzoZq5i8T6U-gFXR7YZxAwD2xuYKWQBg-nxrrLAttof5PLlAJn/s400/IC27.jpg)
Last week's craft project feel apart on the drive to our woodland Airstream retreat. The glue gun failed me. Perhaps because the glue wasn't appropriate for wood. Because of this I was able to reuse the crystal beads for this week's project.
The most fun was finding a place to hang the star. It inspired me to do more. I'm imagining many weekend evenings dedicated to making more of these, except from now on I will be using hemp twine to bind the twigs together.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjTH6HSgqPnY5OzqzZC361uNX8LP052K-jqvYXtdVkL9leIRxQIcDOar0bBdX4xn86C3IIhrS2fgRPaE50TSeUifUhvq8lG6xLUIctT2NdhTMNgjr_YDCLdTC6xa_xs0CHf_T-PEFC-q-v/s400/IC27-2.jpg)
The only unfortunate occurrence is that I got so caught up in binding, I was really delayed with dinner. We didn't eat until 10:30! But you know - everything tastes good when it's been cooked over a big campfire!
Dinner is often late in our house due to crafting!
ReplyDeleteI really like this. It would be cool to come across this while walking in the woods.
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