Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Gold Sea Urchin


I have been seeing these gold sea urchins all over and I just love them. I looked for a good tutorial and found one over at Craft and Couture.

gold sea urchin - the colored door

I started out with clay that you could bake (from Michaels), gold spray paint and BBQ skewers (because I had then on hand). I liked the pointy end of the skewer so I just cut them to size.

gold sea urchin - the colored door

1) I cut the clay in half 2) then rolled it into a ball.
god sea urchin - The colored door
With my skewers cut to about 3 1/2 inches 3) I started putting them in first in a straight line 4) then crossing that line. 5) I filled in each section 6) then finished half. I did have to adjust skewers as I went along and try to reshape the clay a little since I would push on one side with my fingers while putting the skewers in on the other side. So mine was not perfectly round when I was done.
gold sea urchin - the colored door
When I had all the skewers in I set the oven at the temp on the packaging and baked it for about 2 hours.  Some of the skewers got a little brown on the ends but otherwise it looked fine. It was at this point I was pretty sure this craft was going to be a fail. It did not look great. But I decided to go ahead and spray it just to see how it looked, and I am so glad I did. It turned out so much better than I expected. Oh how I love spray paint and it is almost getting to cold to use it anymore :(


God sea urchin - the colored door

It adds so much interest to my book shelf. I really like how this little guy turned out.

Gold sea urchin - the colored door

And since I had extra clay my 4 year old daughter wanted in on the action. I just love hers! She was so proud. It has a perfect spot on the book shelf too. I think she wanted it in her room but I knew it would just get lost in there so I am glad she let me display it.

Gold sea urchin - the colored door


Gold sea urchin - the colored door



Gold Sea Urchin - The colored door

Halloween is tomorrow, are you ready? It is always a fun day, the kids have so much fun! I remember those days. Have a great Halloween everyone!



Lil Mrs Tori
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9 comments:

  1. How fun it this?!!! I am loving it, I haven't seen them but I think yours turned out great! And I love that you displayed your daughters, how sweet! I would love it if you came an linked up to my Wowza Weekend Link Party! http://mylove2create.blogspot.com/2013/11/wowza-weekend-link-party.html

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  2. Thanks Mindi! I will head on over, thanks for the invite.

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  3. That turned out fantastic, So simple but makes such a statement ~ Lisa

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  4. How cool! I never would have known they were skewers that you painted!

    Thanks for joining our Twirl and Take a Bow party! We would love to have you join us again...every Tuesday we go live!

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    1. Thank you! I did head over on Tues to link up again. Thanks for the invite.

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  5. Featured you in this weeks Whimsy Wednesday link party! Thanks for linking last week! You can see the feature here http://www.ohmy-creative.com/whimsy-wednesday/whimsy-wednesday-link-party-89/

    Susan

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