The Good List: All That Glitters
Posted in Life on December 12, 2012
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Today our blog circle is featuring sparkly, gleaming GLITTER! I’m sharing a few of my favorite glitter-laced things. Check them out. Then you’ll want to click through the circle of blogs because these ladies are SERIOUS glitter-aholics. I can’t wait to see what they’re sharing today!
This emerald clutch is the perfect bag for a big New Year’s Eve bash. All eyes will be on you as you ring in the New Year with a beautiful bag that’s the exact shade of green that Pantone just named as the hottest color of 2013!
If you’re staying home for NYE, a sparkly purple candle like this will light up your night, set a romantic mood, and get you ready for all that 2013 holds in store.
This is far and away my favorite use of glitter: toy animals dipped in glitter and displayed on boldly colorful, contrasting canvases. Imagine this unique wall art shining happy sparkle all over a nursery or child’s room. What a gorgeous idea!
But, can you *make* glitter? My daughter and I had a great time trying with a DIY glitter recipe found in Susan Sachs Lipman’s wonderful book, Fed Up with Frenzy (which is all about Slow Family Living and includes a zillion fantastic ways we can connect with our kids). It involved salt, food coloring, and wax paper. Simple, right?
We mixed various colors into the salt, trying to get our “glitter” as bright as can be. We only had kosher salt on hand so our glitter was larger than table salt, which is what the recipe called for. And, of course, the result isn’t exactly super sparkly on its own, unless you see it in the sunshine. But kosher salt has a larger surface area than table salt and it reflects natural light well. Now we have our own stock of the stuff to use in pictures and other fun crafts. My daughter is proud of her handmade glitter. And I loved getting creative with her.
Next up in the glitter blog circle of shimmer and shine is Faith at The Adventures of Faith. What gets her glimmer going? Click through to find out!
Love. This. Post. So. Much!!!
I need that clutch and I’m so doing that project!!!
Thanks, Misha! The DIY glitter is a lot of fun. It would be cool to experiment with different sizes of salt grains too.
oh my animals dipped in glitter. So awesome, I so need a daughter.
Or just a cool place to put them!
Oh my gosh, I also love those animals dipped in glitter and so would my girls.
Jessica recently posted..The Good Girl’s List: All That Glitters
Aren’t they gorgeous? I love them!
That glitter candle would make such a great gift too!
Faith recently posted..The Good List All That Glitters
I love the deep purple. The glitter on it is a bonus!
Animals in glitter OMG!!!!! GENIUS!!
Lisa @ Crazy Adventures in Parenting recently posted..Gift Ideas for the Crazy Family (Like Us)
I know, right???!!!
That wall art is phenomenal!
Tori Johnson recently posted..The Good List: All That Glitters
I want to try the DIY glitter. Looks like so much fun! The kids wall art is a super cute idea as well.
Jen Hatton recently posted..All that Glitters