Last night I set out to do a quick project I had seen on pinterest, where you use the end of a bunch of celery in order to stamp beautiful, arty roses onto cards or stationary:
Source: homemadeserenity.blogspot.com via Meredith on Pinterest
Beautiful, right? So I set out with two celery husks, and added some paint, ready to do a quick stamping session before dinner.
So in I dipped. Onto the paper I stamped. The result? Not quite as pretty as I had been promised by the craft goddesses on Pinterest:
Yeepers. These were the best I got, and this was after I had dabbed the celery off onto newsprint first. I don’t have a very dainty crafting hand, and I know this about myself. So, instead of ruining a bunch of fine cardstock with gloppy roses from planet poopy, I decided to do some quick thinking.
What can I use to make a last minute stamp before the extra paint dries? I know! an old ratty kitchen sponge in need of replacement!
Cut the sponge into the desired shape… and stamp away!
Watch out, my funny Valentines! Some incarnation of these might be showing up in your mailboxes come February!
What do you do when projects don’t turn out how you were expecting them to? Do you scrap the whole thing or try to morph it into a new project that will work?
Meri
It’s great that you were able to morph it. I often just scrap my failed ideas…but the Valentines are actually wonderful.
I love making all kinds of valentines, its my favorite crafting time of year!
The actual celery with the red paint on it looks really cool. I just love Valentine’s Day crafts. I used to make these cool woven paper heart basket valentines when my son was little, but for the life of me I’ve forgotten how it’s done. Great post and nice job improvising!
Well then if only it was edible paint, you could serve the celery to guests haha! those baskets sound so cute!
Shell,
I read your comment, but not your name, so when I started replying to you I had to check out your name. Made me smile when I realized that I already “knew” you! Anyway, is this what you used to make?
http://www.auntannie.com/Valentines/HeartBasket/index.html
I’m planning on trying some tomorrow!
Ah, that sucks that it didn’t turn out! The celery stalk thing is such a good idea!
I know, if I have one that is more separated I might try again, I think that was the issue! Or too thick of paint maybe.
what a creative idea!
I wish I could take credit, but it was a pinterest find!
This is something that is on my to-do list, maybe I will finally do it for Valentines Day as well! Most of the time the first try does not turn out very well (yours are still pretty though!), the second time is guaranteed to be better!!
Yeah, you can always learn from the first round
good luck with your crafts!
The brown paint looks like…well…not paint. Haha! Oh, trust me, I understand the feeling of a crafting fail! Your stamped heart cards turned out very pretty.
Thanks- some of them I might cut and paste onto other valentines too!
Wow I never thought of celery stalks to do that pattern, youre a genius
What a cool idea! I might have to try that.
As far as what I do when projects don’t work out…it really depends on the project. But as much as I hate to admit it…I’m much more inclined to scrap the whole thing and start over.
i usually scrap my fails, lol! good thinking here…great idea for an old sponge!
[oomph.]
I better be careful or I”ll be repurposing ALL our sponges and man-go-round will not be pleased haha
I wonder if it matters how far down the celery bunch you cut? Your ‘celery stamps’ seem to be smaller than the original? I hope it’s something simple like that because it’s such a clever idea!
x Jasmine