I came across this little gem by accidentally clicking on something somewhere (seriously, I have no idea how I got to this crafty little page). Anyway, I’m going outside right now to collect a bunch of maple leaves.
Click below:
How to Make Roses from Maple Leaves

The glittering technique is super easy (I love you, Martha Stewart).

1. Spray a mini pumpkin (a real one, not an artificial one) with spray adhesive.

2. Sprinkle with ultrafine glitter.

3. Enjoy having glitter all over your hair, body and studio for the next month.

These sparkly little orbs take only minutes to create. I was able to spray and glitter these three pumpkins in less than ten minutes. (The tags…a different story. Why must I layer everything?)

Unfortunately, I could not take a pic of me actually glittering the pumpkins since I do not have four hands and do not trust my husband with anything more advanced than the disposable camera he bought 6 years ago. The Martha Stewart ultrafine glitter works spectacularly well. (again, I love you, Martha).

I highly recommend using spray adhesive since it’s so quick and easy. Unlike     the white glue, it isn’t thick and doesn’t interfere with the natural ridges in the pumpkin. If you absolutely must use the white stuff, water it down a lot. Trust me, the glitter will still stick.

1.Loop a length of ribbon and hold the loop between your thumb and index finger, with the ribbon tail at the back several inches longer than the front tail. With your opposite hand, pick up the long tail and wrap it around the loop to begin the knot.

2. Use the index finger of the same hand to push a loop through the knot in front of the thumb holding the first loop.

3. Extending your thumbs through both of the loops, gently pull the back of the loops with your thumbs and index fingers to tighten the knot. Trim the ribbon ends.

If you own an ATG gun, and you’re anything like me, you can’t imagine how you ever lived one second without it. Often times though, I reflect back to the first few times when I actually COULD imagine living without it. Re-loading the mother of all tape guns made me borderline homicidal. Since I’m not the type of girl who reads directions (I probably threw them away with the box) I became frustrated, confused and just a teensy bit furious. Trust me, even after retrieving the directions from the trash, they made NO sense. Those *&^#@ silly people over at 3M.

Anyhoo, after finally mastering loading the ATG, I came across this little gem somewhere on the Internet.

See where #1 is? The STICKY side should be facing down (imagine the sticky side and the arrow touching…SO…that means on #3, the sticky side is down, exactly where it should be).  Make sense?