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Fly Home Sweet Bird
By Kristen Robinson |
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Tools and Materials
- Bird Shrine (x2) (5COF-SHRINE01)
- Shrine Pendant (5COF-SHRINE02)
- Paintbrush (5CHS24729)
- ICE Resin (5ICE-RESIN8OZ)
- Mushroom and White Acrylic Paint by Eco Green Crafts (5EC-01009 & 5EC-01049)
- Round Nose Pliers and Nose Pliers or Jump Ring Tool
- Sponge Brush
- Vintage Documents (clip art)
- 28 Grey Iridescent Pearls
- Crème Bead Stringing Thread
- 4 Gun Metal Clam Shell Clasps
- Drill
- 1/8” Drill Bit
- 6 Mother of Pearl Buttons
- Leather Cording
- Green Silk Ribbon
- String
- 4 10mm Gun Metal Jump Rings
- 20 Gauge Gunmetal Wire
- Scissors
- Jewelry Adhesive
- Wire Trimmers
- Text Printed in American Typewriter 11 font
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Instructions
- Assemble shrines per instructions on packaging. Once the wood glue has dried, begin by painting the inside and outside of all shrines with Mushroom paint and set aside to dry.
- Once the first coat of paint is dry apply a second coat with white paint. Let dry for 5 minutes and rub off excess with a paper towel.
- Cut clip art to size (using the left over inserts) and place into shrine.
- Mix equal parts of ice resin (approximately ½ ounce) per packaging directions. Allow the resin to rest for 5 minutes and then fill all shrines ½ ways with the resin. Let first layer dry for 6 hours.
- Cut text to size to fit into each shrine and place on top of the first resin layer.
- Mix an additional ½ ounce of ICE Resin and pour into the shrines. Allow to dry for 24 hours before handling.
- Create a knot in the end of the stringing thread and place clamshell clasp onto thread. Close clamshell with a pair of flat nose pliers.
- String 14 beads onto thread. Create a knot at the end pulling very close and tight to the top of the pear. Place a second clamshell on this end and close. Repeat for the adjacent side.
- With a 1/8” drill bit create a hole at the top and the bottom of the bird shrines. Repeat this by creating a hole at the top of the shrine pendant.
- Place a 10mm jump ring through each of the holes you drilled in all pendants.
- Place open end of clamshell over jump ring and close with round nose pliers, repeat this on the adjacent side as well as the bottom jump rings of both bird pendants.
- To the top of the bird located on the left side when facing you, sting leather cording. Once the cording is through the hole, pull the other end of the leather up so the two ends meet.
- Cut an 8” piece of 20 gauge gunmetal wire and wrap around base of the leather cording to hold in place. Trim any excess with wire cutters.
- Tie a knot in the cording above the wrapped wire. Place one Mother of Pearl button onto the cording and tie a second knot approximately 3” from the last. Repeat this until 5 buttons are on the leather cording.
- Place two ends of cording through the top jump ring of the remaining bird shrine, allowing approximately 1” of cording to overlap. Cut an 8” piece of 20 gauge gunmetal wire and wrap closed, trimming any excess wire.
- Add silk ribbon at the top of the shrine as well as the bottom of both birds.
- As a final touch tie a piece of string at the base of each pearl strand and trim excess.
Tips: When drilling through the birds it is easiest to place them together to insure the hole is located in the same place on both. |
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Tales of Adornment
Soft cover, 128 pages
Price: $24.99
SKU: 5FWADORN
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Bird Trinket Keepsake
Package of two.
Price: $5.49
SKU: 5COF-SHRINE01
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Shrine Necklace Trinket
Package of two.
Price: $5.49
SKU: 5COF-SHRINE02
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Tools Kit
This kit contains three 5" long tools with cushion grips: chain-nose pliers, round-nose pliers, and metal snips.
Price $10.69
SKU: 5MA-33810
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White Acrylic Paint
2.5 fl. oz
Price $3.29
SKU: 5EC-01009
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Mushroom Acrylic Paint
2.5 fl. oz
Price $3.29
SKU: 5EC-01049
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ICE Resin 8 oz kit
Two part formula, stir sticks, cups and directions. 4oz bottle of ultra pure resin (part 1) 4oz hardener (part 2) Kit makes 8 oz total.
Price $24.00
SKU: 5ICE-RESIN8OZ
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7pc Brush Set
Assorted styles and sizes
Price $7.95
SKU: 5CHS24729
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