Thank you to all my blog friends who gave me such great feedback after I posted my version of handmade camp roasting sticks made for kids. How about I share a grown up more glamorous version of these perfect for those glamping trips!
According to the Urban Dictonary, "Glamping" is shorthand for luxury or glamorous camping. Easy to make, these roasting sticks will be the perfect addition to your arsenal of glamping accessories. Here's how to do it.
First gather your supplies, you will need a thick dowel (approx 1 1/2" in diameter), Jacquard paints in Lumiere Halo Violet Gold, Metallic Silver, and Neopaque in Black, White and Magenta.
You will also need some recycled wire hangers (like those that Mommie Dearest detests), some recycled vintage text pages and miscellaneous bling and baubles from your stash. I used embellishments by Prima purchased from Scrapbook.com along with bits and pieces of old brooches, jewelry chain, etc.
First, cut the dowels to approximately 10-12" using a hand saw and cutting surface.
After sanding and wiping with a tack cloth, base coat the dowels black or white.
Once the dowels are dry to the touch, randomly rub them with a wax candle to create random areas that when sanded, will act as a resist to create a distressed finish. Paint the top coat using Halo Violet, Metallic Silver or Magenta.
Allow the dowels to dry to the touch and sand thoroughly to reveal a distressed finish.
Now the real fun begins! Use a paper trimmer to cut vintage book pages to 3"x 6 1/2." Coat the dowel and wrong sides of paper with collage pauge and a foam brush to decoupage papers to dowels.
Allow the decoupage medium to dry and go to town embellishing your glamp roasting stick to your hearts content. Here are a few tips:
- Use Aleenes Liquid Fusion to adhere hard embellishments such as resin flowers and rhinestone jewelry chain
- Wrap bits of soft trims while drying with a rubber band to hold in place until glue has set.
- Use jewelry wire to attach larger pieces such as old brooches or earrings.
- Leave 4-5" at the top of the dowel so you have a place to hold it without disturbing all the bling
After your glamping roasting stick is embellished and fit for a princess, drill a small hole (1/4") at the bottom of the stick.
Gather your recycled clothes hangers and straigthen them out into one long straight piece of wire with pliers. Use wire nips to remove any excess wire. Place liquid fusion on one end of the wire and insert it into the drilled hole.
You now have a pretty glamping roasting stick that will do your weenie and marshmallows proud!
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Live Life Creatively,
beautiful works!
Posted by: bedroom wall decals | July 24, 2012 at 02:57 AM
Creative idea's ,i can able to see all these,what kind of the colors and paper that you can use in here.....
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