Glitterizing

Hoo boy, I am becoming absolutely obsessed with glitter. I mean, I've always loved its sparkling, mesmerizing powers. But today, I combined it with Mod Podge, and I have become one dangerous person. I was just going to try one hair bow, but I made a little too much glittery mix, so I made a second hair bow, then I glittered the front of my weekly planner and a binder clip. Now, I kind of want to paint it into my hair. But, I have stopped myself (mostly because I ran out of glitter mix). So, here are some pictures of what I did and some notes about how I did it:

1. Gather supplies. These include:
-mod podge (I only had the kind for paper, but it seems to have worked just fine!)
-paint brush (I hope this wasn't one of Ashley's good ones)
-empty butter tub (I keep a couple of these around because they come in handy for little projects like this!)
-package of hair bows from dollar store (Three for a dollar!)
-used ziplock baggie (This is a nice recycled surface for drying the glitterized items.)
-reused paper towel (I washed my hands earlier and dried them on this paper towel, but it wasn't really dirty, so I just reused it for a paintbrush bed.)
-plastic fork (left over from Chinese takeout)
-glitter! (I got this on sale at Michael's for $1! You can also find glitter at the dollar store all the time.)

2. Glitter mix time! I just dumped some glitter in the butter tub--probably about a teaspoon worth.

Then, I added some Mod Podge--about two forkfuls.

Since the fork doesn't really scoop, this probably equalled about a quarter of a teaspoon full. Then, I mixed it up with the fork! The glitter mix has about the consistency of wet sand.

3. Glitterize! I scooped a couple of forkfuls of glitter mix onto the bow, then I used the paintbrush to spread it around. I had originally planned to just do one layer of glitter then let that dry then do more layers later.

But when I started glooping the glitter onto the bow, it made more sense to just kind of pat it out with the paint brush. I also made sure I patted it out around the edges. I went for a textured look, not worrying about making it flat and smooth, and I think it turned out quite nice.

4. This was the worst part. I had to wait for everything to dry.

Ugh! Waiting! Thank goodness I have a cute kitty to keep me entertained!

Total money spent: $2
Total time spent: approximately half of a commercial-free episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter (not including the waiting time)
Total happiness level: SUPER DUPER!!!

Special thank yous to Charlie, my entertaining cat and Ashley, my beautiful hair model!