3.17.2011

it's not easy being green

happy st. patrick's day! the challenge at Take a Word this week is Green! which made me think of kermit, which led to frogs, which led to this necklace!

i wanted to do an Irish theme, but the inspiration never came. :(
so this is what you get instead.

first, i hammered a spoon into a flat shape, and snapped off the part of the handle i didn't need.
next i used gel medium to glue down some vintage advertisement paper.

i wanted my frog to remain green, but to blend in, so i gave him a light coating of antique gold.
hot glue held it all together, and i added a "G" embellishment for green and hung it on a chain. ta da! cute wearable frog. ^_^

4 comments:

  1. I love your burnished green frog and the setting you have chosen for him is fantastic. Exquisite and unique artwork. Thanks so much for joining in the challenge this week.

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  2. How fantastic, I love frogs.

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  3. I've been meaning to alter a spoon for ages now, but never thought to flatten it first, it looks great :D

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  4. lol. i didnt think of flattening it until i saw it on another blog!

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