Birthday Gifts
While we were in Cape May, I came across some pretty glass ornaments in a gift shop. They were made with beveled glass with soldered edges and each had a little collage inside – and they were selling for $45 and up! I was inspired to be creative…
I realized that it had been a long time since I played with my soldering iron and when I heard that two of my co-workers had birthdays this week, I realized that I had the perfect excuse to get started!
I made up these little “Birthday Cards Under Glass” for them:
I took some vintage birthday postcards and scanned them and printed them onto white cardstock with my fancy new scanner and color laser printer that I received for my birthday. I added some glitter and put them behind a piece of beveled glass.
I tried something new with these – instead of sandwiching each collage between two pieces of glass, I taped the front piece of glass directly to a piece of patterned paper on the back (inspired by the pieces I saw in Cape May). This makes them much lighter – especially for larger pieces like these.
I added some jump rings and some lady-in-the-moon charms and beads, tied a pretty ribbon…and now I have some pretty little gifts!
Happy birthday Sybil and Shanee!