Have A Smiley Face Kind of Day

I found some buttons at the dollar store, a pack of yellow, blue and pink ones and a dollar store frame. I sat down with a sharpie permanent marker and looked at some emoji on my phone. I came up with this little project.

I painted the flat frame green with Dylusions Fresh Lime Acrylic paint, then attached the emoji buttons I made with Multi Matte Medium. 

I like how it turned out. Now all I have to do is find a good pic to put in the frame. This would be great to give to a pre-teen as a little birthday gift, maybe with some cash or gift card in the frame. And I have a great-niece who is celebrating a March birthday. Hmmmm...coincidence?

Oh, and don't forget—during March if you leave a comment on the a2z Scrapbooking blog, you get a chance to win $25 to the store. If you comment each day, you get 31 chances to win, woo hoo! Plus you get to see my fellow Design Team members rock their Hero Arts products.

Happy Wednesday!
Chark

Dollar Store Finds

I'm a fan of the dollar stores for a few items...coloring books (which are usually so  much more expensive than $1), name-brand makeup for the kids for theatre purposes (you can't keep mascara forever, and it only gets used for the run of the show), theatre-box sized candy and glassware.

My favorite thing to find at the dollar store, though, are craft items. This time, I found toothpaste, glass coffee mugs and this glass plate. It's glazed and a beautiful aqua color. I added a phrase with my paint pens and let it dry. Now it's ready for decor. I think I need the natural colored stones instead of the clear ones (that I colored with permanent marker) for the candle, but guess what? They have those at the dollar store too!

If I were planning to use this a lot and needed to wash it often, I would've used pens made for that, like these Pebeo Porcelaine pens. I didn't have one handy and the pen I used will work for awhile. It will eventually wear off I think. But hey, I'm living in the moment! I wanted to try lettering on a plate and I did and it worked fine. 

Here's another shot without the candle. 

What's your favorite thing to get at the dollar store? 

Happy Friday!

Chark