Painted Festive Earrings

Hey Everyone - - I know it's Guest Post Extravaganza, but I just can't stay away!

 I wanted to pop in just for a second as part of Crafty Cornucopia - it's a Paint Craft Challenge and later in the week you can link up to win a prize...

Come back each day this week to see what One Artsy Mama, Love and Laundry, Sugar Bee Crafts, and Silo Hill Farm have in store for you. Get inspired, and then get ready to share your PAINT fall creations starting Thursday!

Paint -- what a fun challenge - such a broad topic!  I need a good pair of red earrings (since the holidays are coming up and all), so of course I turned to paint...here's what I started with:

And obviously I have a thing for craft paint:

So grab some craft paint ( I picked a deep red, of course) and paint a quick coat on.  Let dry in between coats of paint.  I ended up doing 3 coats of color:

And then this is where I have a tutorial fail - because I didn't even take pictures of the other steps - oops!  But I'll talk you through it - - after the coats of color, I painted a coat of glitter paint (the Martha Stewart version - it worked great with it fabulousness in sparkle) and after that dried I painted a coat of Mod Podge over everything so the glitter won't flake off.

After they're dry, just assemble the earring pieces and wear with pride!  I should avoid having kids take my picture (because it's an awful angle) but whatcha gonna do?!

So there you have it - my super simple, super fun paint project:

Don't forget to come link up with one of your awesome paint projects.  Paint can be involved in almost any project, so sky's the limit on this one!

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