Fail!

So, I started my gifts tonight with the help of my dear husband. The first project on my agenda was a Christmas ornament. A Christmas bulb with a butterfly made out of my Sweet Afton's feet. :-)

Almost like this one, but switch the feet and put a body and antenna in between.

Here are my supplies. Glass ornaments, icicles, glitter, paint brushes, and paints.

I got the glass ornaments for $3 at hobby lobby and I had the rest.

Step 1. Carefully fill the glass ornament with the icicles....

Nevermind, that took way too long.

Instead just shove as many in there at one time as possible.

Look, pretty icicle filled glass ornament. 

Next, you'll need one of these. :-) She's pretty precious.

I recommend stripping the baby down to a paper diaper. It gets messy.

Cover their sweet little foot with paint...

And now... place the foot on the glass ornament!

Here is where I ran into trouble. Not only is my dear baby's foot too big, she is also way too squirmy. We tried multiple times. It was just not going to work. :-( Afton did have fun with the paint and I did manage to get some cute pictures.

She was having so much fun.

Caught red handed!

And to finish the project up.... a bath to scrub all of the red paint off.

That did not go at all as I had planned. I recommend a larger set of glass ornaments AND a sleeping baby. Good luck with that. :-)