Glitter!

 I really needed something shiny today. For some reason work felt ridiculously long and when I got home, my bed beckoned me, tantalizingly.

I figuring something shiny was the perfect antidote to my case of the blah's, I turned to Martha for some inspiration. As always, she had an incredible craft just waiting in the wings. I decided to attempt her glitter painting idea.

Martha's site has an application through which you can upload photographs and convert the images into a blurrier, more color-stratified pallet. I chose a picture of my friends and me, which I thought would make an excellent gift for a friend's upcoming birthday celebration.The image was from New Years Eve, and I figured I could convert our dresses into swaths of sparkly color.

Once the photo was converted, I was left with a color-filled image and a few colors of glitter to apply. Instead of covering the entire image, I focused on the dresses we were wearing. I didn't want our faces to look freakishly shiny, and figured for my first attempt I wouldn't be an expert quite yet.I put swaths of glue over each of the dresses, in turn, and covered each section with a different color of glitter.

The resulting painting looks awesome! I think it will make a meaningful, pretty gift for my friend and it was relatively easy to complete. And I can thank Martha for curing my case of the Wednesdays...