My Giddy Aunt- new designs, glass jars and suitcase tables

Goodness gracious me! It has been so cold and wet in these parts lately I'm planning to move to Venus (although the sulfuric acid and carbon dioxide might make it a little difficult to have a good ol' "throw a shrimp on the barbie" houeswarming shindig). I might need to  modify our 16 year old car a little if we seriously plan to go.

The Kooky Green Owl has been busy thinking of new things to make. I have had a few people tell me they would like to see more brooches. So what about this one?

Just kidding- but it made me laugh :)

I will be putting 10 brooches on the table next month (hopefully a spot has been secured at the Emerald market again)....and I guess I'll know if they were the right choice or not...

I am currently in love with suitcase tables. I hope to make one in the coming weeks. Here are some ones that I think are pretty cool:

I've found a great tutorial here, that will help you make one of these funny looking tables.

I've also wanting to show you how to turn ordinary jars like this:

Into beautiful coloured jars like this:

using mod podge, food colouring and time. The good news is that they look great at a party, with tea lights/ random foliage in them- the bad news is, it's not permanent...it will eventually peel off :( I cannot find the original recipe that was found for the jars above but the recipe can be found here (although the finish is a little different to the one above). If  you wanted a more permanent result, you can the details from here.

(sorry to the source, but I cannot find the original recipe)

Happy Wednesday everybody!