Pickle Jar Snow Globe

 All the snow and cold weather inspires me to make frosty snow globes.  Not the kind filled with water, but rather the waterless ones  meant to invoke wintery feelings.

My latest project uses a small pickle jar I salvaged just for this purpose.  It was the perfect size and shape.  But darn if I didn't have a struggle with removing  the label and all the sticky glue.  I had to slather it with Goop and let it sit for twenty minutes before I could   wash it with hot soapy water.  But being the right shape, it was worth the trouble.

I'm sure you've heard me mention that I live in Chicago.  As such folks wouldn't expect that I see eagles, hawks, deer, coyotes etc. in our big city, but I do.  The reason being that I live near a nature preserve that is hundreds of acres big.  So just the other day, my husband and I were driving down the street when we spotted a herd of deer no more than a hundred yards away.  And that is where I got my inspiration for my latest globe.

Waterless Snow Globe

 

I just had to post this idea for all those clear glass balls that are sold at Christmas time. This project uses a 3.5" glass ball and an empty cat food can to create a simulated Snow Globe. Here's how I did:

Step 1: using my Wishblade, I cut a church silhouette out of white card stock using a file I purchased from Kerri Bradford's site here.

Step 2: Glue silhouette to used transparency film cut to fit inside of ball.

Step 3: Remove top of ornament, roll film into a tube shape and slip into ball. Use tweezers to position film in place.

Step 4: Add artificial snow.

Step 5: Cover top of ball with small piece of tin foil to prevent snow from leaking out. Replace cap minus the hanger.

Step 6: Cover cat food can with scraps of old gift wrap cut to the width of can. Trim edges of can with ribbon or metallic trim.

Step 7: Invert ball with cap side down and place inside of can. Add a touch of hot clue to the edges if desired to keep ball in place.