Altered Sticks Tutorial for My Sweet, 16 & Passionate Girl
In honor of my Monica's 16th birthday, I altered her some sticks. So cute, right?
I first painted the sticks with a bit of acrylic paint (Titan Buff by Golden). Then I used my oblique pen holder and nib to add some text to the sticks. (Alternatively, you could use a fine-point black marker if you don't have an oblique pen holder.)
Then I placed a crocheted flower onto the stick and then hammered it in place with a button and a couple of teeny tiny nails.
Next, I added a strip of sheet music with some Mod Podge, and tied a bit of string to one end.
Sweet Monica.
Sixteen already.
My daughter.
My confidante.
My best friend who lights up our family with her humor and love. A leader who lights up this world with her principles, her intelligence, her respect for all living creatures, and her quest to be fair and good.
On this, her birthday, she is spending most of the day and evening with her buddies at a benefit concert to raise funds and awareness for the issue that has been most important to her for the past couple of years: To end the use of child soldiers in Joseph Kony's rebel war in central Africa. She is passionate about this issue and in honor of her birthday, I am happy to share this clip made available through her charity of choice: Invisible Children. Happy birthday, Monica. Love, Mom.
