This angel craft can be given as a sympathy gift on the deceased baby’s angelversary or death date. No parent will ever forget the day their child left this earth. This keepsake gift can be handcrafted by you because of it’s simplicity. Take the time to remember a child forever loved and missed with the bereaved parents on this day.
Materials you will need:
- A small glass plate
- hot glue gun
- magic marker
- tweezers
- elmers glue
- wax paper
- dried & pressed flowers & foliage
- pearl necklace or other
- decoupage
- gemstones
- engraving tool (optional)
Choose words for your plate and use marker and write. My handwriting is terrible but it is part of me, a mother of angels.
Take your engraving tool and gently trace over the letters then wipe off marker. This tool is inexpensive and can be foundat local craft stores. If you are not going to purchase this tool, simply take glue and go over the letters and sprinkle with glitter.
Now place pressed flowersand foliage around the plate the way you would like it to look. Flowers can be taken from your gardens, place between wax paper and put several books on top to flatten overnight. i have bought silicon gel to remove the water from the flowers, completing drying them. You can also do this isn a warm oven. Take the glue and adhere flowers with a small paint brush. Tweeters are very helpful to move your flowers.
Apply your angels gemstone to the center of the flowers and let dry for an hour before applying the decoupage substance. This will dry clear, so don’t worry that it is looking foggy.
Decoupage will form a protective seal for easy cleaning of your delicate flower blooms.
I chose hydrangea flowers, foliage from Russian Sage and blue gemstones for my son Tanner’s angel keepsake plate.
I have inherited many of my grandmother’s jewlery and used my hot glue gun to attach a broken strand of her pearls to the backside to hang Tanner’s plate.
These angelversary keepsakes can be hung from windows, on a wall or an angels shadowbox.
A lamp’s finial can even be the location for a deceased child’s keepsake plate.
Remember a friend’s baby on their angelversary, because parents do.
Happy Angelversary Sweet Babies
Peace Love and Hugs from Above
Diana www.justacloudaway.com
