Rock and Stone Makeover

by Helen Heidel

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We travel a lot and picking rocks from places we stopped was my routine. I wrote the dates and names of the place where they came from.....here are some of them.

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My collection before we're coffee mugs from different states and now almost complete so I decided to collect rocks and stones from different places we stepped on.

I washed them well with soap and water to remove dirt and dust.

After drying I wrote the name of the place where I picked it plus the date.

We sometimes get extra sizes for my other ideas.

I use acrylic paints, modge podge, sharpie, paint brushes and some paper towels.

I usually coat all the rocks with white acrylic before painting with other colors that I like. Then I use sharpie in writing the name of places and dates. After few minutes of drying, I coated them with modge podge to give a glossy effect and to protect them from scratch.

I still have some more to paint as you can see. By the way, the flowers in the orange vase is my wedding bouquet when we get married August 6, 2011.

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Hillela G. on Nov 03, 2016
I love this idea! A fun, creative, affordable souvenir!!

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Brenda S. on Nov 03, 2016
This is so great!

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