I had two ornaments that were beyond saving.  I had an acrylic clear ornament that I tried repeatedly to use with texture paste.  End result was a very scratched bulb with no redeeming qualities.  The other ornament was Styrofoam that I “attempted” to cover with napkins and Mod Podge.  The Styrofoam became an impenetrable force field that even the best Jedi couldn’t have gotten through.  Since I don’t have any Jedi or light sabres handy, the small pearl headed pin I was using just wouldn’t cut it.  I really contemplated throwing both ornaments into the trash, but that was like letting them win.  I decided to do videos on repurposing old and/or ugly (mine are definitely ugly) ornaments.  Has this been done?  I don’t know, but now someone out there is saying to themselves, “Crap, why did I throw those out?  I could have turned them into a masterpiece like Sandy did.”  Ok, maybe (there’s no maybe in this discussion), they won’t say mine are a masterpiece, but at least they are no longer headed for the trash.  Well not today, anyway.  I decided to turn the scratched acrylic one into a scratched clear ball with ribbon covering most of it–problem solved.  The second ornament presented more of a challenge because I literally could not penetrate the surface with a pin.  I know, Styrofoam?  It must have been some seriously tough Mod Podge to make it that hard.  I decided to cover the ball with, wait for it, butterflies.  There’s a little girl that absolutely loves butterflies and I’m redoing her room in them.  What little girl wouldn’t love an ornament completely engulfed in a wide variety of butterflies?  We shall wait and see.  For now, I’m happy that I have saved these ornaments from the trash.  One final note.  I had to glue the butterflies onto the ball and used my hot glue gun.  I even bought those finger tip savers from Joanns to ensure that I didn’t burn my hands off.  Apparently, three is not enough.  I burned a finger and a thumb because I kept moving the finger savers since I kept using the wrong finger.  Can I really be this challenged?  Apparently so.  Repurposed balls 2, Sandy’s skill with glue gun 0.

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