For the last few years, I have been obsessed with making sequin pin ornaments (here was last year’s contribution on the subject). They are time consuming but easy to master. The possibilities are truly endless even with just one value bag of sequins and some pins especially sold for this purpose, which should be no [...]
Back when my partner and I had a craft store in DC, I made this video with MonkeySee.com. It was a lot of fun to do and I got an awesome tee shirt and promotion for my store. However, after browsing Martha’s 62 Ways to Decorate Eggs and Baskets (via How About Orange), I feel [...]
Whether you call it Fat Tuesday, Pancake Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Fausnaught Day, Donut Day, Carnival, Carnaval, Carnevale, or Fettisdagen, it is coming. And it will be here in four days whether there are 24 inches of snow around my house or not. Frankly, I’m usually a lot more excited for this holiday than [...]
I love making decorations with sequins, pins, and foam balls. However, after making so many in the past few years, I got a little bored with the shape. So, I’ve decided to try to make a new shape ornament this year, using strings of 1 inch balls (which are pretty tiny!!)
There are lots of tutorials [...]