Christmas Tree Angel

I decided to make a new topper for our new 9-foot Christmas tree! I wanted to make either an angel or a star, and since a star needs to light up and that's really complicated I decided to make an angel out of random stuff in my craft room.

First I took a long strand of raffia string (I decided this looks like rustic angel hair) and folded it back and forth, then stuffed it through a large wooden bead (which sort of looks like an angel's head, if you have an imagination like mine). Then I twisted a piece of gold rope against itself (this is the crown or halo), cut it and hot-glued it on top and trimmed the raffia to look like hair.

For the body I made a cone out of white craft form. For wings I used a pretty piece of ribbon which I threaded through a hole in the back. I then bordered the hole with pieces of the same gold I used for the halo-crown to hide the ugly hole.

Next I got out a bunch of coordinating white and gold trim and lace and decided to figure out how to decorate the body to make a dress. I made a bit of a mess.

I started glueing pieces of lace over the white foam, starting with the bottom piece so the upper pieces would overlap like layers of a skirt. A strand of white "pearls" became a necklace for the angel.

Here is the finished angel, as an ornament. I need a ladder to get her up on top of my tree!

JigglyPuff BluePrint

I had a friend back in high school that was really into JigglyPuffs. One day during my Computer Aid Drafting class I made this for extra credit in AutoCad





The top view needs a little work, but not bad for a high school student I would say

-SmallRiniLady

Rose Vine Garden Bracelet

I drew out a necklace design with curves and drops but couldn't figure out how to do it.  Wait wait, I figured it out (well a book showed me); Tigerwire and crimp beads. This one has crimp covers to make it a little prettier. 

Continuing on I tried mixing in these cute paper flowers.  My boyfriend thought it was a little too much to make it into a necklace since it was too long in height but it still looked pretty nice as a bracelet.

The Paper Mulberry Flowers I found at the craft store came in sets of 3 shades.  I thought the gradient gives it such a uniqueness.

I Won NaNoWriMo

I'm a winner! I just completed NaNoWriMo for the first time this year. Hit 50,007 words at 9:20 PM on November 30th, 2011.

Yay!

My novel isn't finished yet, but I'm 50,000 words closer to the end than I was a month ago! Woot!

Now I can go back to working on craft projects. I'm sure I can find something to do for Christmas. Tis the season for making pretty little handmade gifts, decorating the house, wrapping presents... and playing Star Wars: The Old Republic. Oh yes, I preordered it. Better get some craftin' done before Dec. 20th when the Empire takes over my every waking moment.