These were made from those cheap kits they sell around Christmas time with beads and wire. You just string on the beads and twist. I enjoy making them but they don’t always keep their shape very well so that circles become oblong and stars don’t have sharp edges (as you can see here). Perhaps some… Read more »
Posts By: Dawn
Spool elf
This was a very cute and simple kit.
Decorated balls
Angel ornaments
These were from a kit. They were all supposed to be blond and angelic but I got bored. They’re hard to photograph too.
Applique felt ornament
I made a Christmas tree skirt for my mother from a kit out of pieces of felt appliqued and then highlighted with embroidery and sequins. It was slow, painstaking work since I sewed each piece on (some people might glue them). The skirt was printed with design all the way around, so that you did… Read more »
Sequined ornaments
These were made from various kits. They’re simple to do but somewhat paintful on the fingers as you attach the sequins with straight pins that have to pushed into the styrofoam form.
Shrinky-Dink ornaments
I call them shrinky dinks but they’re not really. They’re made by putting small plastic beads into a pre-formed metal outline. Then they’re baked in the oven so the beads melt into something that looks like glass. These were actually really tedious to make. Getting the beads piled up to just the right height so… Read more »
College watercolors
When I was in college, my friends and I did the strangest things for fun. We drank a lot, of course, but while we were drinking, we would write poetry to each other or paint or sing along to show tunes. These were guys too! I have a few paintings remaining from those many sessions…. Read more »
Good Morning counted cross stitch series
I’m not a morning person. Can you tell? These are my own designs, such as they are. There’s a third one: a picture of a coffin with the legend “If it’s so good, why do they call it mourning” which I never finished. I cut the mat for the clock design myself, which explains why… Read more »
Mrs. Claus crewel work
This was only of the earliest pieces I ever made. It was pretty tricky with a huge section of turkey work (the wreath) and those bullion stitches.