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This year, I wanted to do something a little different for Breast Cancer Awareness month. I chose an angel to represent hope & prayers that there will be a cure, very soon.

If you don’t want your angel to be for Breast Cancer Awareness, you could easily change the colors to your favorite color. I know that the next angel that I make is going to be in blue & then one in lilac.

It’s funny how I get my inspiration. This angel was inspired by a pair of crocheted wings that were given to me by a very dear friend. The wings brought to mind a very Shabby Chic feel for me.

I got out my supplies & lots of laces. Naturally, since the color for Breast Cancer Awareness is pink, I got out a lot of pink laces, fabric & ribbons & a chenille stem. I used a cardboard cone & a set of porcelain head & hands. These are available at most craft stores.

The first thing that I did was to glue the hands on to the chenille stem. I bend the ends of the chenille stem up, to give the glue a little more to hold on to. That way, the hands don’t fall off.

I cut sleeves from some pink fabric. You can make them any shape that you like. I wanted these to be a slightly bell shape. You can sew these or use glue. I used hot glue to fold up a hem & then add lace to the bottom of the sleeve.

With right sides together, I glued the edges together to form a tube. When the glue had cooled, I turned them right side out.

Then I slipped the arms into the sleeves & then glued the arms to the cone.

Once the arms were securely glued in place, I glued on the angel’s head.

Then I made her dress. This was just a piece of pink fabric cut into a rectangle. I made it about 1 1/2 times as wide as the base of the cone. This gave the skirt a nice flow. I sewed the lace on the fabric & added 2 rows of gathered lace to the bottom of the skirt. Once all of laces were sewn on, with right sides together & stitched a seam to form the skirt.

Then with a needle & thread, I made a running stitch in the top of the skirt. Don’t knot it off yet.

I put the skirt on the cone & pulled the running stitch tightly to fit the top of the cone. Then I glued the skirt to the top of the cone. I glued the fabric as close to the porcelain head as I could.

Skirt glued in place:

Then I added ribbon to the shoulders. This is when I add the rhinestone. It’s not necessary, it’s kind of my trademark when I make angels.

Then I glued a long piece of ribbon to the top of the skirt & tied it in the back. This covers all of the raw edges. The tie in the back will help to hide the seam in the back of the skirt.

Then I added a wide ribbon to make a shawl to cover the shoulders. I anchored the ribbon in the front with a piece of thin wire. Thread would work too. I covered the wire with a ribbon rose.

I’d found this ribbon & wanted to use it for this angel. But the design goes one way. So I measured from the hands to the bottom of the skirt & cut 2 pieces. That way the design would be facing the right way. (and yes, I had to iron it)

I bent the arms up & then glued ribbons, ribbon roses & pearls to the angel’s hands, letting them drape in front of her.

To make her halo, I just glued pink ribbon roses around her head.

The only thing left was to add her wings. I could have just glued them on to the back of the angel, but by now, you know me. I needed some glitter! I used a stiff paint brush and some Mod Podge and added it to the inside of the wings. Then I sprinkled on some clear iridescent glitter. Once it had dried, I turned the wings over & repeated with the same glitter. Let the Mod Podge dry.