As usual, I have my mind on Christmas. Heck, it’s there all year long! I love decorating for Christmas, and I love doing it myself. I was looking around my Craft Room, when I found some Paillettes. Paillettes are basically slightly larger flat sequins with one hole towards the outside rim of the sequin instead of the center. I came up with this sparkly ornament that I’m sure will catch the light like crazy. These are time consuming, but so worth it.
Materials Needed:
Styrofoam Ball
Sequin Pins
Straight Pins
Sharpie Marker
Paillette Sequins
Tacky Glue
Thin Ribbon for hanger
Corsage Pin
I started with a Styrofoam ball. I added straight pins to the north & south of the ball, just to keep me on track. Then, using a Sharpie, I drew lines around the ball. This too, was to keep my rows on track.
Insert a sequin pin in the hole of the Paillette.
Dip the end of the pin in some Tacky glue:
and push the pin into the ball. Create a row of paillettes around the bottom straight pin.
Continue adding rows of the Paillettes to the Styrofoam ball, using the lines as a guide. (as I added more rows, I tried to cover the pin heads with the next row)
Once the Styrofoam ball is covered with the Paillettes, remove the bottom pin & replace the top straight pin with a corsage pin through some ribbon to create the hanger.
This took a long time to do, but it’s so pretty. I think I’m going to be making some in larger sizes and different colors.
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