A Lovely Hair Band with an Organza Flower

       

Lovely hair accessories which are super easy to make. The flower gets its lifelike shape by melting the edges of the organza with a heat gun.

1. Cover the hair band with power tape and wrap around with grosgrain ribbon.

2. Cut circles of organza fabric and warm the edges with a heat gun until they begin to shrink.

3. Sew the organza pieces together and also sew on some howlite beads. Quick, easy and really lovely.

Wonder Chicks

       

Wonder chicks made on a metal skeleton, wound with tinfoil and cotton twine. Painted with paverpol and decorated with a cernit beak.

1. Make a skeleton from two stub wires.

2. Make the body with crumpled up tinfoil.

3. Use masking tape to hold the parts together.

4. Mix paverpol and paver color. Moisten the twine in paverpol and wrap it around the skeleton. Finally brush on paverpol.

5. Cut the ends of the stub wire at the neck and glue on the cotton balls with paverpol. Glue on two balls firm as breasts and paint the cotton balls with paverpol.

6. Shape a beak in cernit and attach it using paverpol. Glue one leg into the hole in the metal base with a glue gun.

7. The "wings" are made by hanging twine over the sculpture's arms. Trim these when dry.

A Collage Frame with Mosaic

       

Glass mosaic fragments are glued into the base of a collage frame using clear glue multi gel. When dry, rub a white filler into the grooves. Paint the wooden collage frame with craft paint.

1. Paint a collage frame with craft paint. Let it dry.

2. Glue glass mosaic fragments onto the base of the frame using clear multi glue gel. Let it dry.

3. Apply the mosaic filler over the mosaic tiled area using a spatula.

4. Wipe the mosaic tiled area with a damp sponge. Let it dry. Apply more filler if the initial application has shrunk.