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DOILY ANGEL ORNAMENT
MATERIALS
24" yellow yarn, threaded on needle
1 wooden bead, 58" diameter
Permanent fine-tip black marker
3" piece of 22-gauge wire, or pipe cleaner
tacky glue
1 round white 4" paper doily
1 round white 2 1/2" paper doily
Gold cord
INSTRUCTIONS
To make the angel's hair, thread yarn through the bead, leaving about 1" at the end to hold on to. Bring needle around and through bead in same direction, repeat about nine times until yarn covers about 2/3 of the bead. Cut yarn about 2" from bead. For bun on top of angel's head, apply a small dab of glue around base of 2" piece of yarn. Starting from center, coil around in a circle forming bun. Tuck end under bun, securing with a dab of glue. Place wire or pipe cleaner into bead head for neck. Draw eyes, nose and mouth on bead with permanent marker. For the skirt, cut the 4" doily in half. Glue one half into a cone shape. To make the wings, cut two quarter sections from the 2 1/2" doily. Glue wings to cone 1/2 inch from top. Insert wire neck down through the center of the cone body and glue or staple to hold head in place. After glue has dried, glue hanger to hair.
FEATHER WINGS ANGEL ORNAMENT
MATERIALS
2 1/4" vinyl lady head
15" of white Chinese braid
10" of white pleated lace
6" of 1/8" flat gold braid
5" each of white and gold 4mm pearls-by-the-yard
6 small white feathers
2 1/2" tall glass bottle
low temp glue gun and sticks
INSTRUCTIONS
Push head down over neck of bottle. Cut lace in half. Glue one piece of lace around base of head. Glue second piece of lace around shoulders. Glue braid around binding of upper piece of lace. Fold gold braid in half and glue ends to back of head for hanger. Glue feathers to back of head for wings. Twist pearls together and glue to head for halo.
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