It's been a long time between blog posts... But I've been distracted. But, I've started the Christmas decorations a bit earlier this year... Christmas has a habit of creeping up on me!
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| The process is very easy. First you need a polystyrene ball. A size that will work for you. (I have found that the larger balls get very heavy and don't go on the tree very well, but they make great table decorations). The medium ones, take 2-3 hours. |
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| You need lots of pins, I have large and small ones. The medium balls, take about 2 packets of pins (50g) to finish. |
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| You also need lots of sequins... I use 3-4 colours on each ball. Check the brand of sequins. before you buy up big. Sometimes the holes in the sequins are bigger than the pin heads. To compensate this problem, you can add a glass bead to the pin, to make the size bigger and for some added texture and variety. |
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| Using a pen, draw up the design. It will be covered by the sequins and pins, so don't worry if you make a mistake. Then it's time to add the pin into the sequin, pushing it into the ball. |
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| Here are some finished ones... |
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| Later, I add a fishing line to the ball, wrapping the fishing line around one pin and using 4 other pins to secure it, to the ball. Now it's ready for the tree! |
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| A box of finished ones... I pin, while watching TV and in between household jobs and kids. They make great gifts and you also can put names on the balls, to make them even more special. Click here to see last year's designs. |
