Easy, Peasy Thursday Tutorial

So I have this room off of the garage where we keep our freezer and my saw, sander, hand tools.  I also store my excess craft hoard.  It had kinda gotten out of hand so I went out and started sorting and cleaning.  To my amazement, (my attempt at sarcasm here), I found some things I had forgotten I had. Enter this box of glass ornaments.  Okay, I know the box is empty, but it was full.  Trust me....

I also had a bag of white feathers.....

So I simply put one little feather in each of the clear glass ornaments.

I cut 12 pieces of white organza ribbon, each 10" long.  You could use whatever ribbon you want.  I had this on hand.

Then I printed these little angel poems and used my tag punch to cut them out.

I threaded one piece of ribbon through the hole in the tag and then through the top of the ornament hanger.  I tied it into a bow.  The other piece got looped through the same place and knotted for hanging.

What a sweet little ornament!  I sell a ton of these at craft shows.  One tip is to keep them in the box that they came in.  These are breakable and it never fails that one gets broken.  These ornaments are the glass discs.  You could use round ones if you like.  You could use plastic ones or grosgrain ribbon.  You could make the tags round or use a fancy scissors to cut them out.

Here is the short poem that I used:

This is an Angel Feather

Sent from God Above

To Serve as a Reminder

Of His Most Precious Love

I simply put it in a word document.  I used this font: Freehand471 BT, in size 9 text.  You can play around with it to get the size and font that you like best.  Have fun with this!

Do you believe in Angels????

I don't know if you believe in angels, but I do.  And I wanted to show you the angels that I made today from things I had on hand in the studio.  One of my resolutions is to destash, declutter, and reuse more.  I did alot of decluttering in 2011, but I have so much more to do.  Anyway, as I was packing  up my Christmas decor, I ran across some of these angels in a trunk.  I had made them years ago and they needed some repair.  I started digging around in the studio and found additional angel heads, plastic cones, and wings. 

This one is my favorite, approximately 16 inches tall, porcelain head, made from two vintage doilies.

For those  who like a bit more sparkle, this guilded angel is for you.  She is about 11" tall .

This angel is fleece and feather covered with a pearl trim neckline and halo.  Very whimsical.

If interested, all of the angels in the top photo will be listed for sale in my Etsy shop:  They are each different, one of a kind and will range in price from $6.95 - $19.99.

 www.etsy.com/shop/3Peas2010

I also wanted to mention another giveaway.  This one is from Brenda at the Rusty Thimble.  Check out her primitives at http://therustythimble.blogspot.com/

And lastly, but certainly not least...I wanted to publicly thank Sandy at the Olde Country Cupboard.  I won her giveaway for some candles.  I can't wait to receive them...and I surely will post pictures.

Have a great week and come back soon.