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What You’ll Need:

• Skull decoration
• Pastel acrylic paint
• Paint sealer
• Paint brush
• Pastel gems
• Hot glue gun or other strong glue (such as E6000)

Paint the entire skull in a pastel colour. This will probably take two or three coats so make sure to let the paint dry completely between layers and then finish with a clear coat to seal the paint.

Glue the gems onto the skull in an abstract pattern to stretch across the face. You can either use our skull as a guide or come up with your own design. Keep gluing on gems until you are happy with your design, remember, when it comes to jewels more is more!

We hope you love your glam jeweled skull as much as we do, happy crafting!

If your hosting a party and need more Halloween inspiration, check out our Halloween themed cake topper for a fabulous dessert or for more skull decor our Day of the Dead Sugar Skulls.

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With Valentine’s Day around the corner, now is the perfect time to get started on this year’s lovely decorations. This wreath is easy to make, the perfect craft for a chilly day in front of the fire or when watching a movie. With minimum effort here comes maximum impact – this sweet wreath will make you and your guests feel the love!

What You’ll Need:

– An embroidery hoop or foam wreath base
– Yarn in three colours
– Felt in beige and light and dark pink
– A straight-ish branch
– Scissors
– Hot Glue Gun
– A small piece of ribbon or lace

Firstly, tie the first colour of yarn around the hoop. Start wrapping the yarn around the hoop, keeping the loops tight against each other. Cover half of the hoop and then switch to the next colour. To do this, tie the two strings together and continue wrapping with tight loops, covering the tails as you go. Add as much of the accent colour as you like, we added a stripe every couple inches.

Pop outside and find a neighborhood tree to lend you a branch. Clip off any twigs it may have. Cut out two matching hearts from the dark pink felt. I free-handed these hearts by folding the felt in half to make sure the heart was symmetrical, but you could also trace a wood shape, or use a stencil if you like. Glue the hearts onto the narrower end of the branch, one on top of the other to create an arrowhead.

Halfway there…

Repeat the heart steps, but draw half of a parallelogram instead. This will make the feathers, so glue these two pieces on the wider end of the branch. Tip: Only use glue next to the branch. Try not to get the on the edges of the ‘feathers’, it will make it easier to cut the ‘feathers’ in angled lines, about 1/4″ wide, all the way along the tail on both sides.

Add a small bow on the accent yarn. This will finish the tail end nice and neatly.

Loop a ribbon or some lace around the top of the wreath for hanging. If your using thin ribbon, you can simply tie the ends together to form a circle however, if you are using thicker ribbon or lace (like we did) you will need to glue the loop in place with some hot glue.

Use some more glue to attach the arrow to the hoop. Then, use the same technique from earlier to cut out some different sized hearts in various colours. Attach them to the bottom of the Valentine’s Day Wreath.

Your guests will LOVE coming over and knocking on your door. Happy crafting!

For another great Valentine’s Day project certainly check out our Easy Valentine’s Day puzzle heart.

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