Design by Night

Craft show season is well under way with so many great shows coming up. This Saturday, June 2 from Noon to 7pm, come check see me ( Design by Night ) and fellow BEST crafters  Jill Popowich Designs , Becca & Mars , Wood Art for Living , Doxallo Design and Charms City Company at Boordy Vinyards for the Gunpowder River Artfest . Admission includes fine art and craft vendors, wine, food, live music, children's activities and parking. Did I mention there would be wine?

Tassels just aren't for ta-tas any more! Make these cute tassel earrings out of inexpensive embroidery floss. A pair will cost you just a few dollars to make. Supplies 2-skeins of 26 feet (8 meters) embroidery floss 2-ear wires 2-jump rings jewelry pliers scissors 2-wooden beads 10 mm or larger, make sure they have a wide enough hole to thread the embroidery floss through card board about 4" x 4"* *you can use something from the recycling bin for the cardboard, such as a cereal or cracker box Using the diagram below make a tassel maker out of cardboard.  Open one of the skeins of floss and cut off one 12" piece and one 24" piece. Take the 12" piece and put it aside. Place the 12" strip in the slits you cut on each side of the cardboard. Using the what is left of the open skein of embroidery floss, take the end and hold it with your thumb at the bottom of the cardboard. Start wrapping the floss around the cardboard un...