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Peacock Necklace Tutorial

I can't open a magazine or visit a fashion website without seeing some kind of feather accessory. Yes, I do make feather hair clips but I thought it would be fun to try my hand at making some jewelry. So after a little craft exploration I came up with an idea for a necklace out of feathers and an old plain chain necklace. Supplies: 5 peacock eye feathers Scissors Paper Pencil Glue Gun Stiff Felt (the kind you buy by the square) Needle Thread that matches felt Old chain necklace (if you don’t have an old chain necklace you can purchase new chain and findings in most craft stores) Take three of your peacock feathers and trim the wispy eyelash like ends off of the rounded top and cut off the stem just below the “eye” (see fig. 1). Arrange the feathers similar to fig. 2a on top of the piece of paper. Carefully trace around the feathers. When you remove the feathers place them to the side in the exact order you had them on your paper pattern. Take the pencil and draw a line inside the c

Kiss this! First Friday Trunk Show

Come visit me ( Design by Night ) this Friday at Kiss'n Makeup in Hampden, hon! It is first Friday in Hampden and Kiss N' Makeup is celebrating by having a trunk show. I will be their working the streets and selling my wares and I will be joined by the very talented Adele from DelC Transit Authority . When: Friday May 6, 2001 Time: 6 pm Where: Kiss'n Makeup, 827 W. 36th Street For more information visit the KISS THIS!! event page on Facebook .