Decoupage A Mannequin - Here's How!

Mannequin Art is one of my favorite mediums, and I had a blast when I got to decoupage this one at a trade show.

Watch now, and get some fun ideas on how to turn old magazines into decoupage papers for your next art project.

Enjoy!

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How to Make-Over Pillows in a Minute!

Here's an easy and fast way to change the look of your room in just a few minutes!  All you need is a scarf or fabric, and a pile of pillows.  Change your room from a winter look, to bright and cheerful summer decor.

Pom-Pom Hangers!

How fun is this?  

Covered hangers with pompoms are so simple, 

yet really functional.  

Wind yarn around the third section of the 

PattieWack™ Pom-Pom Maker until it's nice and full.  

Tie it as tightly as possible in the center 

with another length of yarn.  

Pull the tied yarn toward the point of the tool 

to loosen the yarn slightly, 

then cut the loops on both sides to release the pompom.  

Now, trim the pompom and tie it to a fabric covered hanger.

Super cute!

Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter Everyone!

You can put pretty pompoms on a stick and poke them into anything today to add a little fun to your Easter festivities!

Just grab your large Pattiewack Pom-Pom Maker and wind yarn onto the second step of the tool to make 2" pompoms.  Next glue them onto the end of bamboo skewers.  

Presto!  You've got instant pompom fun.

Have a blessed an happy day!

You Can Do Anything - Boho Pompom Bracelet

You can make just about ANYTHING if you have the right tools, including this beautiful boho bracelet if you have the PattieWack™Tassel and Pom-Pom Makers.

For this bracelet, just grab your PattieWack™ Mini Pom-Pom Maker and 3 colors of embroidery floss.  Wind floss around the tool on the third tier to make a 1-1/2" pom-pom.  Tie it in the middle, then cut the sides to release.  Trim it up and tie it to your favorite boho-style bracelet.  Add two more, and you've got a pretty addition to that t-shirt and jeans or shorts for the perfect summer outfit.

Oh, and if you're into making jewelry, you can tie the pompoms to a lobster claw.  Then you'll be able to take clip them onto anything.  Cool, easy, and fun!

For shopping info, go to PattieWack.com and get your OWN tassel and pompom makers!

Glamping Time with Tassels!

It's that time of year, Yay!! The kids are getting restless, the weather is decent, flowers are ready to bloom and it's time to go outside and play.  What a perfect way to play, than by building a tent!  

I found these amazing tents with a tutorial on CAKIES Blog and she gives complete sewing instructions for building the perfect tent.  

And of course, you'll want to put your personal touch to the tent with tassels, to create a grand entrance to the tent.  Just grab your Pattiewack Tassel Maker and make 5" tassels, string them to a cord, and tie to the tent posts.  My goodness, you could even do this to a tent you already have, right?

Okay, now I must get out in the yard, take the wiener dogs out for a walk, and think about making tents.

Pop a Cork with Pom-Poms!

Zulily.com is extending their event featuring the PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers another day!

Today you and your friends will get a crazy discount of up to 40% on all PattieWack™ Makers!

It's seriously enough to make you pop a cork, right?  Then you'll just have to decorate that cork with a raffia pom-pom.  The cool thing about the PattieWack™ Makers, is you can wind just about anything around the tools, like RAFFIA to make a pom-pom.  

So, to make your pom-pom corks, wind raffia around the PattieWack™ Mini Pom-Pom Maker at the 5th section to make a 2-1/2" pom-pom.  Tie the center with raffia, or better yet, use heavy wire.  Cut the sides of the pom-pom to release.  Poke the wire into a cork and it's ready to pop back into the bottle.  Cute. Fun. Easy.

Don't forget to click over to Zulily.com and take advantage of this big event, and get your discount of up to 40% off, during this extended sale for the 

PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers!

I Make Me HAPPY

Zulily.com is extending their sales event for PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers!

You and your family and friends will receive up to 40% discount today on all PattieWack™ Tools!

Then make yourself HAPPY by adding mini tassels to one of your favorite necklaces.  It's so easy with the PattieWack™ Mini Tassel Maker.  Choose 3 colors of embroidery floss for three different mini tassels.  Wind the floss around the mini tool on the 4th section to make a 2" tassel.  Tie the top and bind the neck with matching floss.  Cut the bottom of the tassel and slide it off the tool.  Make two more tassels in different colors and tie them to your necklace for a fun fashion to add to your everyday look!

Don't forget to click over to Zulily.com to take advantage of this amazing event, to get your discount of up to 40% off PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers!

Kindness Matters

Zulily.com is extending their event featuring the PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers!

Today you and your friends will get a fantastic discount of up to 40% on all PattieWack™ Makers!

You can make the cutest little pompom banner out of bakers twine and yarn, with the PattieWack™ Mini Pom-Pom Maker.  Simply wind black yarn around the third section of the tool for a 1-1/2" pom-pom.  Add bakers twine by winding 4 times around the tool, on top of the yarn.  Tie the center of the pom-pom with yarn, cut the sides of the pom-pom to release. Make several fluffy little pom-poms, and then tie them to a length of bakers twine to make a happy banner!

Don't forget to click over to Zulily.com and take advantage of this big event, and get your discount of up to 40% off, during this extended sale for the 

PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers!

Have you heard the NEWS?

Zulily.com is featuring the 

PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers 

in an upcoming event!

Wednesday, March 9th

You and your friends can get an amazing discount of up to 40% on all PattieWack™ Tools!

And here's some more news..... Did you know that you can make newspaper pom-poms with the PattieWack™ Pom-Pom Maker?

All you need is a newspaper, scissors, and chenille stems (aka pipe cleaners) and heavy wire or a dowel rod.  Simply cut 1/4" strips of newspaper lengthwise.  It won't take much for each pom-pom.  Then wind the strips around the pom-pom maker at the 3" section of the large tool.  Bind the center with a chenille stem.  Cut both sides of the pom-pom to release it from the tool.  Fluff it out, and attach it to a dowel rod or heavy wire to make the stem. 

Easy-peasy!

Don't forget to click over to Zulily and take advantage of their fabulous event, and get an amazing discount of up to 40% during this special event for PattieWack™ Pom-Pom and Tassel Makers!

Tassel Napkin Rings

Vicki Odell is an amazing designer, and she made the cutest tassel napkin rings!  

Of course, she used the PattieWack® Tassel Maker for the quickest little tassel you've ever seen.

For the complete tutorial, click here to see her cool website:

http://vickiodell.com/last-minute-napkin-rings

Happy Holidays to everyone!!

XOXO

Pattiewack

Puffy Paint Backpack for Back-To-School

It's not too late to personalize those backpacks for back-to-school!

Save the cash you would lay down for a fancy designer backpack for your little princess and simply grab a pack of Puffy Paint to put a kitty face and her name on the front in no time.

Cut the label off the front if it's in the way of your design.  I just took my craft knife and slipped it behind the label to cut it out.  You can't even tell it was ever there.  

Now choose some great colors to match, with a contrast color.  I chose black, white, pink and a contrasting blue.

Here's the pattern for a kitty face.  If you prefer a different animal you can do a google search for animal face clip art to find everything your kids could want!  You can even find fun faces that the little dudes in your family would like. 

Save the pic to your computer and print.  You're all set.

Start by painting the design at the top of the backpack (ears and hair) so that you won't drag your hand through wet paint. 

Keep going until your face is done.

If you're timid about drawing the face freehand, you can draw it with chalk first and then trace over it with the Puffy Paint.  The chalk will be easy to brush off, after your paint is totally dry.

Now paint your name with simple letters that you can add contrasting dots to for a super cute and fun personalized touch.  I drew mine on a piece of paper first, to get the size and spacing figured out.  Again, you can draw the name on your backpack with chalk and trace over it with Puffy Paint if that works better for you.

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How To Make Tassels - the PattieWack™ Way!

We've been working on a little (and I do mean LITTLE) video that shows all the sizes of tassels you can make with the PattieWack™ Tassel Makers.  Click and see how fun!

 Believe it or not, it takes HOURS for Scott and I to make a 'little' 20 second video like this one.  But with the small social media platforms like Vine and Facebook, this is what people like you are looking for, right?

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You'll get all the new videos we post about my DIY life, and get tons of ideas for crafts and tutorials made just for YOU :)

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DIY - Boho Tassel Necklace

It's summer-time, and this girl's really lovin' the boho style that I'm seeing everywhere.  So, I went to Hancock Fabrics and bought several fun prints to make my own blouses and then I just felt like they needed something else.  This one has such great colors, and I thought it would be fun to match up the turquoise, lime, and lemon colors that are super vibrant with cotton embroidery threads.

I did fudge a little by starting out with a necklace on the sale kiosk at Nordstrom's Rack.  Then I got busy making tassels in each of the colors.  To make my tassels, I grabbed my PattieWack™ Mini Tassel Maker and decided what size to make them. 

I chose the 1 1/2 inch size and wound the embroidery floss around the tool until it was as fat and fluffy as I wanted. I wrapped this heavier floss about 20 times. How many times you wind it depends on how thick your thread is, and how fat you want your tassels.  And in order to make all your tassels the same size,  simply count how many times you wind the first one and then you'll be set for the other tassels. 

For the next step I put a large jump ring through the top of the tassel since it was going on a metal chain necklace. A pair of needle-nose pliers worked great for this. 

Then I inserted another piece of embroidery floss through the slit in the tool and tied it very tightly around the neck of the tassel. 

The next step was to simply cut the bottom of the tassel with scissors and slip it off the end of the tool. I also wound some more floss around the neck to add a little more pizzaz to the tassel. 

I made three tassels, added them to my necklace and that was it!  I had my necklace finished in about 30 minutes...boombadabing!

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DIY Sunglass Case

When Scott and I were in Amsterdam this year, we were so excited to go to the Van Gogh Museum.  It was a tremendous experience, with the beautiful works of Vincent Van Gogh including masterpieces such as Almond Blossom, The Bedroom and of course, Sunflowers! 

After the tour, we ended up in the museum store where I found this little fabric rectangle in a plastic pouch for cleaning your glasses.  The pattern on the fabric is a print of Sunflowers, and I thought it would be fun to have, since I probably clean my glasses about a dozen times a day.... I know.  

Neat freak.

 Then I got the idea that the fabric would be perfect to make a little pouch for my sunglasses.  Plus, it would be handy to have a pouch made from the same fabric I can use to clean my glasses.

All I needed was a good adhesive to glue two sides together, right?  So I reached for my stash of super-duper fast and easy to use Aleene's® Instant Tacky 1/4" Double-Sided Tape.

Now if you don't have one of these glass cleaner cloths, you can pick them up in tons of stores, usually by the cash register.  Or, you can cut a piece of fabric or felt into a 6 x 7 inch rectangle with pinking shears.  Step #1 is to apply the tape on one of the short ends of the fabric (6-inches).  Then cut a piece of tape 3-1/2 inches long and apply from the corner, half-way up the longer side. It kinda makes an "L" shape.

Step #2 is to peel off the red liner from the tape.  

So far, so good :)

Step #3 is to fold the fabric in half and press the edges of the pouch together firmly with your fingers to insure the adhesive is set.
That's all there is to it, and I love my simple little glasses pouch.  It fits in my skinny cross-body bag, I use it all the time, and I think it's a great idea for a stocking stuffer or teeny gift for someone.

I hope you are enjoying my DIY journey and keep coming back for more ideas, tips, how-to's, and projects to 

craft, create, and decorate.

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How To Make Pom-Poms the PattieWack™ Way!

Make 10 Pom-Poms in 20 Seconds, 

the PattieWack™ way!

If you've never seen the PattieWack™Pom-Pom Maker doing a little pompom magic, here's your chance!

Shop for yours now, at www.pattiewack.com

DIY - Wine Bottle Wind Chimes

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you know that every Friday night Scott and I have a TGIF celebration with a glass of wine.  Naturally I have always wanted to do something fun with recycled wine bottles.  So, I combined my love for wine with my love for Aleene's glues, and created these wind chimes.  The brand new Aleene's Ultimate Multi-Surface Adhesive™ is great for use on metal, glass and other surfaces, so I knew it would be the perfect choice for my  Recycled Wine Bottle Wind Chimes project. 

DIY Pom-Pom Party Banner

This adorable little felt banner at Michael's store was just sitting on a shelf waiting for me last week and I grabbed it up immediately.  (Click here for a link to the banner)  I didn't know where I was going to put it, but it didn't matter at the moment because I was in love!  I mean, it is such a great color combo, it's that rich thick wooly felt, and such a cute size, I knew I could find a place for it somewhere.

Here's all you need:

I wasted no time getting to my yarn stash to make the perfect pom-poms for my banner.  It was fast and easy to make them on the 1-1/2" step of the PattieWack™ Mini Pom-Pom Maker.  

As you can see, I matched every single color of the banner with yarn to make a pom-pom for each pennant, and then I moved them all over to the NEXT pennant to contrast with the color, yet continue the color story.  What can I say...it worked!

And here's a tip.  The Aleene's Adhesive Tabs you'll see me using in the video made the whole thing soooo easy and no mess.  That's what I love, love, love about dry adhesives.

Watch the HOW-TO Video

Here's how to make quick and easy pompoms for a DIY PomPom Banner with felt, yarn and the PattieWack™Mini Pom-Pom Maker.  Add a little pom-pom pizzazz to your front door or next party for a dose of double-goodness.  I hope it inspires you to start a new creative adventure with pompoms.

Enjoy!

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DIY - Home Sweet Birdhouse

Have you heard about the NEW Aleene's Ultimate Multi-Surface Adhesive™ and watched the darling video?
It's a story about love, glue and, well…
find out what happens on Day 395....
Watch it now....

After watching, I was inspired to make this super cute birdhouse your little birdies will call
"Home Sweet Home"
as soon as you hang it on a fence in your backyard!

Here's what you'll need:

Aleene's Ultimate Multi-Surface Adhesive™

Wood Faux Fence

Birdhouse

Wood Bird Cut-out

Wood "Home" Cut-out

2 Wood Clothespins

Pencil

Step 1:

Place items where you want them on the wood faux fence, 

and trace around them with a pencil.

Step 2:

Apply glue inside traced lines, and on each item.
Let glue set up for 2 minutes and then press together.

Step 3:

Mark where you want to put clothespins to hold treats for your birds.  Apply glue to both the clothespins and the faux fence.
Let glue set up for 2 minutes and then press together.

Here's a tip:
Place books or other heavy items on pieces if possible, while the set.  I use plastic bags filled with feed corn that I use to hold things down.  For maximum-strength bond, allow 24 hours for cure time.  This glue is exceptional on wood, stone, metal, ceramic, craft foam, glass and more!

Like the video says, 

"The only thing Aleene's Ultimate can't fix, 

is a broken heart."

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