Need a last minute gift for a holiday open house or
Secret Santa? Nothing could be quicker than this Metallic Braid Ornament. Make
several in a variety of colors and wrap them up in a festive holiday basket.
And don’t forget to check out Drop Dead Ornaments,
the latest Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery. You’ll find lots more quick and
easy ornaments to make.
Metallic
Braid Ornament
Materials
Clear glass ball ornament*
5-yds. 5mm braided metallic cording (choose silver,
gold, or 2-toned combination colors such as red/gold or black/silver)
9”-12” of 1/4”-1/2” wide satin or grosgrain ribbon in
a complementary color
Note: If you can’t find 5mm braid, you can substitute
a different diameter. You’ll need less braid for a thicker diameter and more
for a thinner diameter braid. You can also substitute yarn, twine, thin braid,
or a thin strip of fabric for the ribbon used for the hanging loop.
Carefully remove the metal cap from the glass ball.
Feed the metallic braid through the opening into the ornament. Reattach the
metal cap. Tie the ribbon through the loop for hanging.
* This is a great project to make with kids, but
depending on their age, you might want to substitute clear plastic ball
ornaments for the glass ball ornaments.
Drop Dead Ornaments
An Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery, Book 7
Anastasia Pollack’s son Alex
is dating Sophie Lambert, the new kid in town. For their community service
project, the high school seniors have chosen to raise money for the county food
bank. Anastasia taps her craft industry contacts to donate materials for the
students to make Christmas ornaments they’ll sell at the town’s annual Holiday
Crafts Fair.
At the fair Anastasia meets
Sophie’s father, Shane Lambert, who strikes her as a man with secrets. She also
notices a woman eavesdropping on their conversation. Later that evening when
the woman turns up dead, Sophie’s father is arrested for her murder.
Alex and Sophie beg Anastasia
to find the real killer, but Anastasia has had her fill of dead bodies. She’s
also not convinced of Shane’s innocence. Besides, she’s promised younger son
Nick she’ll stop risking her life. But how can she say no to Alex?
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