These felt beads and velvet cherries make excellent one-of-a-kind holiday ornaments.
Tools and Materials
Felt
Fabric glue
Thin wire
Ribbon
Pom-pom cherries
Cherry leaf template
Scissors
Martha Stewart Everyday crab apple garland
Velvet wired leaves
Felt Bead How-To
1. Make a 24-inch-long triangle with a 3-inch base.
2. Roll from base, forming a bead.
3. Glue down point with fabric glue.
4. Use a folded piece of thin wire to thread ribbon through bead.
Velvet Cherries How-To
1. Download cherry leaf template. Trace on felt. Cut out shapes.
2. Wrap pom-pom cherry stems around middle of pair of leaves.
3. Tie leaves around cherry stem.
Crab Apples How-To
1. Cut pom-poms from Martha Stewart Everyday garland, leaving garland threads attached to "cranberries."
2. Unravel threads and tie white strings into knot, to make a hanging hook.
3. Twist velvet wired leaves onto base of cranberry.
4. Hang ornaments on tree.
Resources
Cherry pom-poms and velvet leaves are available at tinseltrading.com. Martha Stewart everyday garlands are available at Kmart.
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