2 posts tagged “decorations”
These are my absolute favorite Christmas addition.
Purchased from the same project that made the hearts and the tree decorations (Guess who got a little bit over enthusiastic and bought everything off the table
The special thing about these really cool angels is not that they have shwe shwe wings - that goes without saying - but the fact that they are the last 3. They are no longer making them because they are quite hard work.
When I got home I showed them off to every body who came within a twenty metre radius of me. This included Elizabeth who had to patiently nod while I gleefully showed her my loot. She liked the angels too - but said to me that they would be very easy to make.
"Easy ? " I asked her.
" Everything except the wings", she said. " the wings look very difficult"
So I told her that if she could make a straw body, I would more than gladly glue a piece of shwe shwe onto some card board for my contribution. And we could outsource even further by getting marvelous husband - he of the tool belt - to twist some halos for us. The springs that they dangle from we can purchase from the one price toy store down the road.
Maybe next year we will go into production, but I suspect these might remain the last three angel like this.
I hope that this festive season you find some angels that make you smile, whatever guise they come in.
Seeing as it was Christmas tree decorations that I was originally trying to make out of my bundle of shwe shwe and beads, I couldn't resist buying these from the craft market too. Partly because they were just lovely and had bells on them and partly so that I could examine them a bit closer and try to make my own.
They are made using contrasting colours of shwe shwe fabric. The red one uses the main pattern and the reverse print as a contrast. They are made by the same community project in Mamelodi that the hearts were crafted at.
