Ribbon ANGELS

Picture by

cAROLYN

Instructions by Lori Jean

You will need narrow wire ribbon - about 1-3/4"wide or you could use the wider wire ribbon, 2 1/2"wide for the larger Christmas angels. You will use about 8 inches for the body and 6 inches for the wings.

Instructions: Wire Ribbon Angel Pin (narrow ribbon)

                       or as an Ornament (using wider ribbon)

Take the wire ribbon and fold back and forth like a fan. Make sure there are 7 pleats. This will be the dress. Staple at the very top. Once you staple the dress at the top, trim the excess off the top, THEN pull the dress open. You need to trim the excess to be able to glue the wings on the top of the dress. Now you have the dress!

(Note from Carolyn: Because I made out better with ribbon that had the extra wide wire trim, I had more success cutting (trimming) the "dress" just below the wire BEFORE I stapled the one end. When I stapled before trimming the wire, my staple didn't want to go through smoothly.)

Take the same wire ribbon and fold back and forth like a fan and make sure there are 5 pleats. Fold in half, so you can see where the middle is and staple flat on that center fold line. Pull the pleats open on both sides. Now you have wings!

Hot glue the wings to the dress. Place a flower/bow on the front, where you hot glued the two pieces together.

Hot glue a small gold jingle bell at the top of the wings (head) when using the narrow ribbon and a medium size bell when using the wider ribbon.

I don't bother with the halo, because the head is just too small to glue a halo too.

If you make Christmas angels using this method, with the wider ribbon, I do use the plastic rings and glue it to the bell. You can find all kinds of sheer, sparkly Christmas ribbon to make the angels out of.

 

Thank You so much LORI JEAN and CAROLYN for sharing and for your permission to feature your beautiful angels here.