7 Days of Mardi Gras: Day 4

For day four of my 7 Days of Mardi Gras, I experimented with making a Mardi Gras colored beaded votive. I saw something on Pinterest with one strand of each color bead wrapped around a rounded votive. I wanted to do something similar but make it my own. I had a plain square votive I have been wanting to do something with. I found some beads at the dollar store that were all three colors tangled into one strand. I simple wrapped it around the square votive three times. It almost didn't fit bu I finally got it. It doesn't look amazing but it's simple and cute. Multiple ones of these would look great around the room at a Mardi Gras bash.

7 Days of Mardi Gras: Day 1

For day one of my 7 Days of Mardi Gras, I experimented with making a bead wreath. It was honestly a little more difficult than I had anticipated. I used purple, gold and green beads that I already had and purchased a small plain wreath. I glued the end of one necklace to the wreath and wrapped it around until I was able to glue the other end on. I alternated green, purple and gold until the wreath was covered. I thought just beads was a little plain so I also glued some inexpensive purple, green and gold masks. It's not perfect but it'll work as a door decoration for seven days.

Next Up: 7 Days of Mardi Gras

There is no rest for the crafty when it comes February. For being the shortest month of the year, it sure is packed with a lot of fun themes and holidays. Now that we're past the Super Bowl and at the end of Valentine's Day, next up is Mardi Gras. This year the famous Fat Tuesday falls on February 21 which leaves exactly 7 days to countdown to it after the red, pink and hearts are packed away. Mardi Gras is full of purple, green and gold, masks, beads, kings cakes, and hurricanes. If you can't be in New Orleans for the actual celebration, there are a lot of fun ways to celebrate on your own. Stay tuned....