Looks like there is a big, nasty snowstorm coming my way! There's a winter weather advisory in effect starting tonight..... 3 to 5 inches of the white stuff. After I take down the Christmas decorations, I put out my snowman collection so that had me inspired to create a new snowguy.
Hey Snowman, you funny guy!
Made with snowflakes that fall from the sky!
The little guy below is my Russian snowman named Alexander. I say he's Russian because of his little hat, it reminds me of a Russian hat. His hat and pants were hand sewn from charcoal gray felt. The pom-poms were made with 100% wool yarn (if you want directions on how to make them see the previous post). His face was created by sewing on 2 different sizes of glass beads. The scarf is an upcycled, cut from a felted wool sweater and embellished with an antique shell button. His nose was shaped out of paperclay.
I love this little snowman lantern he's holding. I bought a package of white bells for 75% off at that craft store yesterday, not really having a plan of what to do with them when inspiration hit me last night and ta-da! I think it would make a sweet little pendant too.
He's holding a sparkly felt snowflake, ready to spread it around tonight.....did I mention there's a winter advisory for my area? The trim I used for a belt around his pants is pretty cool. It's kind of like elastic with ribbon weaved through it. 
This is an altered CD ornament I made for, yes....you guessed it, my cousin. I covered a CD with gel medium and then decorative papers on the front and back and added a vintage picture, glitter, marker, gel pen and rhinestones.
Ok I'm off to make more Russian snow guys! I want to try different hats and trims. If you have a suggestion for a unique kind of trim or hat I can make out of felt please let me know with a comment.
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