Various Projects, continued. Murakami - inspired ball.

I'm working on multiple projects right now. 

Even if I don't post every day, I'm always busy.

Here are some earrings I made recently.

I've discovered that my inspiration doesn't always match the season.

These will be nice for late summer:

I made these chunky chandelier earrings from actual chandelier crystals:

I might wear these other earrings (I think this is last year's trend) more often:

On many days, I painted on my Dragon's eggs. This batch is taking forever!

I keep adding layers of paint, each which takes a day to dry. It's not very satisfying.

I found some trim for the front side of the sunflower-button jean jacket.

Also some iron-on patches.

I wore the other, more "colorful" jacket to the grocery store the other day.

I was in a hurry and forgot I was wearing it. 

A little kid ran up to me and grabbed onto me. I was startled, to say the least!

Later, I realized it was just the pied- piper effect of the jacket!

I'm going to have to remember that, the next time I wear it out.

Here is what I am doing with the sequins that I didn't turn into earrings:

I'm making a sequin ornament, inspired by the Japanese pop-artist Takashi Murakami.

If you don't know who that is, when you look it up, it will probably seem familiar.

I'm not a huge fan of pop art, but when I saw these sequins, I knew I had to try it.

I got the second-largest styrofoam ball from the craft store.

It was almost $20, (but I used my half-off coupon.) 

I haven't used styrofoam since I was a kid, but apparently since it's bad for the environment, it's super expensive now.

I didn't plan anything out, just started sticking pins into sequins.

I had a general idea of what I needed to do. 

Kind of make a sequin stack.

This is a way to make Christmas ornaments.

I didn't want it to look like a Christmas ornament. I was trying to make a Murakami Ball.

I started with flower shapes.

Since I didn't measure or plan, the flowery shapes I made across the circumference, ended up a little short:

Maybe I should have painted the ball first. It's really crusty and crumbly.

Today, I filled in the gaps with other sequins.

I'm all out of those large, round sequins, which were the base of the design!

I think Hobby Lobby sells them, sorted by size...

My dad asked what I was going to do with this, when I finished.

I don't know what it is or why I'm making it! 

It's going to take awhile, but it will look cool when it's done...