Mardi Gras Ball Mask

I have a very creative wife. I’m not surprised that she has a very creative mother. (It’s gotta come from somewhere, right?) Anyway, she put together this mask for the Mardi Gras Ball at the American Ballroom Dance Club. She also won first place in the costume contest that night. So why is this posted on our blog you ask? Well, she told us she used…

…a blank mask, a boa, a few scrapbook sparkles, some Tacky glue and two Sharpies. I used a black fine point to outline the eyes, draw eyelashes and eyebrows. I used a red gel Sharpie to fill in the lips.

Pencil Sculptures by Jennifer Maestre

A co-worker showed me Jennifer Maestre’s site today. Totally amazing. Totally pencils.

In her own words:

To make the pencil sculptures, I take hundreds of pencils, cut them into 1-inch sections, drill a hole in each section (to turn them into beads), sharpen them all and sew them together. The beading technique I rely on most is peyote stitch.