Who is Random Nicole?

Random Nicole is Nicole Stevenson started crafting things at an early age. Ahe started her first crafty business at age 9, selling handmade stationary out of an old refrigerator box (decorated to look like a shop) on her front lawn. she then moved on to to edible treats... creating and selling chocolates in front of her dad's barber shop.

Nicole now divides her time and creativity between:
1. creating and selling one of a kind things for her line: random Nicole
2. co-producing patchwork indie arts & crafts festival a bi-annual southern California event featuring emerging makers of art, clothing, food, music and more with her aunt Delilah Snell,
3. teaching DIY workshops and teaching crafts privately for everything from birthday parties to corporate team building
4. consulting and doing custom design work for individuals and businesses
5. writing short stories for her in progress MFA in creative writing

 

what you need:
-hand-sewing needle
-thread
-fabric scraps cut into various size circles around 2-5 inches in diameter
-necklace chain & clasp

 

what to do:

1. hold one fabric circle so the printed side is down

2. fold over about a 1/4 of an inch of the edge of fabric from bottom to top so you can see a bit of the printed side on the back of the fabric

3. thread your needle and do a running stitch (push the needle through the fabric from bottom to top then from top to bottom) repeat the running stitch around the circle

4. once you have sewn around the whole circle, pull the thread until your circle puckers (it will look like a pouch) and knot the tail of the thread from where you started with the tail of the thread with the needle on it.  knot it 2 more times

5. now pull the sides out from the center and flatten the pouch.

6. you have your first yo-yo!

7. repeat this for your other fabric circles until all the fabric circles are yo-yo's

8. design your necklace- pick 3 yo-yo's for the top line and arrange the rest below them in a 'v' pattern

9. once decided how to arrange your yo-yo's, slightly overlap the first two in the top left corner and sew a few stitches on the back side to connect them.

10. now sew the last one in the top row to the first two and sew the remaining yo-yo's together as well, making sure to overlap each one a bit.

11. stitch one end of each side of the chain to the top of each side of the 'v' of your yo-yo collage.

12. put your new necklace on and marvel at your craftiness!

 

Isn’t this great!!!  I see one of these in my future!!!

And how about this as the giveaway?

Nicole has generously offered to giveaway this cute owl bag!  Just leave a comment here for a chance to win!!!

After you leave a comment, be sure to browse Random Nicole’s website and then head on over to her shop!!!