Bling bling football

This is a craft idea that's been in process for a long time.  My ultimate vision is to make a disco ball out of a football.  I've tried to find a rigid plastic football, so I don't have to worry about inflation.  I couldn't find one, so I ended up buying a cheap inflatable football, which I spraypainted black.  As for the mirrored pieces, I couldn't find anything acceptable within my price range. The next best thing I could find was strips of bling.  I thought I might be able to glue the strips, 4 or 5 rows across, onto the football, but that didn't work so well either, so I cut the wide strips into thin strips.

Then came the hot glue.  This took a lot longer than I expected. 

I used a bamboo skewer to tap the bling into place.

I had to leave a small gap for the inflation hole.

Et voila!

Googly eye pleather bracelet

I've been trying to think of things to put googly eyes on, and I was inspired by seeing a punk rock studded bracelet to make this lil number with some leftover pleather and Velcro. I still need to work on my hot glue technique, and I'm not sure how well the eyes will stay on. I've got some other idea though.