Beaded snowflake ornaments
I wanted to share what I’ve been working on. I’m planning to give these out at our family Thanksgiving dinner.
I buy the metal snowflakes pre-made. I tried making my own ... nope. I make beaded jewelry, so already had other supplies.
I’d love to see Christmas crafts anyone is working on!
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThank you so much, 51gerri and chloebud!
I’m doing new ones daily. Today I did a turquoise one for my SIL who loves western style decor, and a couple of others.
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4 years agoI did a few this afternoon. They’re so much fun. :)
I wanted to evoke thoughts of Old World, folksy, vintage with these first two. Wood beads, earthy colors. The first one reminds me of decor I saw in Europe when I was young.
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This one is more folksy, I think ....
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I love deep blue and gold together.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThanks, Flo! I actually am working on exactly the combo you said (the colors are so wintery, I love them!), as well as black/pearl/crystal and brown/amber. You are so right about the color combos being endless — it keeps me up at night thinking of new designs. :D
ETA: Just noticed this one didn’t post up there, maybe I reached the photo limit. It was actually a mistake, so I won’t give it away. I’m thinking of making myself 4-5 and hanging them from the garland I’ll have on our mantel. The FP is all Austin stone, so I think they’d look nice there.
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoI did these 5 last night and now it’s time to make duplicates to give out (so I can keep some). :)
Thanks for looking and for the kind compliments! If anyone reading decides to do some of their own, I’d love to see. I’ll be taking a flake break — time to start cooking for tomorrow, then Christmas decorating this weekend.
A beachy ornament. :)
Jilly
4 years agoI ended up making so many snowflakes this year! I enjoy it so much. I sent them to friends and relatives out of state, gave away a few to local friends, gave one to a sweet neighbor.
I do wish I could figure out how to attach the metal forms together to do “double” snowflakes. Wiring them won’t work, and I’m not sure soldering would, either.
What they’d look like (I just set one on top of the other to see):
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