A few years ago I attended a Bead Expo where I picked up a couple of rather expensive kits for beaded beads. One was for a beaded flower bead, I thought it was cute but wouldn't really call it a bead as I'm not sure how one would string it in bead-like fashion. However when I attempted to follow the instructions my flower fell apart...time and time again, also had the same problem with the other beaded bead kit. It seemed that whoever wrote the directions had left something out, finally I gave up on the directions and constructed them my way, the way that seemed most logical. After incorporating a couple of small changes, the flowers were quite secure...only, what to do with them ?
Photo above...one side of flower has a white center.
Photo below...the other side of the flower sports a black center.
With experimentation I found they could be adapted for use as a small pendant in beaded necklaces.
Photo below...Beaded Flowers in use
I'm considering offering these in my shop AlmostPrecious for use as focal pendant beads but I'm not sure if there'd be any interest. I would truly value and appreciate your input and opinions on this.
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