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Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 0:03
| Hmmm, I think I'm on the right track, but not satisfied yet. This was the last of the wire I had, and actually shorter than I would have liked. This was easy though, as I just stuck the wires into the cork. I want to get some of small glass gems/chips to fill the bottle with.
I had my hubby attach wires to a piece of copper pipe and attach that to the back of a knife, but I dont have those beaded yet. |
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| Turned out great! The gems in the bottle will be nice finishing touch! Where did you get such large beads? Jan |
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- Posted by grandma_cindy 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 9:28
| The big clear round ones in the front are 18mm clear acrylic beads. Most of the other beads are glass - I only bought the ones on sale at Pat Catans LOL |
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- Posted by chickiebabeblue (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 10:48
| These look great. I'm glad you added pics as I thought the acrylic beads wouldn't sparkle enough; but they really do. Very nice. Jeanne |
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- Posted by grandma_cindy 5 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 11:49
| the store had these ladybug glass bead packs on sale for 77 cents, so I bought the last 8 LOL All the round red ones came in the packs, and this ladybug you see here in front.
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- Posted by excessfroufrou 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 12:21
| It does look like you are on the right track. Those beads are amazing. Keep us posted on the other one. Frou |
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- Posted by concretenprimroses 4B NH (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 13:36
| Oh! Pretty. I forgot about sparklers and I was just at a bead and gem store that is fairly reasonably priced. I bought a few things to spice up plate flowers and totems only. Thanks for the reminder about sparklers. Kathy |
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| That looks absolutely great. LOVE the cork idea. Where do yo all get the wire at? What gauge is it? I see a new project in my future. lol Thanks! |
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- Posted by marlene_2008 7 (My Page) on Mon, Jul 19, 10 at 19:02
| I think it turned out really nicely! Love the ladybug beads too! I was going to ask about the gauge size too! |
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| CUTE!! The ladybug beads and seeing it in the great outdoors, really shows it off well. LOVE it!! Great job. -Sprout |
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- Posted by luna_llena_feliz 5B (My Page) on Tue, Jul 20, 10 at 0:00
| Very pretty! I love the ladybug beads. Oriental Trading Co. has some cute beads that are reasonably priced. Below is a link to some honey bee beads that would cost about 33 cents each. Great job on the sparkler! |
Here is a link that might be useful: Bumblebee Lamwork Glass Beads
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- Posted by grandma_cindy 5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 20, 10 at 0:09
| I bought wire to use on the knives, and knew it wouldnt need to be real long. So I got a small sppol of 18 gauge jewelry wire to start off with. The knives have 8 wires each, and those are twice as long as the bottle wires. I only had enough for 2 knives and the wine bottle. After a dr appt tomorrow, I can get started on the knives. Thanks for the compliments! |
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| Your sparkler looks really good. I like all the different color beads....gives it pizzaz. I have one in the making...seems as if the first one is always more or less a learning adventure! |
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