Merry Christmas to All My Flickr Friends 2021
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on Christmas Eve, the 24th of December is "Christmas baubles". What a perfect theme to have! It was also perfect because I had to look no further than my craft basket. This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year and give them as gifts. I take several photos of each one on my tree before I wrap them up, so that I have a visual record of what I have given to whom. I decided to use this shot for today's theme because a single star sequin was caught in and is reflecting the light, which I think adds a touch of Christmas magic to the image. I do hope that you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile.
I would like to wish all my Flickr friends, followers and viewers the very best for the festive season. Thank you for all the interest you have shown in my photographs this year, and all the encouragement you have given me.
This may have been a terrible year for so many, however Flickr has shone out as a wonderful community full of such lovely people. This year I have received such kindness from people I have never met and made some wonderful new friends who I know I will have for a lifetime. Thank you for being an amazing and supportive community!
Each Christmas bauble I make is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the central amber star which is 8mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in. Star sequins are notorious for getting caught on clothes, which then bend the points.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Merry Christmas to All My Flickr Friends 2021
The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" on Christmas Eve, the 24th of December is "Christmas baubles". What a perfect theme to have! It was also perfect because I had to look no further than my craft basket. This Christmas bauble was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead Christmas baubles for a select group of friends every year and give them as gifts. I take several photos of each one on my tree before I wrap them up, so that I have a visual record of what I have given to whom. I decided to use this shot for today's theme because a single star sequin was caught in and is reflecting the light, which I think adds a touch of Christmas magic to the image. I do hope that you like my choice for the theme and that it makes you smile.
I would like to wish all my Flickr friends, followers and viewers the very best for the festive season. Thank you for all the interest you have shown in my photographs this year, and all the encouragement you have given me.
This may have been a terrible year for so many, however Flickr has shone out as a wonderful community full of such lovely people. This year I have received such kindness from people I have never met and made some wonderful new friends who I know I will have for a lifetime. Thank you for being an amazing and supportive community!
Each Christmas bauble I make is 15 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the pattern and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the central amber star which is 8mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. I always leave the stars until last, allowing a gap in the sequin chain to pin them in. Star sequins are notorious for getting caught on clothes, which then bend the points.
These baubles are smaller than some others I do, and because it is a simple pattern which starts from the inside and is worked outwards in ever larger circles, each bauble takes approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours per side.
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.