Hand Beaded "Holly" Christmas Bauble
This Christmas bauble, entitled "Holly" depicting a sprig of holly with red berries was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead one Christmas bauble for a select group of friends every year.
"Holly" is going to a friend of mine, who like me, is an ex-pat from Britain and we both miss things like holly at Christmas time. His Christmas baubles always feature things from home like snowflakes and winter scenes. This year there was an injection of red for his tree.
He and his wife are expecting in April, and the sex of the child is a surprise, so they received a miniature bauble beaded in netural yellow sequins with gold stars (photos will be uploaded later) for the baby.
Each bauble is 25 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the image and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the white background ones, the shaded red ones in the berries, and the irridescent green highlights in the leaves which are 8mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. The white, green and black sequins all use silver pins, The red sequins are affixed with gold pins.
Each bauble takes approximately 6 hours per side, and this is why my select group of friends only get one each year!
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.
Hand Beaded "Holly" Christmas Bauble
This Christmas bauble, entitled "Holly" depicting a sprig of holly with red berries was hand beaded with sequins and pins by me. I have a Christmas tradition. I bead one Christmas bauble for a select group of friends every year.
"Holly" is going to a friend of mine, who like me, is an ex-pat from Britain and we both miss things like holly at Christmas time. His Christmas baubles always feature things from home like snowflakes and winter scenes. This year there was an injection of red for his tree.
He and his wife are expecting in April, and the sex of the child is a surprise, so they received a miniature bauble beaded in netural yellow sequins with gold stars (photos will be uploaded later) for the baby.
Each bauble is 25 centimetres in diameter and contain hundreds of sequins, varying in number depending upon the complexity of the image and the type of sequins I use. Most sequins in this bauble are 5mm in diameter, except the white background ones, the shaded red ones in the berries, and the irridescent green highlights in the leaves which are 8mm. Depending upon the colour of the sequin, I will use either a gold or a silver pin to attach it to the bauble. The white, green and black sequins all use silver pins, The red sequins are affixed with gold pins.
Each bauble takes approximately 6 hours per side, and this is why my select group of friends only get one each year!
It is however, a labour of love which I do to pass the time throughout the year.