pixeldiva is crafty

Beady

It started innocently enough. A little puff of fibre on my desk, which I rolled between my fingers into a ball.

A thought, a splash of water, more rolling, tiny felt pebble. Hmm.

Before I could stop myself, I’d grabbed a bowl of warm soapy water, some roving from the stash and I was making felted beads (some more successfully than others).

I was originally going to just make a bracelet’s worth, but I couldn’t stop at just those and kept going for a while longer.

Which is when I realised that my palms were feeling distinctly bruised and painful.

They’re still a bit tender and even a bit swollen today.

Note to self: enthusiasm is great, but tone it down when felting.

I love them! What did you string them on?

pretty colors!

I hadn’t actually strung them when I took that photo, because they were still wet, but I bought some crystal elastic thread from ebay and strung them on that.

I wore it out on Saturday, and it looked and felt (ha!) fabulous.

Only just now found your little craft section here…. how beautiful :-) Great photos, love those colours - stunning!

And those felt beads are gorgeous - what a great idea :-)