Creative Beading

Making Christmas Beaded Ornaments

It is that time of the year again and you can almost smell xmas round the corner.  There’s that familiar sound of christmas carols again and are you starting to feel the Christmas cheer from the people around you?  It is around this time that we begin making plans for the holidays like where we will be spending them, and we’re also doubtless beginning to make our Christmas shopping lists.  But one big and fun part of preparing for the xmas season is decorating our houses. 

The Christmas tree is a very important part of the holiday and decorating them is something that is fun because we can do it with our family.  It can also be quite challenging to consider new motifs for the tree.  Beaders would find their craft extraordinarily helpful for this activity.  You may be making family heirlooms that you can pass from generation to generation. 

There are two great patterns that you can create with the xmas theme in mind.  This one can be quite difficult to make but it is really beautiful.  Poinsettias are wonderful and really reflect the spirit of the season.  You can use yellow handmade glass beads for the middle and red rochailles beads for the body of the flower.  For your base, you may use a round clear piece of glass with a hole in the middle for the hanger.  Tie a green or red ribbon from the hanger hole so you can put it up on your tree. 

Another type of ornament that you can make is a tea ball ornament.  You may use a mesh tea ball as your base.  You can stitch the beads onto the tea ball in any color pattern that you would like.  Select a selection of colors or make a certain pattern such as a snowflake design.  Candy canes are always a fun design to make.  The basic stitch that you’ll need to learn for this is the spiral rope chain. 

How about beaded snow angel dolls?  Pearl seed beads and crystal beads would be the ideal ones to use for these.  They are very pretty when finished and would be extraordinarily eye-catching on your tree.  You can even use them to top the tree with instead of the usual star. 

Beadwork will fit with just about any xmas tree ornament you can think of.  The most important thing is ensuring that the design fits well with the sort of ornament you choose to create.  But then again don’t be afraid to experiment.  Of course , Christmas is the perfect time to channel that inner childlike-wonder in each of us. Beaded jewelry making is great fun for the kids, just ensure that they’re supervised at every point when working with beads and tools.  Most youngsters will listen if you teach them some safety tips in jewelry making if it implies that they’ll be ready to make their own Xmas decorations.

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