This post will clearly demonstrate how much fun I am having with John Bead’s new Dazzle-It wire collection. I used 18ga silver wire for this project. The wire is easy to twist and place because it is a craft wire. That means it is very inexpensive and you don’t have to fret about mistakes like you would if you were working with real silver wire.
To begin I pulled out some wood beads from a John Bead assortment bag. Every time I look into this bag I see interesting shapes. I also pulled out this tissue paper with the black text on it.
I glued the tissue paper to the two big beads and let them dry.
My stacks looked very nice but they needed a little extra…..
German Silver Gilders paste to the rescue! I applied the paste to the smaller beads to make them metallic.
I needed a stopper at either end and I used these pretty Unicorn tear drop glass beads. My friend Karen taught me who to make these focal point stacked beads. She kept saying there was no pattern...to just start twisting. Her beads made it into two Somerset Studios magazines so I had to trust her.
I made my stack leaving room at either end.
And, like Karen said….just start twisting the wire! I pressed my curves and wrapped the edges until my bead felt very solid. I used about three feet of wire per bead.
In moments I was done! I can’t believe how a little wood and some inexpensive wire can make such spectacular focal point beads.
Well done!! I told you so 🙂
They’re gorgeous! Hard to believe they’re made from such inexpensive stuff. Thank you for sharing this.