On the threshold - the long-awaited spring. Soon sheepskins and fur coats will take their place of honor on the hanger. Clothes will be smaller, clothes will become easier. A spring mood can support beautiful fashionable jewelry, attracting the attention of admiring eyes. Fashion for consumer goods remained in the last century. Exclusivity and author's design are now appreciated. Therefore, in this article we will look at how to make author's beads by oneself.
As the raw materials for beads can use all sorts of components. Both artificial and plant origin. Beads, made of natural elements, have a special positive energy. Therefore, for its work it is preferable to use all kinds of seeds and seeds. Perfectly suitable seeds of apples, melons, watermelon, lemon, pepper, linden, acacia. And also corn kernels, hips, hawthorn, acorns, small chestnuts, beans and so on.
Seeds are best threaded on a string, until they are dry. Damp seeds must be soaked in warm water. Small seeds, for example, pepper, apple, melon soaked for 4-5 hours. Large components - beans, corn, acorns, chestnuts - for 12-20 hours. The holes in the beads are more convenient to do with a thin awl, and thread on the thread with a needle. Beads can be made from one kind of seed or from different seeds, rhythmically alternating between them.
Seeds of beans by color are black, brown, lilac, yellow, white. And in form - round or elongated. Surface of beans smooth, shiny. They resemble semi-precious stones, so the beads of them look festive and elegant. Beads from pepper seeds are like beads from beads. If you thread them on several threads, and then twist them together, you will get a wonderful original accessory for an easy summer outfit. From the bones of cherries, plums, apricots, small manchurian nuts, making beads is more difficult. Bones need to be clamped with a vise and a thin drill to make holes. If desired, they can be toned with stain.
Interesting beads from the branches of jasmine, elderberry, spiraea and other plants with a loose core. The smooth dried wand should be cleaned of the bark, carefully sanded with sandpaper (at the end - "nylivka") and cut the saw blade with 20-30 beads of the desired size. Beads ends be cleaned with sandpaper, an awl or a knitting needle to pierce holes in them. Part of the beads or even all can be toned, and then varnished. To make the beads do not slip, string them on a thick woolen thread, and apply the ends of the thread with varnish or glue. It is best to string the beads symmetrically on both sides of the middle. If you leave a distance of 0.7-1 cm between them, the wool colored thread will become not only the base, but also the decorative element of the beads. You can separate one bead from another knot. And in the middle of the beads, hang a brush of thread of the same color. A beautiful necklace is obtained from the spits of Manchurian nuts. The saws are made with a 3 mm thick hacksaw blade. They are threaded through symmetrical holes into two parallel threads.
It is not difficult to make beads from resinous small cows. To do this, cut or break 20-30 small pieces (3-4 cm each), tint them with roasting, clean them with sandpaper, and round out the prickly projections. With a thin drill (clamped in the vice), drill holes in the beads and thread them on the thread. Large parts must be placed in the middle. And those that are smaller - shift to the ends. Then cover the beads with varnish.
Dark "amber" beads can be made from a thick, durable pine bark. To do this, cut 45-50 pieces of bark with a saw blade with a size of 2x2 cm. Cut the corners with sharp knife and clean the edges with sandpaper. After this procedure you will get "pebbles" of not quite the right shape. Puncture with an awl or burn a red-hot knitting needle in the beads. Cover them 2-3 times with furniture varnish and string on a strong thread so that in the middle the beads were large, and to the ends - smaller. In the same way you can make manual and anklet bracelets.
It's equally interesting to make pendants from knots. In the branches of lilac, they are lilac spots, acacia has a yellow-lemon color with a brown core. Beautiful spili branches of fruit trees, especially if they are slightly affected by fungal diseases or burned by fire. After a thorough and long treatment with fine sandpaper, and then with a grinding paste, they are varnished.
Excellent pendants are obtained from kapik, which can be found on trunks, branches of trees. Having drunk off the kapikas, we must immediately remove the bark from them, after having beaten it with a hammer. Kapiki usually beautiful fantasy form. Sometimes they are clearly seen some image: the head of a bear cub, a dog, or visible decorative interlacing of layers of wood. Kapiki must be carefully processed, covered with varnish or mastic.
For children, you can make pendant masks on a solid pine, birch, aspen cortex. So, on a piece of bark about 5x6 cm, you need to make holes for the eyes and paste the bones of cherries. The nose can be made from a piece of bark. A mustache, hair - out of thread or pakli. In the pendant it is necessary to drill a hole and paste a metal loop, into which it is necessary to insert a string of synthetic or leather. Pendants can be worn as an independent decoration, and with beads. Having made the author's beads with your own hands, you will get not only an original decoration, but also experience an inexpressible feeling of creative enthusiasm.