Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Day 118: Wire Dragonflies

I was out and about a little bit today.  I went to The Bead Monkey to pick up a few more base beads for pendants like the one my mother taught me to make.  I took about three seconds looking at the 3mm Czech beads (which are the base size for the project EXACTLY like my mom's sample) and decided NO WAY!  Then I picked out a few strands of the 4mm ones like the ones pictured in yesterday's blog post.  I just don't do the weeeeeee little detail work like Mommy.  While I was waiting for the store to open, I saw a pretty little garland made from dragonflies hanging in the window of a store in the same area.  Upon returning home, I made some quick little dragonflies of my own.  I think I will perch them on my garden stakes when my outdoor plants actually get tall enough to need stakes =)  Come on, SPRING!

Linking up to one of my favorite parties called Wow Us Wednesdays at Savvy Southern Style!

10 comments:

  1. I love this dragonfly Jerri! I included a dragonfly in the little Sunflower painting I finished yesterday as well. Can't wait to see your "designer" garden stakes. ;)Sharyne

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  2. You could bead on it too if you wanted - either string on thin wire and weave across open areas or put larger hole beads on wire before bending (think this would be a little difficult). Love the dragonflies!

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  3. very nicely done love any kind of Nature art I saw your link to Wow us Wednesday I also joined in showing my owls and "bark art"
    KAT

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  4. This is cute- I have tons of this wire in my basement- I could make bugs to hang from my porch! Come and link this to Workshop Wednesday- it would be a nice addition to the party! goodbyecityhellosuburbs

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  5. This is so cute. I love dragonflies and would also love spring were it to actually arrive. Fingers crossed it does soon. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Susan.....I suppose that this "Susan" is my lovely mommy? At any rate, I don't think it would be hard to add beads to fill in the wings. I would just use a very thin guage to fill in beads and wrap around the framing wire.

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  7. Hello Jerri! I discovered your blog from Savvy Southern Style's Wow Us Wednesday. I am a proud participant too.

    I love your craft. I actually love dragonflies and butterflies. I am enjoying browsing your blog. I hope we could develop a connection by following each others blogs.

    Have a great day!

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