I made a lovely bookmark out of card, thread and cheap plastic beads. Do you like it?
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| The writing says "Friendship is like a flower. If not nurtured, it withers and dies. If nurtured, it grows, gets stronger and is beautiful. Nurtured is spelt wrong. :- / |
You like it? I know it's not very clear. The focus of the bookmark is the flower made of beads on the top. There is also a plait at the back. Do you want to make it? Here's what I did.
Step 1) First of all you measure some thread to about 80cm. Then you put a gold/yellow/orange/amber/brown bead in the middle (approximately) and tie it with one knot.
Step 2) Next you put 5 beads of one colour on one side, put them in a loop and tie it in a double knot to secure it. You now have a petal. Then repeat this with another colour bead but once you've finished THAT petal, tie the thread coming off the petal to the gold bead so that the flower will keep fastened.
Step 3) Repeat this AGAIN with another colour bead and tie it to the gold bead too.
Step 4) You are now left with a pretty, 3-petal flower with 2 long lengths of thread on either end. This is the fun bit! You now need your card. Turn it landscape and use scissors to cut 6cm of card off of the width of the card.
Step 5) Use a hole punch (I used a shaped hole-punch but you don't have to) to punch a hole in the top middle of the bookmark. Now use 1 of the lengths of thread dangling off the flower to tie it to the bookmark through the hole. Now you can decorate the rest of the bookmark as you wish with a personalized message.
Step 6) You could just cut off the remaining thread and be done OR you could get another piece of thread about 25cm long and tie it at one end to the hole. Pull all three pieces of thread round to the back of the bookmark, secure it and plait the thread. SIMPLE!!! XD
I invented these bead flowers myself. What do you think? Have I properly Mezzed Up Beads? And what should I Mez Up next??? Leave me a comment.
BEADS, YOU ARE ON THE MEZZED LIST!
Mez out. XD
PS: If you want to use the metallic beads I used for my bookmark, you can buy them at Hobbycraft in the plastic beads section very cheap.
