Beads for Beads

I had a bunch of beads leftover from my watch-making adventure, so I decided to make a necklace for my sis, Beads, for her birthday. (It's ironic that I made a bead necklace for my sister, who I nicknamed Beads a long time ago.) The only problem was that I didn't know how to make necklaces. :)



When we made our watches at that free class at Porter's, I asked the lady if she would teach me how to make necklaces. She was very, very kind and taught me the basics. You need a wire string to string necklaces, whereas for the watches, you use a plastic-ey string. You need to use these things called crimping beads to make your beads stay in place. All kinds of stuff.


And... drumroll please... the finished product (showcased by my very horrible, fuzzy camera shots):

Cute, huh? Beads tells me she loves it.



My madre also had extra beads from one of her watches, so she came over one day and had me coach her through making a necklace of her own:

I love my mom's reading glasses. They are seriously so cute. And that crusty look that Sadie is giving me is really funny in that shot. She was pissed that she couldn't be more involved in the process.

Voila:

My new goal is to make a necklace for myself sometime. :)