When trying to decide on the decorations to make I started scribbling down my own favourite things about Christmas:
- Christmas trees
- Bells
- Stars
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- Angels
- Holly
- Christmas pudding
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So I decided to try and make some or all of the items on my list using wire and beads.
One thing I learnt from making these decorations was how wrapping wire doesn't always work out as you plan - and that
sometimes the result can be even better than you thought.
The Christmas tree did not turn out quite as I had planned as I ended up not putting much green in the 'branches' area of the tree,
but I like to think that it works quite well as it is.
The bell I intended to be very simple as I wanted to hang it on the front of a card.
The holly leaf became filled with a more abstract design than I had planned, but I like the way that the red beads to represent the
berries sit within the weave of greenery.
The star was going to have more filling inside the 'arms' but I found that the wire would not stay where I wrapped them (as is
obvious in the photo, which is courtsey of the recipient).
I'm still working on an Angel design - maybe for Christmas 2010.
And I didn't even get to sketching designs for the christmas pudding idea. Another future project to play with maybe.
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