Some of you may have read my rant over on Facebook re my problems with my internet dropping off and the hassles with my provider. While I had nothing to do (???) - no computer, only my smart phone, which isn't very smart at times, I had a little play with some stuff that I've been wanting to do for some time.
I made mixed media beads. Not your usual glass or fancy beads, but ones made from paper; felt; and thread. A lot of fun, a tad messy with zapping the felt and thread ones with a heat gun and also using glue on the paper ones. As the title says fiddly.
I was only able to make a couple with the felt - loved, loved the way these turned out - they completely went into a different shape than what I started with. It is winter here and I wasn't able to go outside with the heat gun, and the fumes from heating the felt and nylon thread set off my fire alarms - of course I was working on my kitchen table within arms reach of the sensor. Duh! And I sort of left the heat gun on a bit too long and they kind of got burnt! I threw those ones out. I also love the way the nylon thread melted into the felt and also formed tiny beads.
Anyway here is the finished result - I will be making more of these little bitty things:
I made mixed media beads. Not your usual glass or fancy beads, but ones made from paper; felt; and thread. A lot of fun, a tad messy with zapping the felt and thread ones with a heat gun and also using glue on the paper ones. As the title says fiddly.
I was only able to make a couple with the felt - loved, loved the way these turned out - they completely went into a different shape than what I started with. It is winter here and I wasn't able to go outside with the heat gun, and the fumes from heating the felt and nylon thread set off my fire alarms - of course I was working on my kitchen table within arms reach of the sensor. Duh! And I sort of left the heat gun on a bit too long and they kind of got burnt! I threw those ones out. I also love the way the nylon thread melted into the felt and also formed tiny beads.
Anyway here is the finished result - I will be making more of these little bitty things:
The felted ones are the odd-shaped blobs, supposed to be elongated but they shrivelled up. As I said earlier I love them.
2 comments:
I made some paper beads some years ago, they were fun and last for ever! :-))
They look great, you are very clever.
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