Flores Mexicanas Beaded Bead Set

Description

A colourful trio of my beaded beads in the brightest and zingiest of colours, for you to create something fabulous and unique! Each bead is carefully formed around a wooden core, with 440 tiny glass seed beads and drops each individually woven into place on tough braided nylon thread that is non-stretch and fray-resistant. The resulting beads are approximately an inch (25 mm) in diameter, so they are big enough to use as single focal beads or they can be strung together into something chunky and eye-catching... or you can simply keep them in a bowl on your desk to play with, or hang them as ornaments! The design is my own (I do have a tutorial listed in the Kits section of the shop, if you fancy having a go yourself) and makes use of the variations between seed beads from different manufacturers to ensure a seamless and perfect fit around the core. (The core bead is stitched through, too, to ensure that you won't ever lose the hole!)

A coordinating set of smaller spacer beads is available: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=25123260

This listing is for the three beads shown in the photographs; if you require more or fewer beads I will happily make more, or split the set, and create a custom listing for you. If you'd like the beads mounted as pendants on sterling silver headpins, this can be done for a small extra charge. And of course I love any excuse to make these beads, so if you'd prefer different colours, just let me know and I'll see what I can do. Or if you'd like a piece of jewellery featuring these beads but don't want to make it yourself, I'll happily create a very special necklace just for you!

Added on Nov 05, 2009