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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Snowflakes

This weekend I wanted to make some beaded snowflakes. I have made beaded flowers and stars before, but never snowflakes. I had to experiment to come up with a pattern with the look I wanted.

I started with a six pointed star in the center:Then I added branched structures to represent ice crystals. My first branches were a little bit floppy, so I added more branching to add to the "iciness" of the snowflake and also to help stablize the whole shape. The end result looks like this:
Posted by AsteropeBC at 4:39 PM
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3 comments:

  1. ShonetteOctober 22, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    love your snowflakes, great to play with the beads and be proud of your work, nice feeling isn't it ?

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  2. AsteropeBCOctober 23, 2011 at 9:51 PM

    Thanks Shonette!

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  3. UnknownDecember 12, 2013 at 1:38 PM

    Hi. Hope you're still reading posts here....do you have instructions on how to make this snowflake? It's so pretty.

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