At this time of year, I particularly enjoy making
snowflakes. Even though they are a relatively small project for me, they completely take over my beading space when I work on them. My beading mat fills up with dozens of tiny piles of beads.
I like to mix many different textures, shapes, sizes and colors. I mostly use glass beads, but sometimes I add a pearl, shell or gemstone bead. So far I have used bright colors sparingly, which is why some of my bead piles are so small.
It is amazing how many different kinds of white there are. So far my work has been strictly in cool whites; I haven't even broken into my boxes of warm cream colors yet. I want to make some ivory snowflakes too, maybe with amber touches.
Each snowflake has been unique - I make up the pattern as I go along. This takes longer than working from a set pattern. Sometimes I try something that doesn't work very well and it takes me several tries to get the get a snowflake to look right. I keep meaning to make copies of some of my favorite
snowflakes so far, but it's more fun to try something new.
How about you? Do you have a favorite winter project?
