Adding Beaded Decor to Your Garden and Landscape

Gonna Be a Bright Sun Shine-y Day

I have been wanting to add some beads to my outdoor patio and garden area for a while now.  I mean - why should that area be left out?! Lord knows, there are beads almost everywhere else in the house! And by that, I am saying that there are tons of beads in my carpet.  That counts - right?

These projects gave me the perfect opportunity to use the embossed copper foil hearts I made the other day. Plus just a few glass beads from my stash. 

I came up with two different designs and created step by step instructions for all of it.

First, there's this beaded sun catcher. This is the simplest design - but I love that it uses the embossed copper foil hearts that I made with my daughter earlier in the week.  They are super easy and so much fun to make. 

Honestly - all of the good heart designs were hers. She's got more artistic talent than I do - even if she doesn't think so.

It also gave me the opportunity to use some really pretty handmade S- hook clasps I previously made. They were a little big for jewelry - but they are perfect for hanging sun catchers!

I made a step by step tutorial to make the foil hearts too. It gives a good introduction to embossing foil, how to impress your design and emboss it to make it stand out.

And last but not least, is the project instructions to make the beaded wind chime.  

Obviously, it builds on the other projects, but most importantly, it will show you how to make what I call the body of the wind chime - the top bar that is made from glass gems that are often used in bead mosaics or as vase filler.

I love glass gems - I have a couple of other house projects where I use them - including some stained glass projects. Ah well - I'll get writing about to those in good time.

I hope you enjoy these projects and the possibilities it opens up to using your beads and jewelry making skills for more than making jewelry.

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