Monday 27 January 2020

An Idea For Clear Christmas Baubles

Aghhhhhhhhh, my apologies for bringing you such a stupidly simple project, my mojo is still very much somewhere else at the moment and I find myself only able to come up with the most basic of ideas ....... but I am still valiantly trying to find it and keep the blog going ......  so for today may I present to you my first festive baubles of 2020 ....... I have to be honest, the pictures don't really do the actual baubles justice, they really are an awful lot prettier and ethereal in real life than they look here, in the pictures the wire seems to come to the fore which is such a pity.
I had seen this sort of idea on Pinterest a while ago, a clear bauble with a wire of beads inside, I loved how pretty and delicate they looked, but I could never find the right wire to use .......
....... until I spotted this 5m wired bead garland in my local Salvation Army shop for just £1.50, it was a no brainer, I could finally put the idea into action and it really didn't need any mojo!
I already had a box of medium sized, iridescent, clear baubles from Paperchase from a good few years ago, just waiting for a suitable project.
I simply cut an 80cm length of wire  from the garland and curled it roughly round my fingers to give it a little shape .........
....... before gently feeding it into the bauble, hoping that it would not only distribute itself fairly evenly inside the bauble, but also, being wire, continue to hold it's chosen shape ....... it worked!!
 I can't tell you how chuffed I was ....... simple things!
I have kept a four baubles and about another 160cm of wire aside, just in case inspiration strikes again!