Beaded Corsages

Here are some final product pictures of the beaded flowers that I made for Mother's Day. I made them into corsages. The daffodils turned out to be kind of heavy. The little yellow cluster is for my mom - don't tell her!

Beaded Flowers

Here's my latest attempt at a project from Martha's Encyclopedia of Crafts. I'm working on these beaded flowers for Mother's Day brooches. The one on the left is a daffodil. The others are pink and white dogwood blossoms.

Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts

Over the weekend I got my copy of Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts. They did such a great job with this book. The pictures, of course, are wonderful; the instructions are clear; they've included templates and resources; I could go on... It's nice to have so many projects in one place instead of tearing apart magazines and then trying to figure out what to do with all of the loose pages. Some of the projects appear to be beyond my ability, but I'm going to enjoy experimenting with this encyclopedia for years to come!