I was perusing the shelves of my local Colemans stationary shop the other day (looking for a quickie glue pen) and I stumbled across some little wire frames onto which beads could be threaded.
They naturally fell into my basket … now where have I heard that before?
Anyway, long story short, I didn’t lift them back out of my basket and put them back as I realised that I could make another fabby decoration for the Christmas tree!
The little wire frames come in a little packet.
I chose the one without beads (I have enough of those!) but they were available with beads also.
They were pretty much what they said – wireframes.
They called them stars, I was thinking more along the lines of snowflakes. You say tomato, I say cheese and onion crisps.
Anyway, I had a rummage through the bead collection and dug out a few sparklers and pearls and began planning.
After one attempt (which I changed as the ends of the wires looked a bit rubbish because I had threaded on too many beads) I came up with a couple of nice finished pieces.
Here’s the first without the tree so that you can see it’s form.
Cool isn’t it?!
I added the central dazzler (with Pinflair Glue Gel) in order to cover up the bare wire. I didn’t need to, as you will see in the next pics.
And there we have it, another decoration for my Balsam Hill Christmas Tree.
You can probably make out that I have finally started building up the tree with additional baubles and decorations – it really is starting to fill up quite nicely. I’m deliberating adding tinsel, but I’m not sure I want to…
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Right! Must crack on – only a few days left!
Many thanks for taking the time to visit.
I’ll see you again soon.
J :)
GENTLEMAN CRAFTER 
You are doing a fantastic job and the finished tree will look stunning. You are a true inspiration for us newbies Thank you very much and I hope you have a fantastic Christmas and as very healthy New Year
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These are beautiful John x
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Hi John these are beautiful decorations. Will we be seeing the finished tree? Hugs Jackie
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Yes :)
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Love it but I make my own by using florist wire 16 gauge and they work just as well.
I am known for doing spur of the moment shops as well. Thought it was a girly thing to do but you just proved me wrong blokes do it too.
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Looking forward to seeing your finished tree, love this latest deccie. X
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These are just beautiful, John. I’ve seen the ‘skeletons’ in my local bead shop but never thought about getting some. Now that I’ve seen what a splendid job you’ve done with yours, I think I’ll be getting some next year and have a go at decorating my tree entirely out of hand-made trinkets. I can’t wait to see the tree when you’ve finished decorating. This is such fun :)
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I am looking forward to seeing a picture of the finished ‘dressed’ tree. No doubt it will look fantastic as you always do a good job.
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Wow John these are beautiful. Well done on a spur if the moment buy!! Glad someone else does that!! Your tree must be looking very pretty now, look forward to seeing the finished result.
Happy Christmas crafting
Carole
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