Beaded Spider Headband

I had been planning on making a beaded spider headband even before I saw a cute tutorial over at Tatertots and Jello. I saw a similar headband selling in a local store for $20 but thanks to the generous folks at Artbeads.com, I made mine for next to nothing! So here’s how I made my creepy crawly headwear….

I used some black plastic beads I had on hand along with some Swarovski crystal beads and a large Swarovski rhinestone from Artbeads.com.  You’ll also need a headband, some jewelry wire, needle nose pliers, a small piece of felt, and hot glue (not pictured).

Cut four lengths of wire an equal length in proportion to your center crystal and lay them across the piece of felt, gathering them in the center.

Hot glue your center crystal on top of the wire and the felt. Now just start stringing your beads on the wire in any pattern you choose.  After stringing the beads on each leg, use the needle nose pliers to curl the wire into a loop to secure the beads.

Now trim the felt so it doesn’t show behind the rhinestone. 

Hot glue the spider onto your headband.

 

Trim another piece of felt and glue it on the underside of the headband.

Crimp and arrange your little spider legs and enjoy!

 

*Disclosure: Some of the materials used in this project  were kindly provided free-of-charge by Artbeads.com, within the frames of Artbeads.com blogging program.  I have not received any compensation from Artbeads.com. The post above represents my honest personal opinion.

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Easy Candle Decoration

I thought I would share a quick and easy way to transform your candles from boring to blingy! 

You’ll need some sort of wire and some beads big enough to slide down your wire.  Needle nose pliers will also come in handy.  I used some black jewelry wire and glass beads from Artbeads.com.  If I make more of these I’ll try using the memory wire next.  Keep in mind that larger, heavier beads will weigh your candle wrap down.

First, bend a little loop in one end of your wire to stop the beads from falling off:

Then just start stringing on your beads in any pattern you choose:

You can make it as long as you want, I just kept going until I ran out of beads and ended up with about a 15 inch piece.   Longer is better in my opinion.

Now, just wrap it around your candle and enjoy! Wouldn’t this be pretty for a holiday tablescape?  This same idea can be used to make beaded napkin rings.

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