I love beads and making things with them. With this -- I have branched out from my usual beaded silverware I make and went with the 'you can put beads on anything' mentality!!! I thought that beading the handles of some pitchers would be cool!!
I found these pitchers at the Libbey Glass Outlet in Toledo. I think with my discount coupon that I paid around $4 each for them.
I went thru my beads and had several kinds of larger orange ones and just purchased a couple small bags of the orange beads used on the middle pitcher (above) from Pat Catan's craft store. I used the same 20 gauge wire that I do for my silverware and began and ended the same way on the handle as on the silverware. I did have to start over on my first one as I didn't cut the piece of wire as long as I needed and that was a little waste.
I think they came out pretty good!! She served a cold tea - Southern Peach Tea - which was found at this great blog post.
I saw around the blogs that others had made individual cupcake holders for parties and thought that would be great for the tea. I found at Pat Catan's craft store some unpainted wooden small candlestick holders and small ovals. After I finished my spraypainting outdoor furniture project I began spraypainting these in pumpkin orange Krylon paint.
After I painted them on both side and any touch ups -- I used E6000 glue to adhere them together --
I let it dry for 24 hours --
Here are some pics with the cupcakes (chocolate with orange frosting!!) -
A paper doily was used so any oil from the cupcakes did not go on the holder. Guests were able to take them home, if they desired --
I do believe that Lucy is bored by all this and just wants to nap on her little stack of pillows and blankets that she discovered --
I am linking to Boogieboard Cottage's Masterpiece Monday. You can check out all the great ideas here.
Enjoy!!
Love the beaded handles. so creative. You should do a tutorial on how to make them.
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