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Beaded Suncatcher

It’s Spring! The sun is out and feels glorious! This is a simple project that will add sparkle to a window or hang from a tree branch and watch it glisten. You can use a crystal or a bell at the bottom - we like to make this interchangeable!

Materials:

.019 Soft Flex Wire – 18” – 1 yard
Assorted glass beads
Transparent glass seed beads
Bell or crystal
2 crimp beads
Wire to fit through bell or crystal
Tools:
Wire cutter
Chain-nose plier (or crimp plier)
Round plier

Step 1 – Place a crimp bead on the wire. Add about 1” of seed beads and feed end back through the crimp bead. Squeeze with pliers until secure.

Step 2 –Add assorted beads, spacing between with seed beads until desired length is achieved.

Step 3 - Add crimp bead followed by about 1” of seed beads. Feed back through crimp, gently pull out the slack and crimp to secure..

Step 4 – Use wire to bend a decorative hook for the crystal or bell – switch bottom as desired.

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