Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Birds and Beads

やっと秋らしくなりましてよかった。^w^

One last image from the Japanese Festival:



This little bird, likely a female Anna's hummingbird, appeared in the welcome center and promptly started snacking on a flower arrangement. The staff set up a little feeder (should the flowers run dry of nectar), and the bird happily hovered over the crowd all afternoon.

蜂鳥: hachidori (hah-chee-doh-ree)
Hummingbird; literal translation is "bee bird."

And now, back to the show.

I have some beads here, and some thread. Beadweaving ensues. :D


Some really, really old CDS rings that Ku made in, I dunno, maybe middle school. -_-;

While you can find all manner of beadwork tutorials on the internet, I haven't yet come across one for conjoined daisy stitch. Ergo, I'mma make one meself.

The two are only slightly different:





CDS is stronger and more compact than regular daisy stitch because each flower shares its east and west petals with the one next to it.

This allows flowers to overlap:


...or, you can divide individual flowers with pillars of a counter color, たとえば:


In any case, here's how to do it:



All you need are some beads, some string of a gauge small enough to go through those beads, and a thin needle to help you get said string through aforementioned beads. ビーズ、糸、と針しかいらない。簡単でしょう? ^-^

9 comments:

Nikki said...

Dude, when I saw that picture, I thought "No way is that bird real . . . it's gotta be part of that arrangement."

You are a camera NINJA!!!

ミJean★Claudeミ said...

気がない

Rachel@oneprettything.com said...

WOW! Your blog is amazing! So much crafty inspiration...

Ku said...

Jeanclaudeちゃん、どこにいるのか?

ミJean★Claudeミ said...

どこにもない

Ku said...

帰ってくれ。;_;

ミJean★Claudeミ said...

Skypeでおk

Ku said...

え、本当?ジェアンクロードのSkype名前は何だって?o.o?

ミJean★Claudeミ said...

オレサマbemanimegamiぞ!!!!!キミにインバイトだったクはん