Beaded Wire Craft Ideas

Approximate Time: 30 minutes

Supplies:

• 26 gauge (or less) craft wire or floral wire
• 16 blue 1/2 inch bugle beads
• 28 blue E beads
• 2 black seed beads (for eyes)

Instructions:

Cut your wire 36 inches and find center. String 3 E beads, then 1 black seed bead, then another E bead, then 1 black bead. With the end of your wire you will then go back through the 3 colored beads, so you have the 'eyes' on top. Make sure you are at center of the wire, then pull wire snug.

Now you are ready to start the first set of wings on the R side. Take the end of the wire and string 1 E and1 bugle, 1 E, and 1 bugle, 1 E and 1 bugle, then the last E bead and bugle. You will now have a total of 8 beads for each per wing.

Now with the end of wire, go back through the first very starting E bead. This will be your upper wing.

For the lower wing do the same procedure. Do the same for L side set of wings also.

Now you are ready to start the body. String on 3 E beads, and bring the opposite side wire through these 3 beads and pull snug and make even.

Next string on 2 with the wire, then string 1, then twist the wire 2-3 times at the bottom of the very last bead. You will have plenty of wire to place your butterfly into floral arrangement. Adjust the wings carefully into nicely shaped wings. Voila! You are finished!

By CDC from FL

Approximate Time: about 2 hours

Supplies:

• green seed beads (can be variety pack)
• 5 (16-inch) lengths of memory wire
• toggle clasp
• wire nippers
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• masking tape

Instructions:

1. Insert 2 1/2 inches of all five lengths of wire through end of toggle clasp, wrap ends around wire. Try to keep them close together. Secure wire ends and trim excess.

2. String green seed beads on each wire, until desired length is achieved.

3. When stringing beads onto each strand secure remaining strands to surface with tape, this just helps keep everything together.

4. Hold the outer two wires on each side together to form three and braid wires together.

5. Insert wire ends through remaining half of clasp: secure in same manner as step 1. Trim excess wire.

By Tammy from Parry Sound, ON

Don't know if this is what you are looking for, but here is a tutorial.
kimberlychapman.com/.../bftreetutorial.html

This is similar to what Fortunately has already posted, but it's a video. The creator has lots of other nice video tutorials, too!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jalyVAdPSw