July 26, 2006
Cell Phone or Backpack Charms
Even I was surprised at how big these went over with my test audience! Tonite while my son was at karate, I took some old glass beads my mom had given me (she’d made them years ago…they are torched onto copper tubes), put them on headpins using a wrapped loop, and attached to Rings N Things cell phone lariats. The beads themselves I classify as “orphans”…even though there are some that are the same colors, the shapes are a little off and the beads are less than “perfect”, but still, they are very nice beads!
I thought the final product was pretty cool and might go over well for the female tween and teen crowd at the fair this weekend, but I didn’t anticipate my son, and his MALE friends at the karate class going ga-ga over them.
I had 8-13 year old boys hanging around looking at what I’d done, picking out their favorites. My son nabbed one, then another and finally asked if he could have a third. Those big puppy dog eyes, how could I resist? Back home, he instantly attached it to his backpack for school (which starts up again in about 3 weeks!) and pronounced it “sweet”.
You won’t have any of these particular beads in your boxes, they’re one of a kind, but my point is that these charms are a great use for those oddball, won’t go with anything else beads. I also think charms or beads shaped like soccer balls, basketballs or footballs would be great for boys…unfortunately I’m thinking about it a bit too late for THIS show, but I’ll be hunting down some supplies for future ones!
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