Mini Ornaments

I’m just going to toss this one up really quickly. I wanted to get straight in to snowflakes, but I needed to take apart some angels I made a few years ago to reclaim the beads for the snowflakes.  Mini Ornaments are great. You can use them on  Miniature Christmas Trees as Ornaments, or you can turn them in to earrings and pendants.  I really like the ones that are made out of Swarovski  Crystal Beads, but it would get pretty spendy to decorate a whole tree out of those. They are typically used more for earrings and pendants.

micro angel ornament

This bead angel uses a spacer, a teardrop bead, a moon shaped bead and a 4mm rose quartz bead for the head. Slide them all on to a headpin in the appropriate order and you have yourself a little angel. These are really small though. I made them as earrings for my daughter. I also contemplated making a little Christmas charm bracelet.

Small Bead Angel

This bead angel  is made exactly the same way, but with different beads. This half moon bead is a size larger than the first one. Both of these were made a couple of years ago. I like a bit more sparkle these days.

Swarovski Beaded Angel

The Swarovski beads are a bit more difficult to take a picture of as they have quite a bit of sparkle. This beaded angel is made with Swarovskis margarita beads. You could also use green ones and make Christamas Tree ornaments. I picked up the pieces at my local bead shop, but you can find the silver wings at both Art Beads and Rings and Things. A small bead cap is used as the halo.

Beaded Snowman

My daughter loves these crystal snowmen earrings. They go together in a snap. These are made with swarovski crystal cube beads but they could also be made with faceted rounds. My husband thinks that they would look more like snowmen if I had made them with the round beads. I am half tempted to go buy round beads so that I can do a comparison. :p