Valentine’s Craft: Wire Heart
Today we have Pinkoddy on 31 Days of Love sharing a wonderful Valentine’s Crafts with us. Check out previous posts, such as Valentine’s Cards , Valentines Gifts that Kids can Make and Valentines Treats!
I love home-made crafts as presents as they are so personal. I think hearts are a great shape for so many occasions as they really do represent love. Beading can make a heart even more personal as you can really think about the person – colours, shapes, moods, and even incorporate their name into it.
Beading can also be quite a thrifty gift as you can buy jewellery from pound shops and take them apart, or buy beads in bulk in many places. It is always best to have a plan in mind of what you want to do; that the colours and shapes go together well, and that you have enough of them, before you start.
Simply take your metal wire and bend it around the shape you wish to use (in this case a heart). I used one of my plastic cookie cutters but you could make a heart shape out of cardboard. Take the two ends where the heart joins at the top and make sure they go straight up.
Take some round-nose-pliers and make a circle with one of the sides, and the other side twist around it.
Remove the excess wire with your cutting pliers.
Taking some more wire (ideally silver beading wire as it is not as visible) and twist it to the frame (in order to secure it in place). Next attach the beads by threading them through. You can make the beads stand away from the frame too with some simple manipulation of the wire, and depending on what style you wish to achieve. When you get to the end of the shape, simply once again twist the wire to secure the end and cut with pliers.
That is all there is to it, and the same method can be used to make a tiara. Depending on the size of your shape you could convert them into earrings, a necklace, a brooch, or a hanging ornament by securing some ribbon to the top.
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