Being a creature of habit, when I visit Hobby Lobby I march straight to the fabric section, pick up my bits, and head out. Which is why I didn't really know about all the beads on the other side of the store.
Crystal beads! Huge enameled beads! Beads in all shapes and sizes and colors. And these round, softly copper-toned beads to sew into Bella's dreadlocks.
I used a regular needle and my craft & buttonhole thread, in a dark brown to match her hair. I knotted the thread and did an anchoring stitch in the end of the dreadlock, then strung the beads on thread, wrapped it up around the bottom bead, and threaded back through the beads and into the dreadlock, where I knotted it and cut it off. Removing them will be just a matter of snipping the thread.
In the meantime we are all enjoying the extra twinkle.
I love your blog, Anna! There is a lovely fairy-tale like quality. Something magical, like sunflowers and everything good and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWow! So pretty! What a wonderful idea. I love beads, especially glass ones--the smoothness, the weight, the shine, the coolness, the colors...
ReplyDeleteBella has, by far, the most beautiful dreads I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth
Bella makes everything look good! She is so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWow! her hair looks lovely :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a good idea, Anna! The beauty without having to string them onto her hair (or however it's usually done!)
ReplyDeleteLisateresa
Hair bling...Bella looks so pretty!
ReplyDeleteKimmie
mama to 8
one homemade and 7 adopted
Oh - the dreds..............I LOVE them. I want some for myself and with copper colored beads too.....Bella is lovely as always!
ReplyDeleteIn Christ,
Sandy
Sewing hair - ok, dreads. Now I have heard it all!
ReplyDeleteEveryone needs a little sparkle towards the end of winter.
I shop the same way you do - learned to do that when I was hauling babies and toddlers around. I'm half afraid that if I actually looked at a whole store, I would spend too much money on all the nifty things I didn't know about.
What a nice touch for such a beautiful girl
ReplyDeleteBeautiful girl!
ReplyDeleteHow nice! I think the bead color suits her very well. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely young lady she is, and what a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI've been following your blog since nearly the very beginning but rarely coment. Bella is growing into such a beautiful and gifted young lady. I LOVE her beads and the beautiful dreads!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous girl, gorgeous hair...I do believe anything would look good on her, but the beads are espeically lovely :)
ReplyDeleteBella is so, so well...Bella!
ReplyDeleteHer name is perfect - Italian for Beautiful!
Lovely and suits Bella.
ReplyDeleteI love the copper tone beads on Bella's hair!
ReplyDeleteJust love it. Totally jealous of the way Bella can rock that beaded dreads style : )!!
ReplyDeleteso pretty!
ReplyDeleteShe is stunning.
ReplyDeleteHow cute is that! I think she wears dreads the best I've ever seen anyone wear them.
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