‘Hama’ time

As you may have noticed from my Easter makes post, we have been going iron bead (the ones we are using are not all from Hama but ‘iron on bead’ time wouldn’t have sounded half as catchy!) crazy in this house recently. It all started with little miss getting some for Christmas and spending hours painstakingly making different shapes, first with random colours and then following a pattern. She then moved on to making princesses from a kit that we bought. She absolutely amazed me with the time she spent and the perseverance she showed to complete them, we really only had to help her with the more detailed bits. She did such a super job of them that I decided they must be framed:

Not bad for a 4 year old!

When we bought the princess kit, I found a kit for making iron on bead mandalas and just had to have it. Little miss thought they were for her but I soon put her straight on that one! These were for me!

I know iron beads are largely for children but so was colouring once upon a time and I just loved making the mandalas, I found it so relaxing and therapeutic and could easily make them in whilst helping little miss with her princesses.

The kit came with 3 patterns but I only followed one of the patterns exactly and then adapted the others slightly. There were so many beads left that I’m planning on making another, completely my own design this time.

I’m not quite sure what I’m going to do with them yet but they will almost certainly be displayed in my craft room somehow. I tried framing them in box frames like the princesses but they just didn’t look quite right, the frames just didn’t make the most of their roundness if that makes sense. Once I’ve made some more I may try  attaching them together somehow maybe with ribbon. If you have any ideas of how I could display them to show them off at their best, please do let me know.

Karen x

Author: Kazzybo

My name is Karen, I am a happily married mum of one, working as a primary school teacher. I have a very busy life with a lot of hobbies which always seem to be fighting for the top spot! Apart from spending time with family I love nothing more than to shut myself away with a bit of relaxation music and embark on a bit of creativity, including crocheting, knitting, card making, sewing, running and almost anything else crafty that takes my fancy at that moment in time. View all posts by Kazzybo