Beautiful Beaded Stick Pins!

 Christmas Beaded Stick Pins

 Valentines Beaded Stick Pins

Thanksgiving Beaded Stick Pins

I haven't even unwrapped them to look at them all, the packaging of these creative pins that the ladies from the CDAC Beaded Stick Pin Swap made was just to beautiful to want to tear into.

My 1st Stick Pin's Received

My first stick pin swap was a success and so much fun! My group consisted of 6 ladies, we were to make a package of 3 stick pins per package in 6 packages. Above are all the beautiful creations from the ladies on my team!

Copic Colored Embellishments

 

 Another fun Copic Coloring challenge at The OUTLAWZ! 

CDAC Beaded Stick Pin Swap

 I love the look of these pins on a card in a bow or in a scrapbook. I haven't tried using one myself but it really adds a beautiful touch. This is my first time ever making beaded stick pins and my first time swapping something other than cards. I hope I do not make the other ladies in the CDAC swap disappointed, I really know nothing about bead quality.

 I found these bags in the jewelry making section at my local craft supply store. They were useful!

 Letting my alcohol inks dry. A piece of craft Styrofoam that I stuck in my craft supplies for who knows how long became useful!

A few finished packages for the pin swap, plus some!

Stick Pin Bead Container

Here's my part of a project at CDAC for their Beaded Stick Pin Swap. This is the container I created to store the pins in just poke through twice and the point is inside the pocket. Do not leave the clothes pin on to long they will stick!! 

The finished project, yet to come after I have mailed my pins to the hostess! I want them to be a surprise!! :D

Think Beads!!

Not going to show you my beaded stick pins till I mail them off the CDAC pin swap hostess!! But this is a hint of what some of the beads will look like!

Beads, beads, and more beads!

Beads on pins reminds me of what we use to call friendship pins when I was in middle school. Friendship pins were safety pins with beads on them and you would put them on your shoe strings and what not. Your friends were to make them and the more pins you had the more friends you had. I loved those friendship pins! :D Recently, I was invited to join a beaded pin swap for Crafter's Digital Art Center. The theme of the swap

CDAC SPRING FEVER

The beaded corsage pins are to have a Spring Theme. I have made over 34 pins, have my 18 already but as I sit and look at them more and more and  I read about all the ways to make these pins even more customized. I find myself taking them apart and making them even better! I have been searching for ways to package them into 3's. If you have any blog links or video tutorials to share feel free to post in my comments! Keep your eyes open for the finished pins to be posted soon!