Bead It Forward Bead Ornaments by Bead and Button

Photo by Bead & Button

Here is more news from Bead & Button on the Bead Squares that were submitted for the Bead it Forward Project benefiting breast cancer research. For more information see my posts HERE and HERE .We also received a really sweet thank you comment from Jane Danley with Bead & Button - especially acknowledging Peanut Butter Jones' (from Tiny Dog Seed Beads) contribution.

In addition to creating quilts, the Bead & Button staff had the brilliant idea to create other, possibly more affordable, items as well. They include cigar boxes, greeting cards and shadowboxes; but, by far, this one is my favorite - bead square ornaments.

Photo by Bead &  Button

Staff and volunteers placed two squares together with two layers of Lacy's Stiff Stuff sandwiched in between and added a beaded edging that makes it impossible to tell the ornaments are composed of two separate pieces. Each ornament is also tagged with the names of beaders who created the square. Gauging by the posts by Bead & Button, they have been a big hit!

They expect to have a total of somewhere between 150 and 200 ornaments to sell for $5.00 (that's right $5.00 - less than the price of a cup of coffee at your favorite place) at this year's Bead & Button Show in June. And, for those of us who can't attend the show, they hope to have a few available online as well.

Check out the entire post by Bead & Button by clicking HERE.

Now go bead something.