Wednesday 30 July 2008
FINISHED (Sort of)
From using this for the pixels:
To this for the colours (roughly):
And finally the finished piece:
Now the question I've been asked is would I do it again? The answer is probably not on this scale. But seeing as I've just got my hands on some MINI hama beads....
Huggles
Vhari x
Friday 25 July 2008
And even closer still....
Huggles
Vhari x
Thursday 10 July 2008
Getting closer still...
So the next step is to iron it...which could be a problem on it's own (well, except the B's because they are already done :D) but I won't be able to do that until I get what it's being mounted onto... Getting excited to see the end of this :D
Huggles
Vhari x
Thursday 3 July 2008
Getting closer to completion....
So, it's almost finished except for me having to work out the lettering for the bottom of the anchor. I've got one of the B's done (not shown here) but once again, I've run out of beads (mainly the yellow) and boards (I know it doesn't look it but I'm using the oblong ones here but will need the square ones when it comes to iron it out....yes...just how am I going to iron this?
Huggles
Vhari x
Wednesday 25 June 2008
A little planning error.....
So I did a run into Hobbycraft to try and get some and they have none!! None whatsoever! So now I'm back to waiting patiently for my supply to arrive. So crossing fingers and toes that I might get it finished this weekend :D
Huggles
Vhari x
Saturday 21 June 2008
Sum of 4 hours work....
Huggles
Vhari x
Problems, problems and did I say problems?
So I’ve been trying to make start of either one of the project without much success. Trying to get a size that I can work with as well as keep the text in has become damn near impossible to the point where we’re thinking that if I can get it as small as possible but still able to put in the text in as bead, then I may have to do it in segments, fusing smaller bits but leaving enough to fuse everything together…so yeah, god knows the size either of these projects is going to be
Huggles
Vhari x
Sunday 18 May 2008
There are tweleve thousand different coloured beads.....
So I made a start in getting my required beads for the project. Standing in the middle of Hobbycraft with a colour chart and arguing with my mum over what would go best. So finally got that sorted and decided to stop myself having to dive through mixed colours, that I would buy a wee box to keep them in too. So now I have my colours finalised,I can now buy en mass because I also need a few more boards as well a thousands of more beads. I reckon the twelve thousand I have at the moment will let me get started while I wait for the rest to arrive and then I can really get focused on it.
Monday 5 May 2008
Another project....
It's a lot simpler than the other one, seeing as it is only 5 colours so I reckon a week/weekend could see this one done.
I also finally retrieved my other lot of beads from my other home, so I now have a good idea of what I'm going to need (and even if I don't need it I'm sure it will find it's way into other projects at a later date :p Still haven't managed to graph the first but might end up working with pixels instead. If I worked with pixels then I would be able to include the Sure & Steadfast on the anchor, instead of having to write on the beads afterwards but we'll wait and see what happens.
Friday 2 May 2008
First things first
So armed with my colour chart, I've headed off to a local crafts store that I know has a large range of the beads to allow me to compare the colours and see what ones I can substitute for what, and what I can get as close as possible. Now that I've done that, all that's left is for me to order them in bulk and then plan how I'm going to tackle this mammoth task inbetween everything else....
The challenge has been set...
in Hama beads (that is, little plastic beads that you then fuse by running a iron over them). I suspect that it's going to take me at least a month or more between planning and finishing the item. I have no idea what size this is going to end up being, but I have feeling that it's going to be big.
This blog is likely to be used in order to keep track of my progress allowing you to see if I can make my target and finish this on time.