Beading Beetle Brooches // With a Beadle

[@spearbun]

It’s always refreshing when you post videos like this, to intercut your normal dress-making diaries. The variety is very entertaining - and the joy/excitement you have when trying fun things makes it even better! Absolutely *no* need to apologize to us, Bianca.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Nicole! I have been in such a crafty and DIY mood, but I know people expect to see sewing 😅❤

[@freethinking8749]

A few days before I watched your video, my daughter said "look at this bead I just found" Then she gave a shrill cry (that we'll never forget) as it sprouted legs in her hand. We called it a beadle. So I love it that you called your brooch a beadle brooch. Beautiful work. Thank you for the excellent tut 🪲

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! That is a surprise anyone would remember forever 😅🪲

[@catzkeet4860]

Cool!!! These really are lovely Bianca. However as a Kiwi and dyed in the wool bug lover I must stand up for the weta. They’re cool creatures and pretty in their own, idiosyncratic, sorta way, tho you’re certainly not the only person who is at best, ambivalent about their charms lol Re: Swarovski….they’ve decided that they’re no longer supplying the “hobbyist” market so once stores are out of their supplies there will be no more Swarovski crystals. Still their loss, is Preciosa’s gain. They’re the go to crystal manufacturer of choice now and they’re good, high quality crystals that “were” a better price than Swarovski, tho how that’ll go without them in the market is hard to say.

[@aksez2u]

My advice to others... Don't Google Image this 😮! LOL

[@emmadavey3892]

Hello fellow Kiwi 😊 I did not know that about Swarovski or about the other brand, so thank you 💐

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! I do apologize for singling out the weta, but they are quite exceptionally creepy to me 😅 So are any insects larger than palm sized, that's just too much 😬

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

No no no no, wetas have absolutely NO attraction at all (see my comment above). They are horrible - though my daughter's wooden cutout weta is bearable because it's wooden - and I still have nightmares about them some 40 years after leaving them behind on the other side of the world. Take care and stay safe from Dublin, Ireland.

[@kaytiej8311]

Let’s face it, most of us prefer the jewelled version of anything, bugs or otherwise! These are so inspiring. How to make something nasty so beautiful!!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Kaytie!

[@andreavillegas46]

Isn’t it funny how the male species in most bugs & birds are very flashy & colorful while the females are plain & drab? Even creatures know that females are attracted to flash & color…love it!!

[@emmadee2626]

I would watch and re-watch an entire playlist of you embellishing, beading, crafting. These are amazing and I'm so inspired to give them a go x

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Emma!

[@DeniseMJoerg]

Great job! Not a beetle fan but love the long skinny one. You should try a dragonfly, that's a cool bug! You are quite a talented lady. Always enjoy your videos!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Denise!

[@janeprufrock]

These embroidery and beading videos are super interesting to watch, and I'm enamored with the final results. You have caused me to have the "Brandi NO we cannot pick up a new craft hobby right now we have so many unfinished cross stitch projects" conversation with myself several times, ha! I absolutely agree with you that if beetles weren't flying types, they would be much more palatable. For me, it's the sheer dense-ness of all that flying at my head. It feels like a lil fist is coming at me.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Brandi! Give into the crafting call...😂❤

[@mohmeegaik6686]

Bianca is a genius. Thank you Bianca for all your efforts to teach us.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!! 🐞

[@pepperreed.33]

As a bug nerd, these are AMAZING! Altho', I don't like them crawling on me either -- like your brooches, many are beautiful and interesting to look at. Scarabaeidae are the ultimate composters improving soil in cropland and forest. Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles) are also a large family group with lots of diversity. Thanks for creating such interesting videos!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Pepper! There are so many gorgeous colors (not really colors I know, scales? however nature does that magic) of beetle out there! The patterns and iridescence is gorgeous ✨

[@anitaturner2999]

Your work is so very beautiful, Bianca. I enjoy watching you work and explain what you are doing and why you are doing it the way you are. It makes it seem obtainable to those of us that would never have dreamed of it. Keep doing what you do best, just being yourself. Stay healthy, happy and humble.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Anita!

[@kayemcmullen]

Umm not a big fan of the live versions but we have Christmas Beatles here in Oz and their carapace are a beautiful iridescent gold or green. My son would collect the discarded shells and put them on our tree more fitting than fake snow in the summer time. Love your jewel versions. Seasons greetings 🦘🇦🇺

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Kaye! The Christmas beetles are gorgeous!!

[@flyingpanda3997]

Beading Bianca cannot be stopped! I'm surprised you haven't made a bee yet, it would be very on brand :)

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Bees soon for sure! 🐝

[@hanananah]

I need "Some beetles are unacceptable" on a t shirt 😂

[@winnievaughan]

I just gasped audibly because you could make BEES with this technique. BEES!! The possibilities are bountiful!!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

🐝🐝🐝

[@heatherkemp1846]

Beautiful. I found a similar thing when I moved into my very rural Spanish house. It looked like a metal iridescent broach but had no pin on the back. There was no movement so I thought it was dead. I kindly put it in a match box and placed it closed on the mantelpiece. Next day I was going to take it to town to get it identified and the box had been slid open and the beatle gone. I found many inside the house over the years and just popped them back outside. The dung beatles were fun to watch as they moved goat 💩 to where they wanted it. I don't like spiders or snakes. I appreciate their beauty but just not for me. Best wishes x

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Heather! I would be quite scared by real beetles this size. There were big iridescent green ones on some of the flowers at Huntington Gardens in California when I was visiting this fall, pretty but also creepy eek!

[@believeinfaeries8713]

I'm so glad we were able to "persuade" you into making more beetles. These are super cute and now I want to make some. Looking forward to the bodice video but don't push yourself too hard, take some time for yourself in this holiday season.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Flynn! Not overworking myself in December? Unheard of 😂

[@believeinfaeries8713]

@@TheClosetHistorian From one overworker to another, take some down time, it's worth it. But please ignore the fact that I am in the process of baking four cheese cakes.

[@thebeatisdead]

First and foremost, your hat game is the best. And I've grown an appreciation for beetle jewelry because of you.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! 💚

[@frankgonzalezofficial3010]

I remember my grandma having a live beetle brooch that she wore to a New Years Eve party. I was so fascinated by it. Of course now I see how cruel that was.

[@itsybitsylittlespider5744]

I am absolutely obsessed with these brooches! I work at a craft store, which is a very dangerous occupation for someone such as myself who has an obsession for making things, as well as very strong craft supply hoarder tendencies... Oh well! Thank you so much for the wonderful videos!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Working at a craft store sounds sooo dangerous 😂❤

[@kerstinisaksson7151]

So pretty! And I am sure making these helps you a little with your phobia. If only you had met that farmer on Öland who proudly told the visiting ecologists and cultural landscape-restorators that he had 18 species of dung beetles on his farm! I know that no one here asked for this information, but I just find dung beetles so fascinating - it is the lack of them and other insects that makes dung just sit in the pastures and not go away for a very long time. Dung beetles use the stars to navigate! Dung beetles are devine!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Kerstin! Mad that the beetles use the stars?!

[@pugglebiscuit9600]

the Swarovski thing is true, i work in a bead shop currently and they no longer do flatbacks for resale as well as many beads and rivollis. its sad, but luckily theres lookalikes out there. Its great seeing people take up beadwork in its many forms these days, creativity keeps going with the inspiration to feed it

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

I grew up in Auckland, NZ. We had a hedge around the garden which the weta loved to live in, we also had a shed at the bottom of the garden for the lawnmower etc and they lived in there and I'm positive they grew little wetas in there. You opened the door at your own risk then stood back to let them all fall before entering in. I was held hostage by a weta on the back steps of a friend's house - I was feeding their cat while they were away on holiday - for several hours until one of the sons came home and rescued me (he stood on the weta). As a result I am convinced that the ONLY good weta is either the wooden cutout version my daughter was given one year or a dead one (cue shouts or screams of outrage about them being protected etc etc etc) but if you could somehow come up with a beaded weta brooch I might be able to put my utter disgust/fear/hatred of them to make it for myself. I am decent at beading but absolutely useless at the design part. Your moth, cicada and now beetle brooches are lovely to behold, and I am tempted to make a scarab beetle brooch for myself. Take care and stay safe. Now living in weta free Ireland.

[@MisSiszY]

Ooo you know those tiny super colourful jumping spiders? Thatd make an adorable brooch! (I am NOT a fan of spiders but for some reason they dont creep me out in videos)

[@Rhaifha]

Oooooh, now there's an idea! I might steal that if you don't mind, lol.

[@AndreaIris86]

Wonderful brooches and delicious hat! (also, the "wing cases" are called elythrae!)

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Andrea!

[@talosheeg]

Such a cool idea! Is this one John Paul George or Ringo?

[@teresasimpson5143]

I used to love doing silk ribbon embroidery; making flowers on jackets and blouses. Somethings adding beads in. I had a kit years ago where I could make beaded brooches.

[@daseineschaf]

These beetles are gorgeous! Honestly, I could watch you do this beading for hours...

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@ladyslippergrove]

Scarabs were popular in the 1960s. I always wanted one. Made without the legs one could look very much like the carved stone ones I loved. You give me ideas!

[@peglamphier4745]

A world tour of craft stores..... I'm in! Wouldn't that be fun? Almost fun as your brooch videos. Almost....

[@sisig2414]

what a coincidence, that I am watching this video today 12.06, & there is a part where she mentions the date of Dec 6th being the day it is being recorded. Have been looking for inspiration & this must be a sign..😍

[@shawna2boys716]

Oh Bianca! I love your humor. You surprised me about research and I literally LOL. I love the glam version you’ve created.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@Ella-iv1fk]

I have a load of beads and embroidery threads sitting about and this is giving me Ideas.

[@nixhixx]

I have no desire to make or wear a beaded beetle pin, but it's fun to watch you do so.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Nicole ❤😂

[@lunarravenstudio]

One thing that was suggested to me was to use cleaned, plastic milk cartons as the support layer. Secret recycling :)

[@anniemoon350]

Me throughout the day after watching this video: They're cute, but the bugs just aren't me. I would love to make some brooches, as I am starting to go vintage inspired, but not these. Just not my style. Later: Art Noveau! Pinterest, you got anything or me? Yes, you do. Some of these motifs would be perfect! Even later: my muse spoke up (came down from his eternal shroom trip, lol) and said two words. Faerie wings. YASSS!!! For my amigurmi faeries! Now I must go to Cartwright Sequins(?) and buy a bunch of sequins!!!

[@anitaelghandor7295]

Thank you so much for your valuable time,much appreciated,love all insects,moth butterfly,so glad I came across your channel.💯🪄🦋🕊️🌟

[@angelanice]

My cat is super fascinated watching this with me 😍

[@TheClosetHistorian]

There is no higher praise! Thank you (and your cat) ✨

[@mudpuppystitchery]

Absolutely LOVE these - thank you so much! Please do more! I'd love to see a spider design!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you McKenzie!

[@9catlover]

i need to buy more assorted beads. i just love it you don't use expensive material...of course building a good range of colours / styles of beads can end up being significant....but your materials make it affordable for any hobbiest

[@emmadavey3892]

Ooh la la, that hat 💖 I love the beauty of beetles, butterflies and moths but like you not on me 😂 other creepy crawlers are a big pile of nope!

[@killamoosdraree730]

I know how much you love a nice handbag or clutch. I suggest checking out Mary Frances handbags for a rabbit hole of fun to explore. Particularly since you seem to have a plethora of beads and a need to bead things with your beadle, perhaps her bags will inspire you. Thanks for another fun video!

[@saphirephoenix1173]

Fire Mountain Jewels has an excellent selection of jewelry supplies, including beads.

[@brendabijak7171]

Oh my gosh.....you gotta be kidding? Is there anything you cannot do? AMAZING!!!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Brenda! I assure you there are a great many things I cannot do 😅🤣

[@robinsiciliano8923]

Thank you so much for squeezing in another project! I was one who definitely voted for the beetle tutorial and greatly appreciate it! Sending you heartfelt best wishes for continued success on your projects!!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Robin!

[@panacheluxury4262]

I am not a bug, spider, snake, none of that kind of person either, Bianca. But for some strange reason I too find the creatures intriguing. Go figure! I have got lots of beads and such around and think I might make a few of these creepy crawly things myself, lol.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Sparkly bugs are the best bugs as I always say ✨

[@LtSarai]

I love these so much. I would impulse by that long green one so fast my credit card would have scorch marks. XD

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Ha! Thank you 😂💚

[@onesma1729]

These turned out beautiful!! You don't need our permission to make a video on this! You know we are here to watch whatever you put out for us! I find all your videos insightful and entertaining!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Onesma!

[@lilayogaom]

These are lovely Bianca! I really enjoy the random crafting interspersed with your sewing adventures. I really hope we get to see these styled on some of your outfits soon! 🖤🪲🖤 I’ve also heard this about Swarovski crystals…

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Lindsey!

[@michellecornum5856]

Squeezing in another row of knots (or beads) is an excellent tip. And such fine beadle work! The legs and antenna look -- !!! Very bug like!! Disturbingly good work!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Michelle!

[@melodywatts7322]

I’m that way with frogs . I love enameled boxes in the shape of frogs but to pick one up …. Bleeck ! We also have green irredentist dung beetles that are beautiful to look at whey they’re dead … but alive … they fly straight for your head and try to tangle themselves into your hair ( shiver)!

[@lasagnalass4255]

I love the beading videos!! They're so fun and cheerful and all these brooches, spider, moth or beetle, are an absolute dream! This one may be a new favourite, the colour palette is just wonderful

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! 🐞

[@HosCreates]

After battleling emerald green jewel colored Japanease beatles that ate up my plants 2 years in a row , I'm with you on preferring the jeweled version of buggies over live ones >shivers

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Those beetles are pretty but totally attack the rose garden at the public gardens nearest me too, so I can imagine the issue is not fun!!

[@Midlife_Manical_Mayhem]

i just sent my husband a link to this video. we've been looking for a hobby for him to get him off his video games so much. he's physically disabled AND has schizophrenia, so he has a hard time leaving the house often. his only hobby has been gaming and he wants to get away from that some. he tried beaded jewelry at one time and enjoyed that. so maybe he might enjoy this. thanks for sharing the process. and i think yours look every bit as good as the ones you mentioned.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! I hope he considers these, they are very fun and relaxing to get lost in ✨

[@christinesmith7391]

So realistic, they look like they’re going to crawl off the table! 🤗

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Christine!

[@lesleyharris525]

Hi,thanks for showing how to make the beetle broche, they turned out so pretty, I'm with you on the creepy crawlies,moths and butterflies,beetles and such don't bother me but spiders! Nope not going anywhere near them, I have been known to close rooms and tape the door shut till my boyfriend came back,and yes it was a week later. 🙄 .💖

[@bast713]

Such beautiful work. I very much appreciate that when watching you make these it's clear they're a lot of time and effort, but they actually seem accessible now in a way they didn't before? It's the same way when I watch you draft things, change up patterns, and move darts around. I know it would take me longer and I would fiddle more but suddenly it seems possible in a way it didn't before watching your videos. I don't wear many pins and brooches, but I would totally wear that black scarab or the longer green bug on a clip in my hair. They're all gorgeous and will look stunning when you wear them, those are just the ones that drew my eye first. Maybe not your cup of tea, but if you're ever curious to learn more about bugs, Ze Frank's True Facts here on KZbin are both educational and hilarious. He does goofy voiceovers of nature footage that actually incorporate a lot of really interesting facts about an animal and has a video dedicated to dung beetles, among other members of the animal kingdom. I find being able to laugh at something makes it a little less scary for me personally, and I enjoy learning cool things.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Amy! I wonder if people would freak out if they spotted these in/on my hair and think they're real, like in low light or something 😂

[@lawrencereeves5798]

I get a bob Ross vibe,watching these,very relaxing 😌

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Ha thank you! 😂❤

[@DanielleStJohn]

Ooo! That technique with the, like, couched satin stitch is similar to the method used in the Bayeux Tapestry!

[@sephestra.]

They're beautiful. And sparkly green beats all.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! 💚✨

[@robintheparttimesewer6798]

The beetles are great. I don't have any sequence but I do have beads which I will be looking at differently now!

[@Secondwindoregon]

I have all of the supplies on hand! The only thing I might need or some bugle beads. I am so going to make one of these after Christmas!

[@cwbrownCaroline]

I love the idea of buttons, very Schiaparelli!

[@FilomenaJackStudio]

Wow! This is so inspiring and the pins are GORGEOUS!!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@kjtherrick4031]

Again, I enjoyed your tutorial. I don't like bugs, but one of these days, I MIGHT make a scarab pin...

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@bookhoarding]

I'm also not a fan of real bugs but get the allure of shiny sparkly brooches.

[@AlissaLanell]

I love your take on crafts and the verbiage you use! A fresh take on a classic craft. Thank you for bringing this into the future.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Alissa!

[@FashionDivaNY]

Wow 😲, I hope this becomes a series.... a surprise brooch tutorial from time to time would be amazing.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! I have a few more in mind eek!

[@marylaroja]

It's beautiful! It looks like a jeweled Egyptian scarab.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@susankuehnl77]

If you want to make "too many beetles", you could always sell them from your Etsy shop? Just a thought.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

If I get time I'd like to!

[@Ursichan]

They would be super cute as barrettes too!!

[@Lulab3ll3]

After looking up the trovelore brooches you mentioned, I gotta say…. Yours are pretty darn comparable! Great job!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Megan!

[@nanettebromley8843]

They are so pretty. Want to make some now 🙂 They are on my to make list. Right back to hand sewing small regency parts and more videos.

[@yezzyjames]

Understanding you want to finish the gown, yet these are fantastic. :}

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Honestly I want to bead and hibernate until 2022 😂❤

[@crystalkindred3534]

Buttons are needed, and then a beatle dress.. nice dark shifting colors..

[@sandihj]

Swarovski isn’t doing retail beads any more, at all. It’s worth checking out some of the similar style, particularly Czech, crystals, which look pretty good, and are a decent value.

[@mokarina913]

I would love to see these as pendants on a necklace.

[@KlingonPrincess]

You have inspired me to no end with this one. I make beaded purses. Why have I never thought of making pins?!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! Purses is even more intense, brooches will feel so fast to you I expect 😂❤

[@arachnidsLor]

beading is something i wish i had more time and motivation to do. but i do have quite a few pretty beads left (i made crochet pouches with a bit of beaded decoration before) so maybe i can give something like this a try. i love this!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Janus!

[@MrKirby365]

Those beetles are just gorgeous

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@brookrose3023]

They look soo pretty! And so versatile. You could pin them to anything for added sparkle. They would make cute pair of earrings too!

[@lovecats6856]

Don't want bugs on my head. Aaaaaaaaaa!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! A beaded moth tiara would be very fun perhaps!

[@brookrose3023]

Oh yes!❤️

[@TheZeyre]

Love, love, love these broaches! Very clever ...kind of in keeping with your irradescent film noir vibe! I am going to try my hand at this at some point! Perhaps over the holidays. Also I need to watch the moth video! Just exciting!!! They are all so uniquely beautiful!!! Always a delight! Xo from Canada. (PS my kitten is a demon goddess. Possessed phase!)

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! I'm sure the demon kitten is still devilishly cute though ;)

[@sherrysenf-mcginn7693]

These beetles are so pretty. I think I may have to dig out my old bead box and see what I can make. I am thinking a ladybug would be fun. I wonder if combining embroidery and beads would work for a bumble bee? What do you think?

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Sherry! I think any bug is possible, or heck, any thing is possible really!

[@lelaniadam]

Love the bugs! Nothing wrong with compassionate goals, do the projects that your feel like doing.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! ❤

[@eclectiyan9704]

Really beautiful brooches you make, this is phenomenal to have so much patience.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@clayre5489]

Love love love these beetles. So much fun. Am sure I will have to do some myself.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Jaime!

[@kirstenpaff8946]

These look amazing. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Kirsten!

[@aliceadler8658]

Hi. Bianca!!! Gorgeous beetle!!! Love it!!!! Great job!!! 💚🎄♥️.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Alice!

[@IAMGiftbearer]

Those are really cool! My favorite is the long skinny one!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you!

[@kieraoona]

After some experimentation, you can needle felt craft felt together if you really wanted to

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Good to know!

[@blue_mara]

Beadle is a perfect word 😂 I would love to see a bee and wasp made this way if you'll ever feel like making them

[@TheClosetHistorian]

I really need to make bees next!

[@VickyVanViolet]

your beatles are sooooo beautiful! they're going so well with your color palette, very cool!

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Vicky!

[@lindagoesel3815]

So wonderful! You could always sell the extra, you know!!!! And positively loved your hat. Hope lunch was delicious.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Linda! Lunch was indeed very yummy ❤ And I picked up a floral silk hat at the vintage store down the street from the restaurant so even better 😂✨

[@lindagoesel3815]

@@TheClosetHistorian isn't it wonderful to be able to go out in the world again. Looking forward to seeing your new acquisition. 👒

[@patriciamurray5612]

You are just so cute! I love your bugs❤

[@jilldezsenyi7361]

Fabric pencils are better ...white and washable if want but non smearing and a easier apply..you have allot of patience...beautiful work!

[@melodysimonson1510]

I am not a bug person myself, and I am terrified if moths, but I love your scarabs.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Melody!

[@colmkirk8657]

Sitting at my computer drinking coffee and literally laughing out loud at the bug real talk. It is, indeed, unacceptable that they can fly! Thank you so much for these videos! I'm currently working on my second Swarovski crystal (I really hope that's a rumor,) and silk embroidery Death's Head Moth brooch, and I ordered a bin of 1,000 jewel beetle elytra from Thailand, and I want to make a few brooches of those beetles with the actual beetle part, and you've either validated how I thought to do it, or made some steps much easier.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you! The crystal rumors are true so buy up what you need now before they disappear I'm afraid! I have some of those beetle wing casings too but I need to get ones with holes drilled at the top and the bottom perhaps 🧵

[@alexandrawellington8028]

Love your hat!!!! Beadling is going brilliantly!! xxxxxxxxxxx

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Alexandra!

[@robincarrica9353]

How absolutely stunning. Just found your post and I’m fascinated. How arstistic.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Robin!

[@cherylburkitt9722]

Hello.. I'm in Australia.. I love your beetles so much.. Last Christmas I came across the Christmas beetle in the bush gums.. they don't hurt you.. thankyou for showing me how to make some..

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Cheryl!

[@kalliamazing]

I love the beetle brooches! I definitely want to try making some and appreciate having your close up work to guide me along.

[@TheClosetHistorian]

Thank you Kalli!