Beaded Hairclips - preeeetty colors

[selenium]

I lucked into a great source of cheap glass beads.  I'm not much for jewelry, but I do like hair accessories and I am fascinated by shiny colorful things. 


The clips:



All together:


I made them by stringing beads on plain utility wire and wrapping them around the clip.  I did two layers to make it look more full.  They're pretty simple and only take an hour to make.  I'll probably be selling them at my next craft fair.

[aprilkiss]

those are great!!
you have a wonderful sense of color.

[mzgorightry]

Those are gorgeous! Nicely done!

[Melladh]

I really love those...

[selenium]

I made two more:


Now I'm out of clips and I have nothing to do when Law & Order is on.

[kelimom]

VERY cute!  I have a ton of beads, I may just have to try it!

[Shotgun_Bettie]

Oooh I have all those supplies! Thanks for the great idea, yours are so beautiful

[penguino]

Your hair clips are very beautiful.  I also have tons of beads from making beaded hair pins.  I think I will make some of these too.

[craft_kitten]

the wire doesnt get stuck in your hair? i mean the parts that are wrapped around the bottom? and about what gauge is the wire?

they're very pretty by the way

[selenium]

Nope, so far my hair hasn't become tangled in the wire.  I even wore one while playing kickball last week (I'm in an adult league) and I was able to remove it without a single tangle.

The wire wrapped part of the barrette doesn't really come in contact with my hair.  Here is a closer look at how the wire is wrapped:



As for the wire, I'm not sure what the thickness is, but I'd guess that it's about 16 or 17 guage.  Here is the exact wire.