Create with the Library: Beaded Garden Stakes

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Beaded Garden Stakes
Materials
14” length of 16 gauge wire
10-16 assorted beads, preferably glass

Tools
Wire Cutters
Needle-nose Pliers
Round-nose Pliers
Nylon Jaw Pliers (optional)

Arrange your beads in a pleasing pattern. Using your round-nose pliers, create a curl at one end of your wire. String your beads. At the base of the last bead, use your round nose pliers to create a loop at the base of the beads to hold them in place. Plant your stake in your garden!

Tall Garden Stake

Materials
Wire coat hanger, untwisted and flattened out
3’ of bead stringing wire or 24 gauge wire
Many, many assorted beads, preferably glass
Non-water soluble glue and tape

Tools
Wire cutters

Tie a small knot in the end of the wire, leaving about a 3” tail, and do not pull the knot tightly. Leave it open, like a tiny pretzel. String your beads randomly until you have strung about 2.5’ of the wire. Tie another loose knot at that end of the wire. Take you coat hanger and create a loose curl at one end. Slide one of the knots on the coat hanger and wrap the string of beads around the coat hanger. Slide the other knot onto the coat hanger. Twist the string to make the string tighter. When you have the bead string where you want it, tape the tails in place to hold them, glue in place and let dry. When dry, cut of the tails and plant in your garden.

Other Resources
Some are more bead related, some more garden art related. Also, searching for garden art videos on the internet, will give you a number of websites offering great ideas.
A Bounty of Bead and Wire Necklaces, Nathalie Mornu, 2012. Call Number: 739.27 MOR
Quick and Clever Beading, Dorothy Wood, 2006. Call Number: 745.582 WOO
Sun Shine Spaces, Beci Orpin, 2017. Call Number: 745.5 ORP
Handmade for the Garden, Susan Guagliumi, 2014. Call Number 745.5 GUA