I'm not a big fan of winter. I hate being cold and I don't like snow unless it's in the mountains or in my garden. Therefore, this year I decided to call the spring with this little piece called the Ladybug brooch to break the monotonousness of the winter colors.
A ladybug on a leaf is a classic theme I think, however, it just doesn't get old. If you like colorful things, you just have to like the cute red bug sitting on a green leaf.
I finally got to try a new leatherette for the lining. It's from Italy, 380 g/m2, not too soft, yet not so tough that I couldn't get a beading needle size 12 through it. The beads are my usuals - small part are the Japanese TOHO beads and the rest is Preciosa (Czech glass beads), which - I must say - has made a big progress since I started beading. Years ago the Preciosa beads (formerly called Jablonex) were rather irregular, of good quality but not really good for anything but freeform. Nowadays they're still not a perfect example of regularity but I think they are excellent for almost anything.
Let me say at the end that the brooch "worked", we are finally getting some spring here!
Enjoy some more photos:
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