{"id":19647,"date":"2013-09-25T06:36:49","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=19647"},"modified":"2013-09-16T10:11:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:11:06","slug":"beaded-halloween-decorations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=19647","title":{"rendered":"Beaded Halloween Decorations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CrystalI ran into these<\/a> magnetic beaded decorations recently, and although they’re cute I take great exception to the vendor’s assertion that $39 for three is a “Budget-friendly way to decorate.”* These are just glass beads with a magnetic hanger, and for $39 you could make a hojillion of them.<\/p>\n

Any decent-sized craft store should have most of what you need, but you can also find materials online: Beading thread<\/a>, rondelle beads<\/a> of your choice, a magnetic end bit (for which you could use magnetic jewelery clasps<\/a> or magnetic beads<\/a>; or skip the magnet and just tie a loop in the thread), and a Halloween figure of some sort.<\/p>\n

Glass beads with a Halloween theme are plentiful and cheap; searching for “lampwork” or “glass bead” with your chosen shape will turn up ghosts<\/a>, cats<\/a>, bats<\/a>, eyeballs<\/a>, and whatever else your heart desires (you can also find hearts<\/a>). The ghost and bat\/cat shapes are also simple enough that they could be easily made of polymer clay.<\/p>\n

These are so simple and cheap, you could make a bunch to hang or give as gifts. They’d be a great party activity for older kids, too; supply them with the materials and let them bead their own decorative favor.<\/p>\n

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\n*I also take exception to the “bat,” which looks a hell of a lot more like a cat with wings, but that’s another issue entirely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I ran into these magnetic beaded decorations recently, and although they’re cute I take great exception to the vendor’s assertion that $39 for three is a “Budget-friendly way to decorate.”* These are just glass beads with a magnetic hanger, and for $39 you could make a hojillion of them. Any decent-sized craft store should have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-things","category-bittens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19647"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19856,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19647\/revisions\/19856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}