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Perler Bow Pins

Hey everyone! Long time no blog. I have tons of earrings I need to photograph and blog about, but here is something a little bit different.

I went to Anime Mid-Atlantic, a small anime convention around early summer and saw different artists selling bows made of perler beads. I fell in love with them! I decided to go home and make my own designs. This is not at all original, haha.

This is probably considered a little juvenile, but I think they're adorable and great for little girl crafts.

Perler Beads Tips:

• Buy more black/white. You'll use them the most because they are the more common 'outline' color.
• I swear what takes the most time is picking out the colors if you bought a mixed bucket (like me). If I could do it over, I would buy the colors separated.
• (I bought two mixed buckets, the Sunny Days mix and the 11,000 beads one.)
• But, then again, the buckets are great deals at Michaels, especially if you use a 40% off coupon. I would weigh the different costs, monetary vs time. Or, you can employ a younger sibling to help separate...
• Seriously, separating takes forever.
• Iron on a flat surface.
• Bead tweezers are your friend.