This morning I found this web site and I felt like I need to share it with you. These are beads made from wood species like holly, forsythia, Willow, apple, sassafras and maple.
Susi Nuss uses these hand crafted beads on baskets for hanging as adornment or to incorporated them into the baskets.
http://basketmakers.com/topics/tutorials/fprojtwigbeads.htm
Imagine looking for interesting twigs on your hikes and creating twig beads in your mind. Nature brings us some wonderful surprises and I am happy to share this project with you which I found this morning.
Susi Nuss gives you step by step instructions on how to makes these twig beads. Enjoy this site this morning! I know I did.