crafts from straws

crafts from straws also work very well for making strong center holes for hand made beads. Simply cut a few thin plastic straws into the lengths you want your finished beads to be. Then mold your clay or bead material around the straw piece. When your beads are dry and painted, they will be easy to string using the uniform-sized hole provided by the plastic straw sections.
Green plastic straws make wonderful stems for a variety of paper flowers, and paper pinwheels look good mounted on any color of straw.

When complete, the straw must be secured at the edges so that it does not fray or break away from the chipboard. This is done by stitching around the perimeter of the chipboard. The excess straw can then be trimmed away and the hardware and lining added. Once this is done the purse which is typically made of four separate parts can now be framed with straw and then assembled by hand stitching the elements together for a beautiful hand-crafted straw purse.

Owning a straw hat is great - you have something to protect you from the sun, it is very light to carry and it is very easy to clean. Another thing that is nice about owning floppy straw hats is that there are a million ways for you to decorate it and keep it looking up to date! If you can get creative with your straw hat with just a few simple pieces, then all the more it will be an integral part of your wardrobe each season. Whether it is winter, spring summer of fall, you can be sure that your straw hat will be put to good use while still remaining fashionable.