The Story Of The Cinderella Bead

Are you sitting comfortably? Well, then I'll begin.. 

Today I was tidying up my jewellery making cabinet 

when I came across a really old bag of

beads I had rather unlovingly thrown together. 

This is the bag of 'ugly' beads. 

Ones from mix packs that I didn't like

or that were imperfect or a bit deformed. 

The 'rubbish' ones from mix packs basically!

I thought about chucking the whole bag out. 

'Nothing pretty in here', I thought to myself. 

However, 

I am not one to just frivolously

 throw things away. 

So I sifted through the rejects 

and I found this 

long bead 

which 

apart from a rather sooty look to the clear glass

looked rather pretty. 

'Hmmm, maybe with the right accent beads I could do 

something with this one. '

So I decided to pretty it up with some pink and gold

seed beads,  AB glass rounds 

(they almost look like crystal balls) 

and a gorgeous gold plated flower clasp complete 

with diamante centre. 

From an unloved and overlooked item

 ready to hit the dustbin this bead 

is now looking beautiful and ready to wear. 

'Cinderella you shall go to the ball!'