This blog post is for the geekier people out there like me!
Way back when, in 2015 (how is it so long ago already?!), I ordered the Miyuki Mascot Fan Kit in this cute little bunny rabbit, and was delivered to me all the way down under in Wellington, New Zealand, from the USA.
Well I opened it, looked at it, got totally confused, and swiftly put it away again. Then when we relocated back to the UK in 2016, it got put in storage amongst one billion other beaded things, and completely forgotten about.
THEN in January this year, we took our belongings out of storage after nearly 3.5 years, and I rediscovered the kit! I’ve spent years making jewellery using a traditional bead loom, and have slowly tried to teach myself other beading techniques, but I’d still never managed to make a beaded figurine.
But now I felt like I was ready to give this little rabbit another go!
The instructions weren’t that user-friendly. I am not very good at learning from written instructions, I prefer demonstrations, so this was probably partly my problem. But the kit comes with everything you need to create the little rabbit, and includes duplicate beads in case you lose any (which I thought was really handy).
You follow each step to create a different element of the rabbit - for example, its ears, its feet, its hand or tail, and then towards the end when you have created all of the pieces, you put them together. It was actually really exciting when I managed to finish my first section, because never thought that I’d have been able to.
And then when I finished my whole rabbit, I almost danced! (Well, I probably did dance.)
I didn’t add the metal keyring attachment to its head because the closure didn’t work on it, and I don’t really know what I will do with my rabbit yet, so have placed it on a shelf!
It took 2-3 hours to complete the kit and I am so thrilled with my little rabbit, I have already ordered the bear version of the kit, which I will save for a quiet evening in :-)
What do you think of my little bunny? Have you ever tried something, given up, then gone back to it at a later date and found that you could do it? The moral of this story is, don’t give up!! :D
Sadie xx
