beaded mobile

I began making these beaded circles as Christmas decorations.  Then I got hooked because they really are so simple to make. The most time consuming part was the deciding on the patterns and colours.  All you need is:

Memory wire

Wire

Pliers

Beads

 Cut the memory wire into loops that are about 1 and a half circles.

Using the pliers, bend one end up and into a small loop so that beads stay on.

 Thread beads onto memory wire. You can add a charm hanging down if you wish.  When you have completed a whole circle, bend a small circle using the pliers, and wrap the remaining wire around the two ends and cut off the excess.

To make the heart, I bent wire into a heart shape, then threaded beads onto fine wire and wrapped it around the wire shape.  

One of the circles is a clear plastic curtain ring with beads wrapped around it.  

To make the 'cobweb' circle, once I had threaded beads onto the memory wire and joined the two ends together, I threaded beads onto fine wire and wrapped and threaded wire and beads back and forth across the circle.