>Camoflauge Seed Beads

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People always ask me where I get my beads. The truth is, I get my beads anywhere I can! I do have my favourite shops, but I don't shop exclusively at any one place because every shop carries something different. Yesterday, I went to my local bead shop in Scituate Harbor, MA - Beaucoup Beads. I picked up 3 new colours. Check out the beads in the tubes below:

I got Miyuki 15/o and 11/o Matte Opaque Olive, 15/o Dyed Opaque Olive, and 15/o Sparkling Lined Sand Dune Mix (my new favourite colour!). Also, in the photo is a bag of a lighter shade of 15/o olive-coloured seed beads that I got from Beadworks in Boston, 15/o Toho Brown Lined Light Green from Artbeads.com, and 11/o Matte Olive Green I got from Fire Mountain Gems! These colours are very close to the colours U.S. soldiers wear in Afghanistan.

I am starting by stitching beads to one of the felt layers of my M1 Abrams tank. In real life, these military tanks are usually only one colour, like sand, but I think it will look more interesting in camoflauge print! What do you think? :D

Semi-beaded M1 Abrams main battle tank.

16" wide x 5.5" tall (40 x 13cm)