How to Make Bead Mosaic Frame DIY with Jewelry Beads

How to Make Bead Mosaic Frame DIY with Jewelry Beads Have you ever looked through a box of old craft supplies and wondered, “What on earth am I going to do with these?” That is exactly what happened to me with a collection of tiny vintage animal beads carved from seashell. Years ago, my sister donated a big assortment of these little carved beads to me. They were shaped like tiny animals—fish, birds, horses, whales, bats and all sorts of wonderfully quirky creatures. They were originally intended to be used as beads, but some of them had incomplete or unusable holes. They were too cute to throw away, though! So I started thinking about other ways to use them. Eventually, I realized that these little creatures would make an incredible mosaic...after I made a necklace of course! Instead of stringing them into a finished piece of jewelry, I turned them into a colorful bead mosaic frame. I covered a plain wooden frame with the tiny animals, filled all the spaces with black grout, and ...