Here is January’s BJP. It’s supposed to be a three dimensional snowflake, but it’s all floppy. Now, I bead pretty tight, and I worked on it for this piece. I tried adding a little candle wax to the center joint, but that didn’t work. The beads are too narrow and too filled with thread to use wire. I guess a should have used wire to begin with. If anyone has any ideas on how to stiffen this up, I’d sure like to hear it. If not, I’ll start over and use wire, i guess.
Thought about it some bit. I wonder if I could put some very fine beading needles along the main axis…..
Karen Lynne Creates 
Soak the snowflake in some floor wax, Futura works fine, and lay it out on a piece of wax paper to dry. This process works well. Good luck
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I was going to say exactly the same thing…Future Floor acrylic finish works great for stiffening up beadwork.
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It's still an interesting piece and at least you're finished with January! I'm just starting.
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I've heard the floor wax used for Mixed Media but haven't tried it-should work. The snowflake is nice.
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Just rename it. Maybe it could be called "Melting Snowflake". Or "Snowflake on a Warm Day".
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I love the colour you chose – lovely for January. Looks like you have good suggestions for how to make it more stiff.
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Love the floor wax idea, I know we will be surprised in Feb
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