Pokemon Project: Caterpie



As someone who rarely works with green, white, and yellow, these Pokémon were a bit of a challenge. Still, I had already committed myself to this, so I had to do it.

I ordered these beads from the Michaels website, and they got caught in a mail clog from Christmas. Every day that passed made my anxiety more convinced that my pretty beads had been stolen, and my dad told me to leave a complaint at Michaels. But they showed up on the 27th, when the estimated arrival date was the 20th. Even late, I got to play with them, so Michaels gets no complaints yet.

Caterpie:


Both green beads were in my delayed-delivery Michaels "haul," which I should have put on YouTube to get more followers. The red beads at the top were leftovers from the Charmeleon bracelet.
Metapod:


All beads in this bracelet came from the late Michaels package, but the clasps and the wire were from Hobby Lobby.

 Butterfree:


Even the purple beads and the butterflies were from Michaels, but in between each purple bead is another Charmeleon leftover.


For all these beads, three more strands, and the shipping, I paid under $25. I'm still going to run out of money, but I'm having a lot of fun doing it. But who knows? Maybe I'll get a job.

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