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Embroidered patches are a common way to show an affiliation to a certain club, group, or organization. They can be commonly found, won, and bought in multiple places for cheap prices. This makes them a very accessible and inexpensive craft item in which to get creative with.

Anyone who has ever earned an embroidered patch or badge feels honored, but they don’t always have much use for them. A coat can only hold so many badges, and coming up with creative uses for them can be tough. But one of the better ideas in using the items is to simply add them into a scrapbook of achievements and childhood accomplishments. This will bring back fond memories of one’s childhood when the youngster grows up into a mature and ready adult.

Embroidered patches also make great decorations to quilts and pillows. Since embroidered patches can be found at garage sales and at stores, finding a large quantity of them is never a problem. Attaching sports patches, comic book character patches, and other type patches to a blanket for a small boy makes a great present at Christmas time. For girls, finding flowers or other girly embroidery items should be of equal ease to find.

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You might think that creating your own unique beaded jewelry is difficult. It’s really not! Take a look at “what’s in store”. Get ideas from current trends and improve them. Don’t just copy, make any designs your own by adding individual creative touches. Also look back in time to the stunning designs and color combinations of ancient cultures. The Egyptian, Greek, Mayan, Indian, African and Chinese cultures all had great traditions of jewelry designs. Their designs were often very bold with wonderful use of color and form, think of Mayan design using turquoise and gold, or Chinese green jade. These classic looks are ever popular.

There are so many sources of inspiration, look at the fabulous beaded jewelry ads in glossy magazines, or search the Internet. Also, look at your wardrobe and take your color ideas from your own clothes (or shoes and handbags). Relax, let your imagination flow and get inspired. You’ll soon wonder why you ever doubted yourself!

When planning a design there are some important aspects, which affect the overall design concept, to consider -

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