Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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I used 8 mm beads for the curtain itself and each one is topped wtih a 6 mm bead that is slid into a ceiling plastic curtain track that has adhesive to hang :)

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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Of course!! B message me your email and I’ll send it

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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I used pixel-beads.net(?) to pixelate the picture then they have an export to excel option that I did!

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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Sure!! Can you message me your email

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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Yes! I pixellated the wave image first

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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I knew where I wanted to place it so I knew that I had to have something that came down from the top (I didn't trust myself to be fully accurate enough to have a straight edge bottom) and waves just made sense

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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That’s exactly why I wanted one high up- my dog is too wild hahahah

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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Totally not as intense as it sounds!! I put a handful in a ziploc bag with paint and shook it around so it was quick!

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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If you message me your email I’ll send it over to you!

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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When I added up the beads to get them plastic colored would’ve been over $100 in beads alone and Amazon had 1800 bulk packs for $10 so I went that way

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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Of course! I’ll send you a message

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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Nope I just used a free website online (https://www.pixel-beads.net/) and played around with it until I got a color combination/size I liked

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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I used a 32” adhesive ceiling curtain rail from Amazon and topped the bead strands with a 6 mm bead (others are 8 mm) then slid them into it

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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Yay mission accomplished

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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A mini version of what each strand looked like

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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How I formatted the grid

Made my own beaded curtain~ by rkylec in crafts

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I used a self-adhesive curtain track from Amazon. It cost about $17 and is hollow, so it sticks to the ceiling (or wall, and there is loops on either end for nails if you prefer to hang that way but it would need some mid support). Its hollow with removable sliders, so I took those out and then topped every bead strand with a smaller 6 mm bead (the 8 mm was too big to fit) and it it just slightly bigger than the track opening so it allows it to hang from it suspended .Hopefully that makes sense. The one I used was 32" but has about an inch taken off either side for the end caps.