Lovey Dovey Box Pattern Download

Description

Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, was said to have kept a pet dove. Ever since, the dove has symbolized love. It’s fitting, then, that I topped the little box that holds my wedding rings with a handmade polymer clay bead depicting a dove and tree.

Required Materials: Seed beads, fire-polished rounds, Dove-and-tree bead,beading thread, felt circles, quilter’s template plastic. See project for complete list.
Tools Needed: Beading needle, scissors. See project for complete list.
Techniques Used: Square stitch, Peyote Stitch
Originally Published: Beadwork, February/March 2007