Poseur #3: Petty in Pink: A Trend Set Novel (26 page)

10. Thread a few beads onto the same strip and slide through the tunnel of the second triangular piece.

11. Thread a few beads onto loose ends and secure with simple knots.

12. Cut last remaining strip in two equal long strips and stitch one end to the top corner of first triangular piece, then
stitch the second remaining strip to the other triangular piece.

13. Thread a few beads onto the loose ends and secure with simple knots.

You’ll need:

1 pair of side-cutting pliers

Thrift shop necklaces or beads of various sizes

Steel wire

Super glue or a glue gun

1 sturdy clasp, big is better

1 wide elastic, long enough to go around your waist with 1 in. seam allowance

1. Carefully take the necklaces apart and thread the beads onto two 25 in. long wires.

2. Twist the wire into the shape of an eight.

3. Repeat the twisting until you have a shape forming half a butterfly; the top loops should be slightly smaller than the
bottom ones.

4. Wrap a piece of wire around the waist of your half butterfly and let the end become an antenna with one single bead attached
at the top.

5. Repeat procedure with second string of beads, creating an exact mirror image to create a full figure when laid out flat
opposite each other.

6. Thread one side of elastic through one clasp and stitch to secure.

7. Thread opposite end of elastic through other clasp and stitch to secure.

8. Place a half butterfly on each side of clasp with the center facing each other. Glue in position and lay flat to dry according
to instructions.

¹
Like fellow geniuses Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, and Cher, Ted Pelligan was gifted with dyslexia.

²
On the
Winston List of High Risk Listening
, Mariah Carey’s high notes rank #2—between #3,
Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas,
and #1, playing “Helter Skelter” backward.