Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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One of my vintage box bags was looking a little worn and tired, so I covered the worst spot of damage with a big beaded cicada of course!

Suppliers Mentioned:
Beading Needles: michaels.com/product/beadalon-hard-beading-needles-size-10-10332394?
Indian Sequins: etsy.com/shop/Idea2Sequins? (shipping is iffy- one order took a year to finally get to me)
Indian seed beads: etsy.com/shop/SHEENBeads?
Cartwrights Sequins: ccartwright.com/sunshop/?
Goldwork Threads: etsy.com/shop/TheDesignersStop?

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