#195: Hermit Crab Spider

This "spider" probably stretches the idea of spider more than anything I've made so far...even the winged spiders. I have a bunch of these flat vintage plastic beads that I bought to make Anthropologie knock-off necklaces (I did make ONE before I got distracted), and the tiny handful of coral colored beads that I had were just enough for the claws. The heart bead on the shell covers a hole in the shell that was used to hang the it from a necklace. This one is pretty darn cute.

Materials: small shell, red/white swirled glass bead, white plastic heart bead, iridescent orange bugle beads, vintage plastic coral beads, coral seed beads, coral bugle bead shards, copper wire