Chapter 99 Who is more valuable
The idea came from an upcoming family member's birthday. After racking her brains for a long time and failing to think of a particularly suitable or meaningful gift, she suddenly thought of a batch of precious and unique beads from her previous collection.
Except for a few tools and connecting parts, the materials used to make pearl flowers are almost all from nature itself, such as crystal clear freshwater pearls or various colorful natural gemstones.
In fact, among this batch of beautiful raw stones, not many were actually purchased by her personally. Most of them were purchased for her by her friends when they heard that she was interested in making hair accessories and bought them for her when they were traveling or on business trips and then sold them to her at a low price.
I have to say that the things you get from this channel are not only affordable, but also much cheaper than buying them in stores.
All of these carefully selected materials put together are enough to fill a bag and are enough to create many exquisite bead flowers.
It is very suitable for personal use or as a gift to relatives and friends.
Today, Zhao Chunhua had a sudden idea and tried to make some glass ornaments to see how it would turn out.
She had seen similar finished products in several jewelry stores before, but the price tags made her feel a little out of reach.
Although high-quality glass products are very valuable, their ultimate value still needs to be judged based on the specific craftsmanship and size.
Those small and exquisite decorations are not only the first choice for men as gifts, but merchants will also not miss any opportunity to attract more female customers.
Regardless of the era, products targeting the female and children markets are often the most likely to become sales hotspots.
The price of a large glass hairpin is measured in gold and silver, and each one is extremely precious.
Although such a small petal may look insignificant, it costs two or three hundred coins to make a flower, which is much more valuable than ordinary silver jewelry.
It just so happened that her brother and others helped her so much, but they refused to accept her money when she wanted to give them. No matter how many words of thanks she said, they seemed pale and powerless.
In this case, the only way is to repay these kind sisters-in-law in other ways.
Even though she didn't have the space to carry them with her and didn't have many treasures to take out at any time, she decided to go to the city to buy them a nice gift.
After all, the money spent on purchasing furniture for the home also reflects their hard work and sweat.
No matter what, you have to show some sincerity, even if it's just to express gratitude.
What Zhao Chunhua specially took out to show everyone today was the string of sparkling freshwater pearls and the small bag of delicate transparent glass petals with a pink gradient.
As she gently laid out these beautiful things, “Oh my God, they are so beautiful.”
Just by looking at the petals, Zhang Sanbao couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, and his heart was deeply shocked.
Girls like her in the village seldom have the opportunity to wear beautiful accessories on a daily basis. Zhang Sanbao only has two very rare headbands of different colors as decorations, and he is reluctant to wear them on normal days. He will only take them out carefully and use them for a while during the New Year and other festivals.
In daily life, I usually just tie a red hairband in my hair to complete my look.
On special occasions, I would also insert a homemade wooden hairpin to embellish it a little.
Even the aunties and grandmas in the village mainly dress up with silver jewelry, and precious metal jewelry such as gold is rarely seen in ordinary people's homes.
In most cases, they just wear a simple and elegant headscarf and a wooden or bamboo hairpin before going out to work.
"Then you should learn how to make these glass ornaments from me."
Zhao Chunhua smiled gently and said, "As long as you learn the craft, I will give you a few petals like this so that you can make a beautiful and unique headdress for yourself."
Hearing this, Zhang Sanbao immediately opened his eyes wide with excitement and asked, "Can this really be done?!"
Then, as if she was afraid that the request was too much, she quickly added, "Just one piece will do! One piece is enough, thank you, sister!"
After spending more than half a month with Zhao Chunhua, Zhang Sanbao had some understanding of her. For example, if she wanted to give something to someone, she must mean it sincerely.
This was not a casual gesture or false courtesy.
Therefore, Zhang Sanbao's refusal was of no use at all.
In this case, she could only try to reduce some of the trouble in terms of quantity.
Since we cannot refuse other people's kindness, we can at least accept less to reduce the burden on our hearts.
This can not only maintain the relationship between the two of you, but also prevent you from feeling overly embarrassed.
However, the feeling of being cared about by others is really wonderful, and the feeling of being remembered by others makes Zhang Sanbao feel very warm.
"Let's try it first. We don't know if we can do it well."
When discussing how many items should be given away, this was entirely decided by Zhao Chunhua.
In any case, it would definitely not be just a small petal; such a small thing would not seem generous enough and would be difficult to express her sincerity and thoughts.
In order to connect these glass petals to each other, copper wire is needed to wrap and fix them. For those who are richer, they will choose to use more high-end materials such as silver wire or even gold wire to make these decorations, making the finished products look more gorgeous and valuable.
In order to achieve this goal, Zhao Chunhua went around several shops and finally discovered that at that time there were already many people who chose to create their own unique accessories by themselves.
If you think carefully about the various expensive gadgets sold in jewelry stores on the market, and then compare them with people's DIY works, it seems that this kind of self-sufficient behavior is not so strange.
Finally, round, smooth and shiny freshwater pearls were used as embellishments on the pistil, and soon the first exquisite glass flower took shape.
Since it was my first time doing this, I didn't wrap the copper wire properly, which resulted in some areas shaking slightly.
But overall, it is still a pretty good work.
Then, Zhao Chunhua began her second attempt - the process of making the next glass flower, and paid special attention to the importance of force in the winding process.
If you use too much force, the fragile and thin copper wire will break.
Fortunately, even if problems do arise, it doesn’t matter.
After sorting out the broken metal wires, take them to a place that specializes in selling raw materials. You only need to pay a relatively small manual processing fee to exchange them for new copper wires so that you can continue your creative activities.
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