In New Orleans it is the carnival season and that means balls, parties, parades, king cake, beads, dabloons and other trinkets. New Orleanians come up with many ways to use the items that they catch. They decorate the following year, or they keep a shrine.
Mardi Gras becomes a part of you whether your family belongs to a social organization, your school participates or you are a spectator. Some items become collectibles and others can be sold or used for other purposes. Over the years I have used the beads that I didn't sell instead of floral foam or those decorative stones.
If you are using a clear glass vase then you will won't the beads to match your color scheme, but if you are using a dark vase in which you can't see then it doesn't matter what color beads you use.
For this projects I am using the signature colors of Mardi Gras, purple, green and gold. Purple is for justice, green is for faith and gold is for power.
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