Beaded spider handmade by Love Gorgeous owner Gabi Innocent. Each of these pretty little spiders is a one-off. They make lovely unusual Christmas decorations and are a great gift for arachnophiles, or prank gifts for arachnophobes.

Spiders are considered lucky and even thought to have been the inspiration for tinsel decoration for Christmas, courtesy of the legend of the Christmas spider. Spiders can come with a little card explaining the story of the Christmas spider, interpreted in my poem below.

Anna is a beautiful, elegant deep blue and silver spider with handmade Tibetan clay bead body and silver alloy bead with crystal band head complemented by silver alloy beads, beadcaps and crystal rondelles. The legs are an elaborate array of blue and silver glass beads, silver plated facetted hematite, blue and iridescent crystals. 

The Legend of the Christmas Spider

Once upon a time at Christmas...

A poor family down on their knees

Went to the forest to cut one of its trees

With no money for decorations to spare

The tree would sadly have to stay looking bare

But a little spider had hitched a ride

And tried his best to stay out of sight

When up went the tree the spider began

spinning a web, back and forth he ran

Come morn the sun made the silken strands shine

Shimmering in shades of Silver and Gold oh so fine

The family on waking looked on in awe

Not believing what their weary eyes saw

They felt oh so blessed and realisation struck

From then on they would only have good luck

©️ Gabi Innocent