# Melty Bead Mosaics

> Melty Bead Mosaics is a Retsy Series 1 NFT on Solana, card 0853 of 1,280 in the 00s Toys & Games set, made in six finishes. Thousands of tiny plastic beads you arranged on pegboards, then ironed together into pixel art keychains.

URL: https://retsy.fun/collection/melty-bead-mosaics/

- Card number: 0853 of 1,280
- Set: 00s Toys & Games (00-TOY)
- Year: 2004
- Type: Iron-on fuse bead kit
- Tagline: Place. Press. Iron. Admire.
- Found at: Craft store bead aisle
- Cost back then: $12.99
- Stats: Nostalgia 9/10, Hype 6/10, Weirdness 5/10, Trade value 3/10
- Finishes: Base (100 copies), Holo (50 copies), Laser (25 copies), Gold (10 copies), Super Laser (1 copy), Misprint (1 copy)
- Images: https://retsy.fun/nft/0853-base.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0853-holo.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0853-laser.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0853-gold.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0853-super.webp, https://retsy.fun/nft/0853-misprint.webp

## The story

Melty Bead Mosaics required the patience of a surgeon. Kids placed every tiny bead one by one with tweezers, then held their breath while a parent ironed the design. One sneeze could scatter an hour of work. The finished pixel hearts and frogs hung from every backpack and fridge.

## Fun fact

Vacuum cleaners everywhere rattled with stray beads for years after every single bead project.

Retsy Series 1 is an NFT collection on Solana. Every card is minted to the buyer's wallet the moment its pack is ripped at https://retsy.fun/packs/.