The Hilarious Story Behind This Beadwork

At first glance, this just looks like a regular image of a lady in regalia, beaded onto a keychain. But when I read the viral story of how this beadwork came to be, I almost fell over.

Turns out the image came from a photo of Briana Kingbird (Ojibwe), the beader's sister.

Check this out, here's the original image:

My best photography photo jk 😂😂 never get sick of this one tho.

A post shared by Sarena (@sarenakingbird) on Jan 3, 2018 at 7:34am PST

Turns out Sarena Kingbird took a photo of her sister, who was choking on a bug at the time. OMG! She was then inspired by the photo to pick up her beads and get to work.

Happy belated xmas @bkingbird 💗😂 got me beading again for the time being #sarenasbeads

A post shared by Sarena (@sarenakingbird) on Jan 4, 2018 at 9:04pm PST

Haha, oh man sisters! They never let you forget! What a Christmas present this must have been!

I inhaled a bug and started choking, my damn sister took a pic instead of helping me and now she beaded it lmfao @sarenakingbird

A post shared by Briana Kingbird (@bkingbird) on Jan 5, 2018 at 3:46pm PST

Thank you for this hilarious and loving story of sisterly love.