Hero of the Week

Primary colors swirl through this week's heroic gorgeous glass beads.

You can imagine that as a seed bead weaver, this shape is not one I commonly use. I have seen this shape used in some beautiful jewelry though. If you have a design idea for this dime shape that you will share with the group, tell us about it in the comments and I will show you what I did come up with on Friday.

Until then have fun and bead on!

Emerald Collar Necklace

Hero of the Week

This week our hero is another two hole bead. These metallic hematite flat beads are another that I can imagine so many possible designs with, but I have narrowed it down to a necklace for you, to be revealed on Friday.

Join us on Friday for inspiration using these 15x5mm two hole beads and share your ideas with us!


If there is a bead from our shop that you would like to nominate to be a future Hero of the Week please let us know!

Super Duos Pose a Challenge

If you haven't tried playing with this week's hero then you are saving yourself a lot of play time. These wonderful beads lend themselves to so many possibilities that I had a hard time focusing on just one design. 

The circle and triangle are just two shapes that these beads so naturally lend themselves. You can imagine how much I just wanted to keep making samples and forget about showing you a finished jewelry set.
Luckily you can just play and make fun shapes and still end up with cute earrings...

...or go bigger and add a necklace for a whole set!

I did not have time this week, but definitely want to try alternating duo colors in this triangle shape to see the cool effects. I would love to see what you come up with using these shapes or any others you end up with in your adventures with twin hole seed beads.

Share your thoughts below and feel free to send us pictures of your Super Duos creations! If you like, we will share them here on our blog.

Hero of the Week

It's a bead... it's a spacer... it's... Super Duos! The most heroic bead of them all is the bead that has the word super right in the name. This week we are featuring the twin hole seed bead  in opaque red.

Aren't they so beautiful with their oval shape and perfect curves and great color? This Friday I will share with you a necklace and earring design that make using these super fun!
If you have used the twin hole beads, let us know how you like them in the comments below. If you have not then what are you waiting for?


If there is a bead from our shop that you would like to nominate to be a future Hero of the Week please let us know!

Rockin' Duck Bill Earrings!

There, I said it, these earrings are rockin'! I had so much fun making these earrings as I began to see how they were forming to really show off the shape and color of this week's hero.

I used square stitch adding the curb chain as part of the work again and simply added beads every couple of rows to curve the beadwork out toward the bottom to display those beautiful duck bill drops.

Of course you can always make them shorter by using shorter lengths of chain but I think they have a totally 80's rocker feel with the length and bright colors.Which means they match my totally 80's rocker shirt!

You can't see the purple hot pants and silver scrunch socks but they are there ;).
You can find all of the materials to make these crazy cool earrings in our shop. The duck bill drops come in different colors too!

Tell us how you are going to rock these duck bill drops and until next week have fun and bead on!

Hero of the Week

Julie picked out one of the coolest shaped drop beads we have found. This week's hero is the aqua and fushia duck bill drop bead.

The colors on these are so fun and pretty and the flattened ends really show off the color mix well. This Friday's project will be a bit of a surprise for us all as I have not made it yet. I am thinking of an earring design but of course things can always change - especially my mind ;). If you are playing along with me and contemplating your own design there are flower beads in our shop that match these cool drops.

Share your thoughts on this week's hero and tune in Friday to see the finished project!

Cubes Squared

This week we bring you a wonderful necklace inspired by the Hero of the Week.

 

 Cube beads make great frames for the square stitched squares on this necklace. The only component that I made separately is the peyote tube toggle. Once that was made I strung the necklace and passed back through the beads weaving the squares on the way back.

 

The squares are so versatile. You can make a necklace just like this or weave the squares separately to string later. The extra large holes in the cube beads would even allow you to run an eye pin through the top row so you could link it too chain. Have fun with it. :)

You can conveniently find all of the materials to create this in  our shop. Here is a full list of what you will need:
     - 3mm Dark Olive Green Cube Beads
     - size 11/0 Frosted Rainbow Oxblood Seed Beads
     - size 8/0 Matte Brown Seed Beads
     - Black c-lon Beading Thread
     - Short Beading Needles

We would love to read your feedback in the comments below and if you have questions, we are always happy to answer!