My Daily Bead

Another Easy Beaded Heart

2010-01-01T10:20:00.000-08:00

This is the same pattern as the butterfly but without the seed beads. Instead of putting the pieces side by side I put one on top of the other here to make a heart shape.

Materials
20 4 mm Fire Polished Glass Beads (jet AB)
8 4 mm bicone beads (jet)
A few size 11 seed beads

2 15 cm fishing lines for the main parts
1 20 cm fishing line for the side

How to make a Circle Pendant

2009-12-29T18:21:00.001-08:00

The pattern is super easy. Just 1 seed bead one side, 2 on the other side and cross at the fire polished bead. You can make the circle bigger or smaller by using more or less fire polished beads. I added a jump ring to the circle for hanging. Design your signature piece by using different combination of beads.

Materials
20 4mm Fire Polished glass beads (garnet)
size 11 seed beads (antique gold)
5 feet fishing line

How to make a Christmas Ring

2009-12-16T07:00:00.000-08:00

This is a basic ring band making technique. Try using non-festive colors for a different look.

I made a mistake when adding the second layer of white beads. You should restring the green bead (missed in the instruction at ~4:13) and then the two white beads and add two more white beads for the first set. Afterward, just restring the two white beads and add two white beads.

Materials:
Size 11 seed beads - green, red, white opal
Fishing line about 30 cm in lenght

A Green Christmas Tree

2009-12-15T15:46:00.000-08:00

Made a green one today. Please check the last blog for instruction.

Gifts-making crunch time -- may be able make a few new rings and things as gifts and show you how to make them these two weeks. Stay tuned.

Happy Holidays!

A Beaded Christmas Tree

2009-12-13T23:49:00.001-08:00

I made this Christmas tree in white. You can easily change it to a more colorful version by using green bicone and bugle beads and seed beads in different colors. I didn't use Swarovski crystal beads for this project. I used some crystal-like glass beads that are fraction of the cost of Swarovski crystals. The cutting of these crystal beads are not as precise as Swarovski but still do the job well.

Materials:
30 4mm bicone crystal beads (opal)
15 6mm bugle beads (white)
size 11 seed beads (silver-lined)
4 4mm crystal cubes (opal ab)
1 4mm crystal rondelle beads
Fishing line - approximate 15 cm for each layer
1 2.5"head pin

Beaded Christmas Wreath

2009-11-27T22:16:00.000-08:00

Pretty easy once you repeat the pattern a few times. You can use 4 or 5mm bicone beads instead of rondelle beads as well.

Materials:
21 5mm Faceted crystal rondelle beads (dark green)
21 4mm Fire Polished beads (light green)
seed beads - size 11 (red)
seed beads - size 11 (gold)

Fishing line - 70cm

A Fuchsia Ring

2009-11-04T15:01:00.000-08:00

With this ring you learn the technique of adding a bezel-like ring around the center bead. You can use seed beads instead of bugle beads and bicone crystal or round beads for the fire polished beads.

Check out basic techniques for how to make the ring band.

Materials:
1 8mm Crystal bead (Fuchsia)
8 4mm Fire polished beads (violet/rose two-tone AB)
3mm bugle beads (Pink Iris)
90cm fishing line

How to make a wedge of Watermelon with beads

2009-10-13T21:56:00.000-07:00

I have been super busy lately and will be busy in coming months so may not update this blog as often. I finally finished the videos for watermelon. The written pattern can be found here.

Material:
Size 11 Green, White, Red, Black seed beads
1 piece of fishing line 40 cm long
1 piece of fishing line 20 cm long

How to make the Crystal Bali Spacer Ring

2009-09-18T17:34:00.000-07:00

Super easy ring to make. Try using different types of beads and spacer beads to achieve different looks. Check on side bar for the "Basic Technique" link if you don't know how to add the ring band. Don't forget to checkout the blue version.

Materials:
7 4mm bicone crystal beads
8 5mm spacer beads
size 11 seed beads

40cm Fishing line

How to make a Panda with beads

2009-09-07T18:52:00.000-07:00

Another example of turning beaded ball into an animal: the head is a beaded ball, body is a row of cross stitches. Add ears, hands, feet and tail and you get a panda!

Materials:

32 - 4mm bicone bead(transparent)
9 - 3mm round beads (black)
2 - 4mm fire polished beads (black)
8 - 4mm round bead (black)
5 - size 11 seed beads (transparent)

How to make a Mushroom with Beads

2009-08-25T20:00:00.001-07:00

This reminds me of a Super Mario Brothers mushroom. It's very important that you restring all the beads otherwise it'll be too soft at the top to hold up the shape.

Materials:
30 - 4mm bicone beads (green)
size 11 seed beads (transparent)
size 9 seed beads (white)
90cm fishing line
1 - 2" head pin
1 - 4mm fire polished bead (white)
Round Nose Pilers
Wire cutter

How to Make a Little Bear Head

2009-08-16T21:53:00.001-07:00

I used 3mm bicone beads for this bear. It turns out very tiny - about 1cm x 1.5cm. Good size for a charm or cell phone attachment. I'm trying to figure out how to add a body to the head . . .

Materials:
40 - 3mm bicone beads (brown)
3 - 3mm bicone beads (black)

35cm fishing line

How to Bead a Strawberry

2009-08-02T14:33:00.000-07:00

Materials:
15 - 3mm red bicone beads
18 - 4mm red bicone beads
1 - 3mm green bicone bead
1 - 6mm red round bead
Size 11 seed beads: red, green and transparent

1 pc - 70 cm fishing line (for strawberry body)
1 pc - 15 cm fishing line (for leaves)
1 pc - 1.5" head pin

Round nose pliers
Wire cutter

A Blue Crystal Beaded Flower

2009-07-31T12:22:00.000-07:00

This is a simpler version of the Rose Pendant. Similar concept: adding rows and rows of different beads combination. If you want to make a ring out of this, start the ring band at the 4mm blue fire polish bead.

Materials:
8 3mm bicone crystal beads (hematite)
4 4mm fire polished glass beads (sapphire)
4 3mm fire polished glass beads (black diamond AB)
4 4mm bicone crystal beads (black diamond)
4 4mm bicone crystal beads (ice blue)

Size 11 seed beads - light blue
Size 11 seed beads - silver-lined transparent

60 cm fishing line

How to make a Butterfly with Beads

2009-07-18T19:22:00.000-07:00

Materials:
20 4mm fire polished glass beads (purple AB)
Size 11 seed beads (gold)
2 30cm fishing line
1 20cm fishing line

How to make an Angel with Beads

2009-06-28T22:15:00.000-07:00

I thought the beads I used for the wings were called dagger beads. But upon closer look, dagger beads are straight but the beads I used are slightly curved. I'm not sure what they're called. Heart shape or leaf shape beads would work as long as the hole of the bead is on the flat side of the bead. You can also replace the skirt with cone shape beads. Try different combination of beads for fun results.

Materials:
1 6mm roundell crystal bead
2 6mm round pearl beads
3 4mm bicone crystal beads
2 8mm leaf/heart shape beads (for the wings)
1 4mm diamond crystal
6 3x6mm rice shape pearl beads, size 11 seed beads

1 head pin
2 15 cm fishing lines

How to make a Doggie Head with Beads

2009-06-26T23:11:00.000-07:00

This doggie head was done by connecting a front piece (the one with eyes and nose) and a back piece with whole bunch of cross stitches like how we assemble the Cross. I used a cell phone lanyard that has lobster claw clasp to clip on the bead. You can add jump ring to it to make charm and pendant or sting a ring band from the side to make a ring.

Materials:
Head: 41 4mm bicone crystal beads
Ears: 14 4mm bicone crystal beads
Eyes and Nose: 3 4mm round beads
Fishing lines:
3 x 20cms for front and back pieces and connecting the two pieces
2 x 10cm for ears

How to Make a Star with Beads

2009-06-20T22:06:00.001-07:00

I am demonstrating this star using seed beads. You can use bugle beads instead of seed beads for the sides of the points like the white one below. Also try using different color for the core like the blue-and-white star below. I used 3mm beads in bicone shape for the blue-and-white star and used only 2 beads for each side of the point instead of 3.

Materials:
Core: 15 beads
Points: 65 beads
Fishing Line: 40 cm (if you use size 11 seed beads)

How to make a Treble Clef with Wire

2009-06-17T20:31:00.000-07:00

Only take 2 mins to make. Add a jump ring to make it a pendant or add to earring hooks to make earrings. Attach to scrapbooks, greeting cards . . .

Materials:
20 gauge or thicker wire
Round nose pilers
Wire cutter

How to make a Double-Flower Ring

2009-06-09T21:37:00.000-07:00

This is a classic beaded ring pattern. Looks great in monochromatic color scheme.

Materials:
15 4mm bicone crystal beads (Pacific Opal)
Size 11 seed beads (transparent light blue with copper center)
60 cm fishing line

Check here for instruction on how to add ring band to the ring.

How to Make the "Phoenix" Ring

2009-06-01T20:55:00.000-07:00

These videos will show you how to make Phoenix's sister "Iris" :). Technique is the same for Phoenix, just different color combination.

Materials:

Fishing line approximately 1.5 meters

Size 11 seed beads
Iris: Purple (metallic), Light Tangerine, Light Lime (AB), Green (AB)

Phoenix: Blue (metallic), Orange (sliver-lined), Topaz(silver-lined), Red

Note: I mistakenly mentioned tangerine in a few spots while narrating instruction for the last row. For the last row, the left side sequence should be lime-green-lime (no tangerine).

Easy Four-Petals Flower Ring Band

2009-05-20T08:30:00.000-07:00

Super easy ring to make. Try using different color, shape or size of beads for different effect.

Materials:
12 4mm Fire Polished Glass Beads (Jet Black AB)
Size 11 seed beads (Jet Black)
Approx. 30 cm fishing line

How to Make a Simple Bag with Beads

2009-05-16T21:32:00.000-07:00

The bag is made up of whole bunch of cross stitches. I used 4mm seed beads here. It would look much nicer with bicone crystal beads. If you make the body of the bag bigger and not closing the bottom nor adding the handle you'll have a ring.

Materials:
Top color (green/silver lined transparent) - 24 4mm beads
Bottom color (purple/blue) - 35 4mm beads
Handle and decoration - tiny seed beads Charlotte Cut

Variation: I used size 11 seed beads to make the black and white bag. It turns out to be super cute. For the last step, instead of adding beads between the white beads to fill the gap I thread the fishing line through the white beads and tie the ends together to create a "gathered" effect.

How to make a Puffy Heart - 2nd try

2009-05-12T23:28:00.000-07:00

Puffy Heart is a difficult piece to demonstrate. I'm giving it a second try by using different colors of beads for each section of the heart. Hope the instruction is clearer this time. I accidentally deleted the instruction for the first section so I am re-using the video from the previous tutorial.

Material:
76 bicone beads(I'm using 6mm bicone plastic beads in this video. I used 4mm bicone swarovski crystal beads in the previous video)

100cm fishing line for the first 3 sections

50cm fishing line for the last section

A few beads to fill the heart if you want a puffier heart. Use 8-10mm round beads if you use 6mm bicone beads. 5-6mm round beads for 4mm bicone beads.

Section 1 (re-using video from previous tutorial)

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Basics

2009-05-09T22:43:00.000-07:00

Basic Cross Stitch with more than 1 row

Basic Cross Stitch

Basic round shape

Adding bail to a pendant:

Adding ring band to a ring: