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DIY Beads Scoop

2017-05-10T18:02:00.000-07:00

Clean up is a breeze when you use a straw to gather and scoop beads back to their containers. Use a bigger straw - like those from bubble tea shops - for bigger beads.

Yummy Cupcake

2012-10-20T23:25:00.001-07:00

Fun and easy . . . a project that you can use up left-over beads from other projects. Using same-color beads for both icing and cake layer look great too.

Materials:
6 - size 11 pink seed beads
6 - 7mm pink bugle beads
6 - 4mm pearl round beads (cake layer)
6 - 3mm transparent bicone beads
6 - 4mm yellow round beads (icing)
1 - 6mm red faceted round bead (top decoration)
1- 10mm pink round bead (to put inside the cup to hold its shape)
1- head pin

50cm fishing line (8 lb weight) or similar beading thread (e.g. fireline)

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Mini Flip Flop

2012-05-22T21:57:00.001-07:00

Summer is approaching, time for flip flop. This is a very easy project. Just make a rectangle and add 2 little straps on top.

Materials:
17 x 4mm faceted bicone glass beads
9 x 3mm fire polished glass beads
30 cm fishing line (8 lb weight) or beading fireline

A Beaded Square Pendant

2012-03-10T18:51:00.012-08:00

I used faceted bicone acrylic beads here but I think round beads would work well too. It'll look much more beautiful and sparkly if you use crystal beads (and more expensive too). You can also use one color instead of different colors of beads. And if you use different colors for the 2 square pieces, you'll have 2 looks in 1 pendant! The finished size of this piece measures 2cm x 2cm.

Materials:
60 3mm faceted bicone beads - grey
32 3mm faceted bicone beads - aquamarine
24 3mm faceted bicone beads - green
Size 11 seed beads - grey
Fishing line (4 lb. weight) - 3 x 40 cm

Champagne Ring

2011-11-21T22:00:00.000-08:00

Materials (for a size 5 ring):

32 3mm fire polished beads (light topaz AB)
Size 11 seed beads (transparent white)

90 cm fishing line

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Shell with Pearl

2011-08-14T20:46:00.000-07:00

Material:
32 4mm bicone beads (transparent)
size 11 seed beads (silver lined)
1 8mm pearl

50cm fishing line for each shell
20cm fishing line for joining the shells

Open Heart

2011-01-24T19:59:00.000-08:00

I didn't have any pink seed beads at hand so I did this in 2-tone. You can use 2 mm bicone beads instead of the seed beads or use same color throughout. You can also use 4mm/3mm combination to make it bigger. If you don't sew up the sides of the inside you can insert a picture in between the two hearts and use it as a picture frame.

Materials:
12 3mm bicone beads (transparent)
32 3mm bicone beads (pink)
60 size 11 seed beads (transparent)

3 x 40cm Fishing line (4 lb weight or about 25 gauge) - 1 per heart and 1 for sewing up outside
1 x 30cm Fishing line (4 lb weight or about 25 gauge) - for sewing up inside

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Santa

2010-12-10T21:40:00.000-08:00

This is a Santa head with faces on both sides. I don't have any white beads so I used transparent beads instead. It would look better with white beads. I used size 11 seed beads to make the little one on the right.

Materials:
23 3mm bicone or round white beads
15 3mm bicone or round red beads
8 3mm bicone or round light pink beads
4 3mm bicone or round black beads
1 4mm round pearl bead

50cm fishing line

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How to make a bell with beads

2010-12-06T22:39:00.000-08:00

Start with making a beaded bead then add 4 "petals" to form a bell.

Materials:
29 4mm faceted bicone beads
1 6mm spacer bead
1 3mm round bead
1 8mm faceted round bead or jungle bell
1 2-inch head pin
50cm fishing line
round nose pliers
wire cutter

Make a beaded bead first then follow the video below:

Purple Zig-Zag Necklace

2010-10-24T18:37:00.001-07:00

This is the purple version of the Zig-Zag Necklace. The finished size is approximately 17" long. I used Chinese crystal beads instead of Swarovski crystal beads here. Chinese crystal beads are much cheaper but the cuttings are rougher, not all beads have the same size and not as sparkling. For the same 4mm beads, the Chinese version is slightly bigger. So if you use Swarovski crystals beads for this project you may need one more set to accomplish the same length.

Materials:
33 4mm bicone crystal beads - purple AB
30 4mm bicone crystal beads - light grey
size 11 seed beads - matt galvanized amethyst
1 10mm faceted crystal rondell bead - light gray
70 inches fishing line

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How to make a Soccer (Football) with Beads

2010-06-13T15:08:00.000-07:00

The quadrennial FIFA inspired me to make this soccer ball. I don't have 3mm white beads so I used transparent beads instead. The smaller ball on the left was made with size 11 chalk white and black seed beads.

This is another pattern for making an ornate bead/ball. Use different colors of beads to make it look more like an ornate bead and less like a soccer ball.

Materials:

60 3mm round beads (transparent AB)
size 11 seed beads (jet black)
Fishing line 90cm long

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How to make an Anchor with Beads

2010-06-05T23:11:00.000-07:00

The top part of this anchor is actually a cross. The technique used to make the cross here is a little different from the "How to make a cross pendant" tutorial. The pattern is not that difficult but requires a lot of sewing up of the two sides so a bit time consuming. Add a necklace between the top bicone beads to use it as a pendant. Add a lanyard to use it as a cell phone charm, a short ball chain to make it a key chain, a ribbon to make it a handbag decor. . . I added a ring band and made a ring out of it.
Written pattern is located at this great site: http://www.artbeads.co.kr/recipes/?s_code=ABAG&s_pcode=70700881

Materials:
6 4mm bicone shaped beads
Approximately 50 3mm bicone beads
size 11 seed beads - silver lined, gold lined
fishing line (about 0.2mm) 90cm for the cross part; 60cm for the bottom part

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Chandelier Earrings

2010-05-14T00:02:00.000-07:00

Materials:
6 5x7mm fire polished glass beads (faceted tear drop, light blue AB)
6 6mm faceted rondelle glass bead (transparent)
4 4mm faceted fire polished beads (transparent AB)
16 size 11 seed bead (transparent sliver-lined)
Wire - 22 gauge
Wire cutters
Round Nose Pilers

How to make jump rings

How to make earring hooks

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Simple Pearl Earrings

2010-05-08T21:50:00.000-07:00

Materials:

Earring Hooks:
Wire - 20 or 22 gauge

Earrings #1:
2 10mm round pearl beads
2 6mm faceted rondelles glass beads
2 head pins (with round tips)

Earrings #2:
2 10mm round pearl beads
2 6mm round pearl beads
2 8mm swarovski crystal rondelles spacers
2 head pins

Instruction for french wire earring hooks

Instruction for making loops

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Ocean Blue Ring

2010-04-04T18:15:00.000-07:00

The finished product measures about 1.5" x 1.5". Use smaller beads for smaller size or bigger beads for bigger ones. Nice as a pendant, ring, embellishment on clothes or ornament to hang on Christmas tree . . . Be creative!

Check out how to add ring band or bail here.

Material:
3 4mm fire polished glass beads - light blue
6 4mm fire polished glass beads - white transparent AB
15 4mm fire polished glass beads - blue
size 11 seed beads - metallic blue

100cm fishing line

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A Little Easter Chick

2010-03-10T20:12:00.001-08:00

This is the chicken version of the penguin. Follow the instruction below after you added the last bead of a beaded ball. I don't have any yellow bicone beads at hand so I used faceted plastic round beads. I think it would look better with bicone beads.

Material:
34 4mm yellow beads
3 4mm orange beads
2 3mm black beads
60cm fishing line

Four-Leaf Clover (Good Luck) Ring

2010-02-21T20:20:00.000-08:00

St. Patrick's Day is coming up in a few weeks. Sending you luck with this 4-leaf clover pattern. The videos below will show to you how to make a ring. But you can easily add a jumpring to make it a pendant or cell phone/bracelet charm. Try using different colors for each leaf for different effect.

Material:
12 4mm bicone crystal glass beads
size 11 seed beads
2 x 60 cm fishing lines

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Dangle Hoop Earrings

2010-02-11T23:02:00.000-08:00

Another super easy project. You can do a lot with this technique. For example, dangle bead from center jump ring or add danglers in between seed beads.

Material:
2 x 8cm wire (20 gauge)
2 4mm crystal glass beads (lavender AB)
#11 hex Cut Seed Beads (Iris)

Round object (e.g. a thick pen)
Round nose pilers
Flat nose pilers
Wire cutters

Beaded component: bead cap, dangle earring, stud earring

2010-01-24T16:30:00.000-08:00

This is a very versatile component. Easy to make and only use 4 crystal beads. I showed you how to make 4 variations with this component in the second video: as an earring dangler, a bead cap and a stud earring. You can also use it as the center piece of a ring by adding ring band around it. I used very small size beads for this project because it looks delicate and more like silver and diamond this way. You can use bigger beads to make bigger pieces and different color combination to make a fun piece.

Material:
Main Component:
4 3mm bicone swarovski crystal bead (black diamond AB)
Tiny seed beads in matt silver, faceted cut
15cm fishing line

Additional materials for dangle earrings:
Jump rings
Earring hooks
Bigger Beads (>6mm)

Additional material when use as a bead cap:
Bigger beads (>6mm)
Head pins
Earring hooks

Additional material for stud earrings:
Eye pins
Earring backings
Jewelry glue or thin wire

Wire cutter
Round nose pliers

Additional tutorials to support the above projects:
How to make earrings
How to make earring hooks
How to make jump rings

A Little Bag with Heart

2010-01-11T12:42:00.000-08:00

This is a variation of the little bags. I used plastic bicone beads here and the quality of those beads are not that that good. The "heart" will turn out better if you use Swarovski crystal beads which provide more precise cuts.

Materials:
40 3mm Bicone bead (white/transparent)
3 3mm Bicone bead (red)
50cm Fishing line

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