Saturday, December 22, 2012

Openwork bracelet in green and amber colors


Before the holidays we will add another bracelet to our collection of bijouterie. For the New Year we will make a bracelet out of green and amber seed beads.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Santa's sleigh


Recently we made reindeer and sledge, and earlier - Santa Claus and Snow-maiden. Now we will collect all these items into the Santa's sleigh.

Decorated Christmas tree

Decorated Christmas tree out of beads

The New Year and the Christmas are coming, so today we will make a Christmas tree decorated with Christmas balls and garland.

We will need:
- for Christmas tree:
- seed beads #8 of three colors: white, light green and dark green,
- wire 0.3 mm in diameter,
- for Christmas balls:
- round beads of different colors of 8 and 10 ΠΌΠΌ in diameter,
- seed beads of the same colors as of round beads or just of a white color; these beads should be a little bigger than a threading hole of the round beads (I used seed beads #10),
- bead caps,
- wire 0.2 mm in diameter,
- for garland:
- drop beads #8 of two bright colors (I used drop beads of blue and amber colors),
- wire 0.2 mm in diameter.

Beaded 3D snake


The next 2013 year in the Chinese zodiac is the year of the Snake, so today we will make a large 3D snake out of beads. This snake can be a wonderful New Year gift, so you can give it as a present to your friends and family members. Everybody for sure will like it.

Christmas bells

Christmas bells decoration out of beads and wire

We continue making products of our "winter" series and today we will make Christmas bells out of beads and wire. These bells will be with fir-tree twigs on the background and with a bow-knot.

To make these bells we will need:
- size 8 seed beads of five colors: yellow, red, white, light green and dark green;
- three round beads 6 mm in diameter of garnet color;
- wire 0.2 mm in diameter.

Sledge

Beaded sledge

In order to make a beaded team of Santa Claus, today we will make a sledge.

We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of three colors (I used seed beads of pink, brown and green colors);
- a piece of wire 0.3 mm in diameter 1.7 m long.

As the base pattern for this sledge we will use our pattern of a rocking chair.

Christmas socks


Today we will do another New Year's composition - traditional Christmas socks for gifts framed by a wreath of twigs.

Beaded reindeer


We continue making Christmas products out of beads. Today we will make a reindeer.

Beaded Snowman


We continue our "winter" series - today we will make a beaded snowman. This snowman can be used, for example, as a Christmas toy.

Snowflake

Snowflake out of beads and bugles

Winter is getting closer, and today we will do another product of "winter" series - a beaded snowflake.
We will need:
- seed beads #10;
- round beads 6 mm in diameter;
- bugle beads #3;
- 130 cm of wire 0.3 mm in diameter.

Snow-maiden

Snow-maiden out of seed beads and wire

Today we'll do another product of our "winter" series and for the coming New Year holidays we will make a beaded Snow-maiden. It can either be used as a Christmas tree decoration, or in various combinations with other beaded Christmas figures.

We will need:
- seed beads #8 of seven colors: blue and white for clothes, beige for a face, yellow for hair and braids, turquoise for eyes and bows, one orange bead for a nose and two pink beads for lips,
- one white round bead of 6 ΠΌΠΌ in diameter,
- wire 0.3 mm in diameter.

Bracelet in a "spica" technique


Today we will learn the technique of weaving the chains similar to a spike. Such a chain can be used in various products, but we will make a bracelet out of it.

Rocking chair

Beaded rocking chair

Today we will make another piece of furniture - a rocking chair.

We will need
- seed beads of #8/0 size of two colors (I used seed beads of blue and green colors);
- a piece of 70 cm in length of wire 0.3 mm in diameter.

Beaded candy

Candies out of seed beads and round beads

We continue making various beaded items using the technique of making beaded beads that we learned earlier. Today we will make a beaded candy.
For the each candy we will need:
- a 8 mm round bead;
- size 10 czech seed beads of two colors (for the tutorial I used seed beads of blue and yellow colors);
- two seed beads size 8 of a similar color to one of the colors of small seed beads;
- thin nylon fishing line (0,2 mm thick) and a beading needle.

Beaded cherries

Cherries out of seed beads and round beads

Today we will make beaded cherries. You can use these cherries as a decoration or as a keychain.
We will need:
- two 8 mm round beads (preferably of red or cherry color);
- size 10 czech seed beads of green and cherry colors;
- thin nylon fishing line (0,2 mm in diameter) and a beading needle.

Beaded Bead

Beaded bead

Today we'll cover a round bead with seed beads, and so make a beaded bead. There are many different ways of making beaded beads, but we will use, perhaps, the easiest one.

We will need:
- a round bead 8 mm in diameter;
- czech seed beads size 10;
- thin nylon fishing line (0,2 mm in diameter) and a beading needle.

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Beaded table


We continue making furniture items out of beads. Today we will make a table.
Materials required:
- size 8 seed beads of two colors (I used seed beads of yellow and orange colors);
- a piece of wire 0.3 mm thick and 110 cm long.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Little cat in the parallel weaving technique


Our site is intended primarily for newcomers to beading. Today, therefore, we will make one more very simple product - a cat in the plane-parallel technique of weaving. This cat is well suited, for example, for teaching beading to children.
We require the following materials:
- seed beads #8: grey for a body, one orange bead for a nose and two green beads for eyes;
- 50 cm of wire 0.3 mm in diameter.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Beaded chair


Today we will make a beaded chair.
We will need:
- size 8 seed beads of two colors (I used seed beads of lime-green and blue-lilac colors);
- 70 сm of wire 0.3 mm thick.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Bellflower


To make the beaded bellflower you will need:
- seed beads #11: blue (you can also take light blue or lilac-colored beads), white, yellow and green,
- wire 0.2 mm in diameter,
- green thread for the winding of stems.

I wove some flowers out of blue beads and the others out of lilac-colored beads. So the bouquet of flowers has turned out more bright.