Santa Claus

Such a beautiful beaded Santa Claus may be the perfect Christmas gift or decoration. You can hang it onto a Christmas tree or give it as a gift to any friend.

To make this Santa, we need:
- beads #11: red, white, beige and black,
- 1 white bead of 6 mm in diameter,
- wire 0.2 mm in diameter - 90 cm.

Tiger Lily

To make this beautiful flower - a beaded tiger lily - we need:
- seed beads #11: orange, black, white, brown, light green and dark green;
- wire 0.3 mm in diameter (the more rigid the wire is, the better),
- green thread for stems winding.

Crab

Pine-tree

For making a beaded pine-tree we require the following materials:
- seed beads #11 of green color;
- wire 0.3 mm in diameter;
- brown thread for trunk winding.

Dog

Crocodile

Daisy flower

Angel

To make a very simple beaded figure of an angel we will need:
- size 8 seed beads of white color;
- size 10 seed beads of white and golden colors;
- one 6 mm round bead of white color;
- wire 0.2 mm thick.

Banana tree

To make a banana tree out of beads we need:
- seed beads #10: green, yellow, brown (I actually used brown beads of a larger size, but recommend to use only one size for all colors);
- wire 0.3 mm in diameter.

A bracelet of green seed beads and white pearl beads

Today we will make a simple bracelet out of seed beads and pearl beads.
We will need:
- seed beads #10 of green color,
- white pearl beads 6 mm in diameter,
- nylon thread and two needles for beadweaving,
- clasp for a bracelet.

A bracelet of beaded spiral rope in orange colors

Today we will make a simple bracelet out of beaded spiral rope.
We will need:
- seed beads of two sizes; I used seed beads #11 of orange color and seed beads #8 of brown color,
- nylon thread and a beading needle,
- clasp for a bracelet.

Bracelet in brown-yellow colors

Today we will make a bracelet out of round beads and seed beads of two sizes. To make it we will use the beading technique of flat spiral weave.
For this bracelet I used:
- 6 mm round beads of white color,
- size 6/0 seed beads of amber color,
- size 10/0 seed beads of brown color,
- nylon fishing line 0.2 mm thick and a beading needle,
- clasp for a bracelet.

Elephant

Bunch of grapes

Butterfly

Owl

Porcupine

Giraffe

Hedgehog

Donkey

Turtle

Spider

To make a simple beaded 3-D spider we need:
- seed beads #11: red and black;
- 130 cm of wire 0.2 mm in diameter;
- about 50 cm of thin fishing line or monofilament.

We use the technique of three-dimensional beading. Each row in the figure consists of two tiers: the upper tiers will form the back of the spider and the lower tiers - its tum.
In this figure we will use such a technique starting from the 3rd row.

Flowering tree

Mouse

Snake

Rose

Cockatoo

Basket

Scorpion

Rose bush

Today we will make a beaded rose bush.
We will need:
- size 10/0 seed beads of red and green colors;
- wire 0.3 mm thick.

Frog

Today we'll make a very simple thing in 3-D beading - a frog.
We will need:
- seed beads of #10 size of four colors; I used green, yellow, red and black colors;
- wire of 0.2 mm in diameter;
- thin nylon line and a beading needle for cross-linking of finished figure.

For beading we will use the technique of three-dimensional beading. Each row of the figure consists of two tiers: the upper tiers will form the back of the frog, and the lower tiers of beads - its tummy.

Dragonfly

To make a very simple beaded dragonfly we will need:
- size 10 seed beads of gray and orange colors;
- two 6 mm round beads of black color;
- 50 cm of wire 0.2 mm thick.

Violet flowers

This guide will teach you how to make violets out of beads and wire.
You will need:
- seed beads #11:
blue - 30 grams,
green - 50 grams,
yellow - 1 gram,
- wire 0.3 mm in diameter, preferably of a dark color.

Why I created this blog

Hello, readers of my blog!
My name is Julia and first of all I want to tell you why I created this blog. Today there is a lot of websites and blogs dedicated to beading and beaded products. But among a variety of information it is very difficult to find a site that describes beading basics for beginners in a simple language. Although any search engine gives hundreds of sites for the query "beading for beginners", the number of really useful ones for the beginner is very small. Novice in the world of beads can hardly understand and remember a lot of information - about the different types of beads, different techniques of weaving, it is difficult for him to understand products' schemes. But the desire for beading is big and you cannot wait! Because using beads you do not only learn the new skills, but you can also decorate your home or, for example, make a beautiful and very original gift that you can give to any person for any occasion. That is why for such newbies, as I myself was once, the information should be submitted simply and clearly enough to help them learn how to make beaded items without thinking of the complexities. Then I thought, 'I can create such a website myself!' And as a result here is this blog.
I will gradually post here the detailed beading lessons and in each lesson describe the procedure of making the one product. It seems to me that such a presentation of information will be the most useful for beginners in beadwork.
I also beg a pardon for my written skills as English is not my native language and I can make stupid mistakes :-)

Christmas Tree

To make this beautiful product - beaded Christmas Tree, we need:
- beads #11:
white - 5 grams,
light green - 15 grams (for simplicity we shall hereinafter call light green beads just "light")
dark green - 15 grams (for simplicity we shall hereinafter call dark green beads just "dark")
- wire 0.3 mm in diameter, preferably of a dark color.