Beaded bead earrings - Adore

I present you a new beadwoven earring design from me - "Adore" for which I used Toho Demi Round beads for the first time. They are thiner than ordinary rocaille seed beads and look very interesting in a design. 

The earrings have a beaded bead as central element made of different bead shapes : two-hole CzechMates MiniDuo beads, 4 mm fire polished beads, Toho 11/0 Demi Round beads, seed beads size 15/0, pear shaped drops.

The "Adore" tutorial is available in my ETSY shop and CRAFTSY shop.

Enjoy beading!

Iulia

Orange Sapphire beading tutorial

Did you know sapphires can be orange as well?? Well, they do! 

My new beadwoven earring design and tutorial - ”Orange Sapphire” - with CzechMates Crescent beads, fire polished beads and Japanese seed beads 15/0.

”Orange Sapphire” beading tutorial is available in my ETSY shop and CRAFTSY shop. 

Happy shiny warm autumn and happy beading! :):)
Iulia

List of 2-hole cabochon bead patterns

List of beading tutorials with 2-hole cabochon beads. 

I will keep this page updated. Everytime I create a new beading pattern I will add the tutorial to this list.

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"SUNSET"

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"FLOWERS AND DROPS"

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"HARMONY"

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"PYRAMID"

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"DIAMOND BAND"

"Mademoiselle" little experiment

Hello everybody!

I used my beading pattern "Mademoiselle" to make a bracelet in a new colorway: blue, khaki and gold. Here is what I got!

I added gold seed beads on tops and the beaded bracelet looks wonderful with tiny gold sparkles. The original design used only one color of seed beads. You can see below the difference. There's so much space to experiment in  this design!

For the new blue/khaki bracelet I used:
chalk blue luster two-hole Superduo beads
permanent finish galvinised gold size 11/0 Japanese seed beads (Toho 557PF)
opaque matte olive iris size 11/0 Japanese seed beads (Toho 614)

If you're interested in making this bracelet, visit my ETSY shop or CRAFTSY shop to get the tutorial.

Enjoy beading and have a wonderful week!
Iulia

NEW BEADING TUTORIAL - Flowers and Drops

Hi all!

My playing with 2-hole cabochon beads and two-hole Kheops par Puca beads continues!!!

I present you my new tutorial - the beadwoven bracelet "Flowers and Drops". I chose a very colorful, juicy and summerly cholor scheme for this beading project which I like very much: gold, purple, olive green and mint green.

For this bead pattern I used:

6mm 2-hole cabochon beads, 
6mm two-hole Kheops par Puca beads,
4mm fire polished beads,
and seed beads size 11/0.

The TUTORIAL is available in my ETSY shop or CRAFTSY shop.
Enjoy beading and have a wonderful week! 
Iulia

Harmony - beading tutorial

Hi all!

I finished a new beadwoven bracelet and wrote a tutorial for it. Let me present you my newest beading design - a bright beaded bracelet in purple, bordeaux and gold - "Harmony".

For this beaded bracelet I used 2-hole cabochon beads, two-hole MiniDuo beads, seed beads size 11/0 and 15/0. This beading project is for an advanced beginner to intermediate beader, not very complicated to work but requires basic knowledge of beadwork techniques and some skill.

Here is a close-up of the bracelet.

You cand find the "Harmony" tutorial in my ETSY shop of CRAFTSY shop.

Enjoy beading and have a wonderful day and weekend ahead!

Iulia

Beading tutorial - "Diamond Band"

This is my latest bracelet design for which I used many two-hole bead shapes and seed beads. 
"Diamond band"  is made with Kheops par Puca beads, two-hole cabochon beads, MiniDuo beads and 11/0 seed beads. Love the colors: gold and purple! 

The tutorial is available in my Etsy shop or Craftsy shop. 

Have a wonderful week and enjoy beading! :)
Iulia

New beading tutorial - Pyramid

I close my eyes and I see myself on the top of the highest pyramid of Egypt where I can almost reach with hands the deep blue skyes of the pharaoes. This is where the inspiration for this bracelet design came from, from this imagined beautiful picture of the greateness of human and nature creation. Now, I can always have it with me on my wrist! :)

New beading tutorial - "Pyramid".

This is an advanced beginner to intermediate project. Made with 6mm two-hole cabochon beads, 6mm two-hole Kheops par Puca beads and seed beads size 11/0. 

The tutorial is available in my Etsy shop and Craftsy shop. 

Have a wonderful day and enjoy beading! 

Iulia

New TUTORIAL - "Herringbone" bracelet

New TUTORIAL!
I just finished writing and uploaded the "Herringbone" bracelet tutorial in my shop. I used two-hole superduo beads and 11/0 seed beads for this pattern. I made two color versions and am wondering what other colors would you chose to make the "Herringbone" bracelet?

The tutorial is available in my ETSY shop and CRAFTSY shop.

Enjoy beading and have a wonderful weekend! smile emoticon
Iulia

"Luxor" beading tutorial

Here is another bracelet tutorial I finished this week. The beaded bracelet is called "Luxor" and is made with two-hole superduo beads, 3mm Miyuki cube beads and 11/0 seed beads.

In the pictures bellow you can see a general view of the bracelet and a close up.

This superduo bead pattern can be purchased in my ETSY shop or CRAFTSY shop.

Enjoy beading and have a wonderful weekend!
Iulia

Beaded bracelet tutorial - Rulla Band

Hello everyone! I have a new beading tutorial for you! "Rulla Band" beaded bracelet made with two hole Rulla beads, 11/0 seed beads and 4mm fire polished beads. I made this bracelet design in two color combinations, one is khaki and the other is teal. I love the result and I hope you will love this bracelet as well! 

The tutorial is available in my ETSY shop or CRAFTSY shop.

Enjoy beading and have a wonderful day! smile emoticon
Iulia

Cocktail Ring Tutorial

A new beaded ring made with seed beads, Rizo beads and fire-polished beads. The beadwork is set on a metal ring black with a round pad.

Cocktail Ring Tutorial available in my ETSY shop or CRAFTSY shop.
Enjoy beading!
Iulia

Netted Ring Tutorial

I've been workig on a few beaded ring patterns these days and "Netted Ring" is the first from the series. It is made with seed beads only using the circular netting stitch. For rings I like using metal ring blanks because they make the ring more solid. 

The "Netted Ring" features a beadwoven floral rosette made of seed beads embelishing the round pad of the ring blank. This beaded ring works up fast and is fun to make! Fits perfectly day to day wear and for special ocasions.  

For tutorials go to my ETSY shop or CRAFTSY shop.

Have a wonderful week!
Iulia

"Golden Age" beading tutorial

Gold, bronze and fire-polished crystal look amazing together and highlight the beautiful repeating ornament of this elegant and rich beaded bracelet.

"Golden Age" Tutorial is available in by ETSY SHOP or CRAFTSY SHOP

More "In Bloom" earrings

I made some new "In Bloom" earrings. This time I used not only a different color scheme, but I also replaced the round bead from the original design with a fire-polished bead. They turned out pretty cool!

You may also want to see other posts with this beading pattern HERE. The tutorial can be found in my ETSY SHOP  or  CRAFTSY SHOP.

Enjoy beading! :)
Iulia

New Beading Tutorial - "In Bloom" beaded earrings

Good evening fellow beaders!

I've been playing with my beads as I often like to do and designed some delicate and romantic earrings. I called them "In Bloom" as they remind me of flowers blossoming.

These beadwoven earrings are made in two color combinations: the first is bronze and the second is made in gentle pink shades. They are made with round glass beads, 11/0 seed beads and small daggers beads.

Here goes the pair with bronze 11/0 seed beads (Toho 221) and rainbow frosted dark topaz 11/0 seed beads (Toho 162CF).

For the pink pair I used inside color lined terracotta luster 11/0 seed beads (Toho 186) and transparent frosted rosaline 11/0 seed beads (Toho 11F). 

And the two earrings together :)

The beading tutorial for "In Bloom" earrings is available in my  ETSY SHOP  and  CRAFTSY SHOP.

Have a wonderful week and enjoy beading! :)

Iulia

More pictures with "Precious Beads"

A few more pictures with "Precious Beads" in action! :)

For the beaded beads I used two-hole Superduo Beads and seed beads. Then I mixed the beaded beads with all kind of glass beads and made these bracelets.

And the mint green beaded bead went for a necklace: natural green turquoise rondele beads, natural round green agate beads and 7/0 bronze Matubo seed beads.

The tutorial for the beaded beads "Precious Beads" can be found in my   etsy shop   or   craftsy shop

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy beading! :)

"Precious Beads" in pastel colors

This is the first time I use soft pastel colors seed beads in my beadwork. I normally like strong, saturated colors and high contrasts like black and red or different combinations of complementary colors like blue and orange, yellow and purple or red and green. Even for my clothes I choose bright colors, something you would notice from distance.

So, there were no pastels in my life until this beading project. I had some soft colors in my bead stash which I never used before and didn't have any idea what to do with them, they didn't seem to fit in any beadwork of mine. But if there is one thing I learned from all these years of working with seed bead is that every color finally finds its perfect match. Just have to have a little patience (sometimes years of waiting! :)

These are the beads I made, different pastels (lavender, pink, yellow and mint green) combined with gold and bronze Superduo beads.

And here is the way I used these beads in jewelry projects. I think they look wonderful, soft, classy and rich.

The tutorial for this design of beaded beads can be found in my shop on      ETSY      or       CRAFTSY

Have a great day and enjoy beading! :)

Iulia