"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

Flower Power bangle in a new colorway

Hello everyone! 

When I started making this beadwoven bangle I had very few copper 11/0 seed beads (actually dark bronze, but I like to call this color copper because that's what is looks to me :)). But I had already chosen the colors I wanted to use for this project and didn't want to make any other modifications to it. However, I wasn't sure if that quantity of seed beads I had was going to be enough to make the entire bracelet. 

I started beading and I was hoping and hoping and hoping ...  and only a few cm before the end I ran out of copper seed beads, I was almost there ... I had everything I needed to finish the beaded bangle except for the little copper seed beads! There was no other choice but to put put this beading project aside until I would make an order for the materials I needed. 

But then I thought what if I would just add a magnetic clasp? That's what I did and there it is - my finished "Flower Power" bangle in a new colorway!

The colors I used are: 

dark bronze 11/0 Japanese seed beads (Toho 222)
rainbow light topaz/sea foam lined 11/0 Japanese seed beads (Toho 952)
aqua travertine two-hole Czech Superduo beads

There's a BEADING TUTORIAL available for this bangle in my ETSY shop or CRAFTSY shop.

Have a great week and enjoy beading!
Iulia

"Flower Power" bangle

I made a new beadwoven bangle with my "Flower Power" pattern in pink and bronze. Just love it! 

I used two-hole Superduo beads (chalk red luster), Japanese 11/0 seed beads: bronze (Toho 221) and transparent rainbow frosted smokey topaz (Toho 177F).
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Tutorial available in my ETSY shop and CRAFTSY shop

Have a wonderful week!

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

"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 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

"Precious Beads" Tutorial

I've been working these days on a new design for beaded beads. The advantage of beaded beads is that they can be used for all kind of projects, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, even for some thematic decorations. I strung my beads into a bracelet and wrote a tutorial.

Here is the result!

The tutorial is available in my shop on     ETSY      or      CRAFTSY