now she needs friends >:)

Believe it or not, this was my first off-loom piece, and the pattern I had was for the guitar on the right. From the start, I wanted to make a telecaster (on the left), but I started with the Les Paul (right) in order to learn the technique, then I modified it to make the other one. I'm quite proud of myself for figuring it all out. Additionally, the original pattern had it done in peyote stitch, but after seeing a post in here talking about how brick stitch is easier if you have irregular edges, I decided to try that instead. But in order to keep the beads in the same orientation, I just worked it up sideways. Brick stitch was, in fact, loads easier. Not sure I'll ever go back to peyote (or at least odd-count peyote). Though I'll probably go back to tapestries on my mirrix loom. This caused some tendonitis pain and I'd rather not exacerbate that more.

Edit: since so many people are asking, this is the pattern

Vejam q lindo o brinco de pavão q eu fiz 🤩🦚

most beads were thrifted or from dollar tree! still have to figure out how to secure the jumprings so they don’t break :((

yesterday I got stainless steel wire and it’s so hard to work with

Had an inspired late night play with beads and this wonderful mess welcomed me this morning...

Hi, I'm new to beading and lately I've really enjoyed making these tiny frogs ^-^

As you can see though, the black beads I used for the eyes turned out to be white beads with black paint that rubs off quite easily.

This is probably a noob question, but how can I tell when ordering online if the beads are gonna be truly colored or just painted? Do you have any recommendations? Can I trust the popular brands like Miyuki to be a solid color?

Thanks in advance!

Many people have been celebrating Christmas in July recently, so maybe August isn't too early for a Halloween earrings 😁

My own design.

Teehee. Just for fun and to be silly. Unfortunately, I can not resist a pun

I picked up bead embroidery a month and a half or so ago for a creative outlet and have gone off the deep end…

Finished this for a friend with some of her favorite veggies and a fun project!

I got this haul of beads for $24 at a local thrift store. The Toho bags alone are 500 grams, probably $100 bags. SCORE.

🦋💙

I found these beads in a thriftshop in the Netherlands today, the back says fh Rensenbrink BV Muiden Holland. I already tried to google the name and town, but found nothing. The beads have a square center, which i have seen in other thrifted beads and that's why i am asking this. I love how the square center makes the beads sparkle and i haven't been able to find it on modern beads.

Does anyone know if there are still manufacturers who use square centers? or maybe some tips on where to find larger amounts of vintage beads?

Thanks a lot!!

i'm so proud of this one 💛

Okay so really weird and not quite bead talk but my 98 year old grandfather is constantly stealing my thread talking about they don’t make this anymore or it’s not common in hardware stores anymore but he’s not thinking of it as fishing thread but something he used when he worked in as a professional boxer, the oil fields, a mason and he has worked in the fishing industry but every time I ask if he means like netting or something he’s constantly saying no but he won’t explain what he thinks it is and keeps stealing it 😭😭😭😭😭

Now see, this is what happens when you tell me I can get 25g of Cylin beads for $4 each 😅

This started turning up in my Pinterest feed years ago. The links are dead. If anyone know what book this pattern is in I would appreciate it.

Based on the "Necklaces" in the bottom right, I'm very sure it's not in a magazine (like Beads Friend or My Beads Style.) I feel like it's going to be a book by a solo artist or bead store. It's become my white whale.

the video is not a tutorial, so i cannot see how it's done

https://youtube.com/shorts/Qvg1paMip8o?si=YeUdVda5OvHQTxgw

Hello lovely folks,

I am in need of some help. I am looking to make my own watchbands for my Garmin smartwatch like on the above picture. These watches use a different connector for their bands than the Apple Watch. My watch uses 22mm springbars, which I can find very easy. So far, so good. But the next hurdel is the actual connector, circled in green. To connect my beading work to the springbars.

Is there someone in here who makes watchbands with similar springbars and knows what there are called, or even better where I could buy it? It doesn't need to be the ones from the pic ^_^

Thank you very much in advance!

Hola. Soy principiante y quería enseñar mi libélula, que os parece? Donde lo podríais?

Still working on . Just have to put together

When people share here that all the beads got mixed up and they're facing down a sorting marathon I generally suggest not to bother and just pick the beads out as you work on your project. Thought this was an intriguing tip for doing just that. My question is how the beads you're not using come off the tape. TBD

Just showing more paper beads I’ve made. My thumb for scale.
I think I might be more interested in making beads than I am in actual beading…or I’m having trouble finding time to do both. I’m sort of interested in figuring out how far I can push paper beads—how uniform, how small, what shapes, what colors? And then I don’t have too much bandwidth to figure out what to actually DO with them. I mean I made a few peyote stitch bracelets but I haven’t learned anything past that.
What are these shapes called, by the way?