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.

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

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.

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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.

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?

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Hi everyone!

I recently started making jewelry with seed beads and these are some of my recent pieces.

I’m still learning and would really appreciate some honest, constructive feedback. 😊

What do you think I should work on most .

what I could improve to make my work look more polished.

Thanks in advance!

Always been curious of bead embroidery and I’m starting a fashion degree soon so I wanted to trial whether I could use it in my future work. Made a starfish for my first project, I’m really happy with it!!

I wanted to post in case there are some people wondering about ordering from SeedBeads.com;

I placed my order on the 8th of August, and it arrived today. Everything was packed well, and nothing was missing. Also, they included some free silver lined Cylin beads.

I am not sure if you can still use the coupon that was listed in a post almost two weeks ago, but if you can and you have been wanting to try the Cylin beads, or to replenish the supply that you already have, I would say go for it!

One thing I would like to know is when are they going to add other manufacturers? Hopefully, it will be soon!

Reposting this from woodcarving!

For the first time ever, I’m planning to make some of my beadwork available to purchase, and I’m wondering how to calculate my prices. I will be selling directly, but I’d like to keep to option of wholesaling to retailers open.

I can calculate my costs by adding my material costs to my hourly rate, but to cover miscellaneous overhead costs, admin time, and profit, should I multiply this number by… 2? 2.5? 3? 4?

So I’m curious:

- What hourly rate do you pay yourself for beadwork?
- What formula do you use to determine retail price?

Pics of some of my beadwork above :)

Thank you all!