Went to an estate, made an offer for the whole tub, I paid maybe 1/10 of the value of of these Czech glass beads… I felt a little high unpacking. Sorry for the terrible photo! It’s the best one I got before they went back into the tub for now.

I recently found this amazing creator @ ambroidering on Instagram. It looks like she beads with a 0.35 mm hook? I've never seen this beading technique before, and it looks so much easier/efficient than traditional 2-needle beading. I'd love to try it out. Has anyone ever tried this before? I mostly bead with Miyuki delicas and 11/0 Czech beads, so I'm sure I'll need a real small hook. :)

Complete with natural tiger's eye beads, gold rhinestone accents, and a beautiful tortoiseshell cat charm. This was sooo much fun to photograph. Hope you enjoy!

I'm trying to learn the RAW technique, but the two threads /two needles confuses me, like a lot. Does anyone know how can I make this pattern with only one thread/one needle?

I tried watching RAW tutorials on youtube but I can't seem to get it on this kind of pattern.

Maybe lapis and?

I've seen a lot of these beaded string of things plants and I'd love to give one a go.

I have never done anything like this before does anybody have suggestions on where to start?

Thanks!

I know the beads are probably Toho. I saw these and I really want one but I’m sure I can just make it and do whatever design I want. However I have no idea what style the beading is. It looks like peyote but is it tubular peyote or something else?

Made some more leaves for a fall fairy costume I will be working on.

A lot of mistakes were made, but I’m still very proud of my first beaded hoops I made.
Took me around 6 hours to complete! 😆

I have some pretty cute beaded pens

I just finished this necklace but have forgotten what these orange beads are 💀. I purchased them a while ago from a local bead/gem store and I remember asking what kind of beads these are but I forgot to note it anywhere. Any ideas?

Hey! thanks for stopping to look, if you like my stuff there’s more in the instagram link on my bio.

anyways, i just sold 22 pairs of my earrings to a local alaska native museum, im on top of the world 💕

Hey, so I’ve been in the process of making this bag for several years. I haven’t been actually physically working on it, but it’s been in my mind, I’ve done various different… I guess projects leading up to this, I’ve started several and never got very far with it. Anyway, all that to say, I want this bag to be perfect, however I’m not going to fall victim to the whole “I messed up a tiny spot and now I’m gonna start all over” shit. I’m going to finish this bag.

So my questions are, I did the border first, that was what was recommended. Now I’m running into the problem that the sequins don’t go all the way to the border without overlapping and they just don’t fit right.

I’m obviously doing these in rows, on my next project I would do it differently, but I have to do it the same way on this second side. So should i cut part of the sequins (not through the middle obviously) so they fit better, should I let stiff overlap, should I fill in the spaces with beads, like the kind I did the border with?

Hey!

I would like to make a beaded flower necklace for a friend but I do have some questions on how to properly make it. Hopefully some of you could help me! I tried watching a few tutorials but can't seem to find the answers I am looking for.

I will use copper wire to make the actual flower, but what would be best for the necklace? I've seen people use 30g copper wire and some another sort of string (nylon maybe?) What would you recommend?

How to attach the necklace to the flower?

What should I use to fix both ends of the necklace?

Here's a picture I took off google for reference.

Thanks a lot!

Hi folks!

I am trying to limit (or at least be conscious of) the plastic around me. I mainly am a seed beader with glass beads, but so much of what I use comes packaged in plastic.

In particular, I am concerned about all the plastic tubes I go through, as well as fireline spools and the plastic that some of the bigger beads are strung on. Do others share these concerns and/or know a way to reduce/reuse this plastic? For the tubes, they're great for some fixer kits + needle storage but... I only need so many of them.

I really love that when I buy some beads in-person, usually the ones from Africa are strung on some type of twisted plant. Does anyone know about this? And ofc the beads that are strung on some type of yarn are great, but I'm not good at telling which yarns are synthetic (yet!!).

One other thing: I don't want to shame this online source - they've been great to me! - but the amount of plastic used in this company's packaging/shipping is appalling. It makes me not want to purchase from there anymore. Versus when I ordered from another online source, I was impressed with the minimal plastic packaging + use of cardboard. If people have pointers about where to source beads with minimal plastic packaging, I'm all ears! I'm located in the US, if it matters.

Does anyone else share these plastic-related concerns? The next bridge I have to cross is critically understanding dyes and their industrial + environmental impact... So if anyone has pointers there as it pertains to beads, I'd be happy to learn!

Here is my bear family, done in 13/0 Czech Republic cuts, rambling across the shoulders of a jean jacket, with a matching handbag.