Showing posts with label Bead Design Studio. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bead Design Studio. Show all posts

A Short Memory Pays Off

by Kim

 The best part about writing a bead making column is that once I mail off my pieces, I forget they exist. Then, when the magazine mails them back after photography, and I open the box, it's like getting presents! 

 "Oh yeah! I forgot I made that!!!!"

 Today, I got two presents in the mail. 

Merry Christmas and Happy Vitamin C!

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Layering Glass on Beads

by Kim

 New beads for my next column...
Made a bracelet using them. You can see them in the December issue of Bead Design Studio. With instructions!

 Had to brush off my Vitamin C a little....

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Wavy Disc Beads

by Kim

I have been having Fun With Wavy Discs. Love these earrings, (I am going to show you how to make them, keep reading....)

...and these sweet little pink bell flowers. They are in this month's issue of  Bead Design Studio Magazine...both a lesson on how to make the wavy disc/bell flower beads, and how to make the necklace they are in. Find my column: First Glass. And if you are not a lampworker and the lesson on how to make the beads is lost on you, you can buzz over to my Etsy shop and buy some already made.

 Back to the earrings! You need two wavy disc beads...also available in my Etsy shop in different sizes and colors. 


 1. Cut a 5" length of silver 20 gauge wire. Wrap a small loop in one end. 


2. Gather up some small beads you like. I have seed beads in two sizes and some 4mm crystals. String them on silver head pins. Make 3-5 headpins with beads.


 3. Attach the headpins to the wire loop by wrapping loops.


 4. Put the wire with the dangles into the front of the wavy disc bead.


5. Turn it over. Bend the wire at a 90 degree angle.
6. Wire wrap the earring piece to an earring finding. Repeat for the second earring.


I had planned on taking these earrings apart and putting the beads in the Etsy shop, but changed my mind! If you want to buy a set of these purple and red beads, just post or email and I will make you some.


Take your Vitamin C and tell me what else you might do with wavy disc beads.

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Posted by Kim at 6:27 PM 1 creative thoughts
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White Heart Beads

by Kim

 Once in awhile I hit on something that is just fabulous. Don't you LOVE when that happens to you? I made these beads and a bracelet using them for Bead Design Studio Magazine. They featured the bracelet in the December issue, and there are downloadable instructions on their web site.


If you are following trends for fashion and jewelry, you will see fringe is definitely on the list. 




Most of the fringe jewelry I see is very hippie-like, including bead fringe, and I wanted something more up to date. So, I included the faceted, shiny metal beads and glow-y white heart beads.


For those of you making your own lampwork beads, the instructions for making the white heart beads are in the new February issue.


If you do not make your own beads, but would like to make the bracelet, head over to my Etsy shop for the beads. <------- Look over to the left column on this blog. I am offering the set of white heart beads not only in the featured blue, but in some other beautiful colors.  


Use your Vitamin C!

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Plan B

by Kim

 Plan A hardly ever comes to fruition for me. So, when Plan B takes shape, it usually feels right. I had mental plans to make bell shaped flowers for my next column in Bead Design Studio, using cone shaped mandrels.  However, I could not get the mandrels in time. So, plan B stepped in.


I used a regular mandrel and these turned out more delicate than anything I could have created on the cone mandrel. And I like them! They look like little twirling crinolines. They are for the wedding issue, but I think in brighter colors, they would look nice for every day projects.


P.S. Check out my free project on Bead Design Studio: http://www.beaduniquemag.com/projects/index.shtml




Go Vitamin B! 

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