Wire crochet makes really elegant pieces, I have made several and will continue making it. I did this piece using 28 gauge copper color (rose) wire as the canvass for the rivoli crystals and paper bead leaves and buttons. If you already know crochet, don’t be intimidated to crochet with wire just treat it like [...]
I find this piece organic, no clasp, all from natural materials and very much Asian inspired with the Ojime Bead as the focal point. Ojime Beads are miniature hand carved animals originally carved out of ivory in China. Each bead is carved by master carvers and they sign each bead. What can I say except [...]
This necklace is very feminine and can beautifully adorn a little black dress. I thought it is beautifully displayed this way, with the crystals to give it a little dressy feel to it. First I crocheted the Ghia beads into little balls and strung them into a 20 gauge wire.
This style is flattering to the [...]
We named these tiny beads after the girl who discovered to make the skinny scraps of paper into tiny paper beads. Ghia, would pick up the scraps of paper that would fall off from the cutter from the sides of the ream of paper that was being cut. The tiny hands were perfect for rolling [...]
I find that magazine colors is well presented using gold findings. Paper beads when well made can hold its own when paired with crystals and semi precious stones. Here’s five necklaces using different beads on gold chains, definitely wearable! These five designs mainly use the bicone beads.
Small Round beads in tassel form as pendant.
Deep blue [...]
The beads in this necklace reminds me of blueberries, it has swirls of black, white and blue. This is another bead rope crochet project, it seems like my creativity lead me to bead rope crochet it must be because I have been seeing it on catalogs and shopping channels.
Here’s a video just to give you [...]
I have taken up bead rope crochet again, and rekindled my love for meditative project such as crochet, anything that you can “mindlessly” do while talking to your spouse or watching tv:) I love the combination of the double bicone focal bead and the glass beads, prompting me to call this bangle “Earthen”
The focal bead [...]
What do I love about paper beads? It is not just any bead, it is made out of something that at one point means something. Old magazines, catalogs, books music sheet…….the new Hot Pink Bangle is made out of Avon catalogs.
Have you tried bead rope crochet using seed beads? I must admit for a new [...]
Introducing the baby cocoon beads! They are so small compared to our paper cocoons which is about 3 inches long. I had fun putting the Woodland Necklace together, and I love the finished piece. You put it on as you welcome spring or summer or don it on a dreary winter to chase the grey [...]
It’s not always that we find words on our beads, so to solve that problem you can cut out words and paste it on your bead. Choose nice words from junk mail, old books, magazines, cut it out and just apply it onto already made bead.
Here’s how I did it:
