I have been doing a lot of wire crochet lately, they are very simple to do and yet the effect…. well, you be the judge. I did this in magenta colored wire with small and medium size paper beads.
The nice thing about crocheted wire, they can expand and you can crunched them up to make [...]
I can see a riot of beautiful flowers across the field of vibrant green grass……Heartfelt Necklace brings out the poet in me I just love the colors of the paper beads which are carefully hand selected to match the enameled heart pendant.
The heart pendant is one of our finds, it was hanging on [...]
I made a black lace cuff which I just sold on etsy, The Gold Lace Cuff is just another version of it, made from bright gold wire. Small round paper beads are crocheted with 28 gauge craft wire.
Artistic Wire came up with different gorgeous colors like magenta, silver blue, brown, purple….
Lacy and very feminine!
We are experimenting of making large hole chunky beads, our version of the pandora style beads. I was inspired by one of my readers, Julie if I am not mistaken:) These are sample beads from Philippines, let me know what you think!
I love anything fuchsia don’t you ?
I used elastic and ribbon to string them [...]
The smaller version of the Saucer Shaped Beads are what I call button beads. They are easily transformed into button with simple wire coils that is not only functional but decorative as well!
Here’s simple how-to:
The 22 gauge artistic wire comes in a rainbow of colors, I just love the magenta!
Wire crochet is not as intimidating as it sounds. You can wire crochet beads by learning just one stitch – chain stitch and make beautiful jewelry with it. Here’s one I did using extra small (5mm) round paper beads in beautiful red and white. We also have them available as a kit and I have [...]
This is one of our “Bead Rehab” project where Kayla replaced the silk flower with our Saucer Shaped Bead. I like the “designer” look on this piece and the clean and sleek finish.
We just got the New Saucer Shapes and we are absolutely loving them!
Much as I love the painted beads, the true magazine colors [...]
This pair of Green Goddess Earrings definitely frames the face, takes an ordinary outfit from casual to casual chic:) Using bead caps is a good way to enhanced your bead, in this project I used diamond shaped paper beads and chose a nice magazine color and encased it with silver bead caps.
Using bead caps is [...]
I like how the Caged Cone Beads turned out, it looks like one of those “designer” pieces on some beading magazine. I have recently been mixing wire with the paper beads and I like the look of it. Like they say opposites attract?
Here’s a video on how-to:
I love using the non tarnish wire in gold, [...]
The Gaelic type of weaving beads into a leather chord is so popular these days. Here’s is our version using the diamond shaped paper beads:
The bicone shape of the paper beads is great for this type of bracelet.
I love the versatility of this design, practically anyone will look good in it, both men and women [...]
