Mini Flip Flop

Summer is approaching, time for flip flop. This is a very easy project. Just make a rectangle and add 2 little straps on top. 

Materials:
17 x 4mm faceted bicone glass beads
9 x 3mm  fire polished glass beads
30 cm fishing line (8 lb weight) or beading fireline

Champagne Ring

Materials (for a size 5 ring):

32 3mm fire polished beads (light topaz AB)
Size 11 seed beads (transparent white)

90 cm fishing line

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Chandelier Earrings

Materials:
6 5x7mm fire polished glass beads (faceted tear drop, light blue AB)
6 6mm faceted rondelle glass bead (transparent)
4 4mm faceted fire polished beads (transparent AB)
16 size 11 seed bead (transparent sliver-lined)
Wire - 22 gauge
Wire cutters
Round Nose Pilers

How to make jump rings

How to make earring hooks






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Ocean Blue Ring

The finished product measures about 1.5" x 1.5". Use smaller beads for smaller size or bigger beads for bigger ones. Nice as a pendant, ring, embellishment on clothes or ornament to hang on Christmas tree . . . Be creative!

Check out how to add ring band or bail here.

Material:
3 4mm fire polished glass beads - light blue
6 4mm fire polished glass beads - white transparent AB
15 4mm fire polished glass beads - blue
size 11 seed beads - metallic blue

100cm fishing line









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Another Easy Beaded Heart

This is the same pattern as the butterfly but without the seed beads. Instead of putting the pieces side by side I put one on top of the other here to make a heart shape.

Materials
20 4 mm Fire Polished Glass Beads (jet AB)
8 4 mm bicone beads (jet)
A few size 11 seed beads

2 15 cm fishing lines for the main parts
1 20 cm fishing line for the side

How to make a Circle Pendant

The pattern is super easy. Just 1 seed bead one side, 2 on the other side and cross at the fire polished bead. You can make the circle bigger or smaller by using more or less fire polished beads. I added a jump ring to the circle for hanging. Design your signature piece by using different combination of beads.

Materials
20 4mm Fire Polished glass beads (garnet)
size 11 seed beads (antique gold)
5 feet fishing line

Beaded Christmas Wreath

Pretty easy once you repeat the pattern a few times. You can use 4 or 5mm bicone beads instead of rondelle beads as well.

Materials:
21 5mm Faceted crystal rondelle beads (dark green)
21 4mm Fire Polished beads (light green)
seed beads - size 11 (red)
seed beads - size 11 (gold)

Fishing line - 70cm

A Fuchsia Ring

With this ring you learn the technique of adding a bezel-like ring around the center bead. You can use seed beads instead of bugle beads and bicone crystal or round beads for the fire polished beads.

Check out basic techniques for how to make the ring band.

Materials:
1 8mm Crystal bead (Fuchsia)
8 4mm Fire polished beads (violet/rose two-tone AB)
3mm bugle beads (Pink Iris)
90cm fishing line

How to make a Panda with beads

Another example of turning beaded ball into an animal: the head is a beaded ball, body is a row of cross stitches. Add ears, hands, feet and tail and you get a panda!

Materials:

32 - 4mm bicone bead(transparent)
9 - 3mm round beads (black)
2 - 4mm fire polished beads (black)
8 - 4mm round bead (black)
5 - size 11 seed beads (transparent)

How to make a Mushroom with Beads

This reminds me of a Super Mario Brothers mushroom. It's very important that you restring all the beads otherwise it'll be too soft at the top to hold up the shape.

Materials:
30 - 4mm bicone beads (green)
size 11 seed beads (transparent)
size 9 seed beads (white)
90cm fishing line
1 - 2" head pin
1 - 4mm fire polished bead (white)
Round Nose Pilers
Wire cutter

A Blue Crystal Beaded Flower

This is a simpler version of the Rose Pendant. Similar concept: adding rows and rows of different beads combination. If you want to make a ring out of this, start the ring band at the 4mm blue fire polish bead.

Materials:
8 3mm bicone crystal beads (hematite)
4 4mm fire polished glass beads (sapphire)
4 3mm fire polished glass beads (black diamond AB)
4 4mm bicone crystal beads (black diamond)
4 4mm bicone crystal beads (ice blue)

Size 11 seed beads - light blue
Size 11 seed beads - silver-lined transparent

60 cm fishing line

How to make a Butterfly with Beads

Materials:
20 4mm fire polished glass beads (purple AB)
Size 11 seed beads (gold)
2 30cm fishing line
1 20cm fishing line

Easy Four-Petals Flower Ring Band

Super easy ring to make. Try using different color, shape or size of beads for different effect.

Materials:
12 4mm Fire Polished Glass Beads (Jet Black AB)
Size 11 seed beads (Jet Black)
Approx. 30 cm fishing line

How to Make a Two-Tone Square Crystal Ring

This is a smaller version of the Two-Tone Crystal Ring.



Material for this ring:
16 4mm bicone crystal beads (ice blue)
12 4mm fire polished glass beads (transparent AB)
White seed beads size 9
Light blue seed beads size 11
1 meter monofilament cord (fishing line)

A Ring Tutorial

This is an easy ring to make. Same instruction applies to Pearl Ring with Crystals. Instead of pearls I used fire polished glass beads here.