Open Heart

I didn't have any pink seed beads at hand so I did this in 2-tone. You can use 2 mm bicone beads instead of the seed beads or use same color throughout. You can also use 4mm/3mm combination to make it bigger. If you don't sew up the sides of the inside you can insert a picture in between the two hearts and use it as a picture frame.

Materials:
12 3mm bicone beads (transparent)
32 3mm bicone beads (pink)
60 size 11 seed beads (transparent)

3 x 40cm Fishing line (4 lb weight or about 25 gauge) - 1 per heart and 1 for sewing up outside
1 x 30cm Fishing line (4 lb weight or about 25 gauge) - for sewing up inside

Part 1

Part 2:

My Daily Bead

A Little Bag with Heart

This is a variation of the little bags. I used plastic bicone beads here and the quality of those beads are not that that good. The "heart" will turn out better if you use Swarovski crystal beads which provide more precise cuts.

Materials:
40 3mm Bicone bead (white/transparent)
3 3mm Bicone bead (red)
50cm Fishing line

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 Puffy Heart - 2nd try

Puffy Heart is a difficult piece to demonstrate. I'm giving it a second try by using different colors of beads for each section of the heart. Hope the instruction is clearer this time. I accidentally deleted the instruction for the first section so I am re-using the video from the previous tutorial.

Material:
76 bicone beads(I'm using 6mm bicone plastic beads in this video. I used 4mm bicone swarovski crystal beads in the previous video)

100cm fishing line for the first 3 sections

50cm fishing line for the last section

A few beads to fill the heart if you want a puffier heart. Use 8-10mm round beads if you use 6mm bicone beads. 5-6mm round beads for 4mm bicone beads.

Section 1 (re-using video from previous tutorial)


Section 2


Section 3


Section 4

Crystal, Pearl and Wire Heart Earrings

Here is an example of how to use the heart component.

You may want to visit the following tutorials as well:
Heart Component
Ear Wires
Jump Rings
Basic earring making technique

How to Make a Heart with Wire

This is an easy component to make. Use it in jewelry, scrapbook, card and other crafts... Here is an example for using them in earrings.

Here is a clearer instruction on how to make the coil mentioned in the video above:

More how to make a Heart with Beads

A blog reader sent me this heart pattern - thanks! This pattern is a good example of using the "cross stitch" method (I'm not sure how other people call it but I usually refer it as cross stitch 'cos it looks like a cross). The "cross stitch" method is a basic pattern which you will see throughout this site. For example, the cross, the beaded bead and the two-tone ring . . . are all based on this basic beading technique.

How to Make a Puffy Heart with Beads

I finally got a chance to try making the Puffy Heart. I only have access to a diagram pattern that is written in a language that I can't read so it took me a few tries to get it right. It takes a lot of effort and patience to do but the result is rewarding. I would say this is an advanced project. But it's not that hard if you concentrate on what you're doing and understand the concept behind it. You can attach the finished heart to a key chain, a necklace, bracelet etc. I haven't decided on what to do with the ones I made yet. Will share the finished products with you later...

Please check out these videos if you have trouble following the instruction on this page.

How to make a Simple Heart with Beads

Valentine's Day is 1.5 months away. Time to start making some V-Day jewelry. I plan to make a few heart-making tutorial these few weeks. Here is the first one. It's very easy to make. Use small beads to make a charm or use bigger beads to make a pendant.