Stackable Beads!

About 2 weeks ago I received a lovely stash of plastic stackable beads from nosnowsupplies. They come in all shapes and sizes, and looked fabulous on their own. Check out her Etsy Shop for a browse of these fantastic flower beads.

 

 

I couldn't wait to start working with them, so I got busy stacking them and discovering all sorts of contrasting flower stacks, complimentary flower beads. I used different amounts of beads too; some looked great as just two types of stackable flower beads together, and some looked fantastic with four or even five different beads stacked together. Then you can lay them out to give you an idea of a finished design, such as a necklace.

                                    

 

 

 



The large beads at the bottom are flexible, which is great as it makes them so easy to use. The smaller beads are hard which gives them more structure, and holds all the flowers in place together really well. They're really easy to stack and stay in place, so you can easily keep re-designing until you're completely happy with the finished effect. There's definitely no worries about making something and then realising that actually, it doesn't look that great, or the colours don't work together with this system. And I've defiantly made items I've not liked once I've finished making them, I'm sure we all have and it's such a waste of time.

 

I've used some felt to make leaves for some of the jewellery, and I've added some round beads for flower centres.

 

I've had a go at making a few things, what do you think?

 

Christmas Flower Brooch available on Etsy here

 

White and Orange Flower Ring

 

Black Flower Pendant available on Etsy here.

 

Flower Hairclips available on Etsy here.

 

 

Now that I've started, I can't wait to keep going with the rest of the beads! I've got ideas for some dangly earrings, a couple of necklaces and some more brooches! If you want to try your hand then head over to nosnowsupplies on Etsy and check out all of the beads available, you'll be surprised how many different colours and styles there is!

 

 Happy Browsing


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A Little Bit Dicey!

A couple of weeks ago I entered a giveaway competition on Etsy by Anna from Blackmarket Jewels. We had to create a treasury using one of her gorgeous items of jewellery, I chose this pair of earrings.

Aren't they fabulous?! Unfortunately I didn't win, but Anna liked my treasury and very generously sent me a prize too. I wasn't expecting much, so naturally I was very pleasantly surprised when I opened an envelope to this lovely stash!

Aren't they beautiful beads! As delighted as I was, it took a little while to decide what to make using them. I normally make cross stitch jewellery, (although I have had a go at making seed bead jewellery from a kit in the past) so I wasn't quite sure where to start.

After a bit more thinking, I decided to try making something I'd been thinking about for a while, 3D earrings using plastic canvas! i chose to make dice, as the pattern is pretty straightforward, and I decided to use the brown seed beads for the spots. Unfortunately it took a little longer to make than I anticipated, mostly because I had to buy more thread as I ran out, but they are now finished finally and available for sale here on my Etsy Shop.

What do you think?

It didn't stop there though. I decided to stitch some beaded earrings using some of the pale pink and clear beads, with this result. (Sorry about the blurred photo)

I like the way the colours go together, they give these earrings a bit of a vintage feel. I think I'll give them to my sister (it's her birthday soon) and try some earrings using the green/turquoise beads next!

Happy making!

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