Stars Beaded Mini 3D Warped 5 Pointed - 12/20/23

December 20, 2023--Recently learned how to bead up this adorable mini five-pointed warped star, so of course, I had to do two of them.  It starts off in the shape of a folded over square, worked up five times, then zippered together.   Fun.

Star Beaded Mini 5 Point Warped Bordeau Mix

Star Beaded Mini 5 Point Warped Neutrals Mix

Star Beaded Mini 5 Point Warped Stars

Red area is one of five "squares" that is folded in half (the warping occurs in the center of the square).  The diagonal lines show where the squares are "zippered" together.

This shows the fifth square getting zippered to the first square, but only after stuffing is inserted. 

Bracelet Flat Herringbone with Two Hole Duo Beads - 12/13/23

December 13, 2023--I continue to learn new things every time I bead up a project.  This time it was how to make a flat herringbone bracelet with two-hole "duo" and seed beads using a free pattern from Jill Wiseman Designs.   It was fun to do.  However, finding just the right colors proved to be a bit more daunting.  I found a shop in Annapolis, MD called the Twisted Bead which had multi-colored packs of Duo beads.  I chose one which contained dark bronze, light blue, very pale blue, silver and clear duo beads.   An interesting selection.  I used dark bronze seed beads to connect the Duo beads.

I tried to be random at how I placed the Duo beads, but found I just had to pick out the five colors to place in each row.   Then I worked very hard NOT to have the colors line up next to, on top of, or below each other.  Whew.   Random--nope!

Bracelet Flat Herringbone with Two Hole Duo Beads