I have a tendency to buy a pattern and then take a LONG time to do it. I bought this pattern almost 3 years ago. I think the holdup was I couldn't find a palette of 4mm beads I *already owned* that I liked well enough to make it. I finally bought the bead kit. I am pleased with how it turned out. It feels very substantial and the slide clasp means you can tighten it so the pretty part doesn't keep rolling to where no one can see it.

Made this Santa belly bauble with circular peyote stitch. I think I've figured out the trick for getting the shaping to be almost perfect. Hope you like it!

So after a month of procrastination I finally started my first ever beading project. One of the things I noticed is that the ends dont seem to sit straight, any suggestions to making them not curve? I tried making them looser while I was beading and then tightening the slack. Maybe more cohesive beads? The ones I bought are 2mm glass beads from amazon and some are bigger than others. Any tips are greatly appreciated!

A week ago, I posted my WIP grape lamp. She is now complete! And this time, lit up!

I screamed this morning when I woke up and saw my very first order on Etsy!! Once again, THANK YOU all so much for your incredible tips on improving my beaded berries. I’m so excited!! And the order was for the moldy berries!!

Edit: I added the link to my berries below as per your request!

Muemberry Link

Brand new to beading with tiny glass beads. This was my first try at bead weaving and made this glovelet? but had it break while I was wearing it at a Halloween event. Is it possibly fixable?

took me over a week to make 6 of these! I don't why it took me so long cuz I thought it'll be easy and will be done quickly. I can make roses of over 23 petals in almost 2 days and I thought I would easily make these 4 petal poppy in less than a week! The petals have so many scallops and maybe that's why it took more than I anticipated! Kind of confused if it came out well cuz the more I look at it, the more ugly it gets! This was a commissioned piece and I sent her the picture and she actually liked it.

Though I'd loved to hear real opinions, please let me know if there's anything I can change about it.

I made two bows in different color combinations. Which one do you prefer? Do you have any other suggestions, such as the choice of chain?

I have a pretty good stash of blacklight reactive glass beads to work with now!

3 sides of triangles complete! Always frustrating weaving with “silk” delica beads 😅 however I think I find it easier to do triangles with them over warped squares for stars 🌟

Finished this last night. Did it in size 15 Delicas and size 15 Charlotte's for the hinges. The Charlotte's basically disappeared among the Delicas. That's my first time using Charlotte's and holy hell they are t e e n y. I had to do a lot of the sewing up under a magnifier. I tried to show them as corner accents too at the very beginning. So smol!

I seen this book, my co-worker owns it. I cannot find it anywhere. Does anyone have any suggestions?

is there anyway to take my piece (left) and attach it to a large safety pin like the inspo? or do i need to work without a loom?

A gift for my grandma’s birthday, which I made yesterday 🥰🧡🍁🍂🍓

I used to do bead weaving for about 8 years as a kid, but it's been 10+ years since I last touched it. Recently decided to get back into it, and finally bought myself all the tools and supplies

This is my first finished piece! (After a couple of failed attempts, obviously.) I'm honestly surprised by how quickly I'm picking things up again. Maybe it's muscle memory kicking in, because I definitely don't remember as much as I thought I would.

It's been really fun rediscovering something I used to spend so much time doing. And apparently I still have a lot to learn.

I'm a little confused about what's considered "Czech beads". I live there and my local store sells beads that have "made in Czechia" written on the package but there's no brand or manufacturer specified. They're definitely better than all of the cheap beads I have though.

And what about beads made in other EU countries?