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Why We Love This Tutorial: This is a simply strung, long necklace that you can complete in less than an hour! We would often knot between each gemstone bead with this style of necklace, but by using tiny 15/0 seed beads we get the same effect with a lot less effort (and time, yay!). I…

Why We Love This Tutorial: This pretty, vintage-look bracelet uses a few simple (beginner level) techniques to produce something just a little bit fancy. It uses a combination of beads and findings that are completely interchangeable, meaning the possibilities are literally limitless for design ideas! For example, we have used lovely natural Amethyst beads, freshwater…

How’s this for making a statement?! We love this wrapped swirl design – it is so striking, yet surprisingly so simple to make. We’ve used lovely natural Lapis Lazuli beads, Pyrite beads and crystals. However you can do any colour combination you like! We found that using two contrasting colour groups looks good, but you…

This is a lovely dainty Tree of Life pendant using a teardrop shaped 25x18mm cabochon. What you’ll need (links): Teardrop shaped 25x18mm Cabochon 26ga Artistic Wire (any colour) 18ga Artistic Wire (any colour) Tools: Flat Nose Pliers Flush Cutters   Step 1. Take 14cm of 18ga wire, and make a teardrop-shape that is smaller than…

A lovely customer in the shop yesterday inspired me to make this necklace out of the beautiful new gemstones I was putting out… so pretty! What I’ve used: Aquamarine Diamond Faceted Beads 8mm Morganite Tumbled Small Nuggets  Rose Quartz Pendant Feather Charm 15/0 seed beads as spacers (or you may like to knot between each…

Matte Fluorite 8mm Beads 3mm Beige Yarn 14mm Round Fluorite Focal Bead 15/0 seed beads (as spacers, or, you may like to use cord and knot between each bead). Plus basic findings (that you may already have!) Tiger Tail 10mm Jump Rings Spacer (for either side of focal bead) Eyepins (or wire) Crimps Clasp

This pretty pendant is one of our Wire-wrapping classes by Rebecca! We’ve used 26ga and 18ga wire. The crystals are Larvikite gemstones and Rhodonite gemstone beads. As this project uses some of our limited edition beads, you may need to substitute if they are no longer available.

Why We Love This Tutorial: Create this stunning focal necklace using wire and gemstone beads. We love this design as it allows a great deal of freedom – if you make a mistake or break the wire, simply wind on a new piece of wire and keep going! This design is also quite easy to master;…

Why We Love this Tutorial: This simple hoop design makes for a striking statement! It is super easy to make, and should take less than an hour to complete. It can be made with almost any type of small beads, which means it is also very versatile! If you choose to use smaller beads, you…