Turquoise & Coral Braided Necklace

Why We Love This Tutorial: This tutorial is once again using our new 0.65mm waxed cord. The slightly finer cord means threading on beads in macrame is not-so-much of an issue like it is with the 0.8mm cord. This is a wrap bracelet, but to be honest I was not sure if it was going…

Why We Love This Tutorial: This is a class we teach once a year or so – we absolutely love the wire swirl design. If you are local we suggest coming along to the class – the swirl design is much easier to learn in person. Plus the class is always a lot of fun!…

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…

Why We Love This Tutorial: These pretty bangles are made using just wire and beads, and once you get going are very easy and quite quick to create! We’ve used tarnish resistant wire, which means these lovely bangles will hold up against the test of time. We’ve used some of our very sweet little ‘pebble’…

Step 1. First, make the coiled bead sections. For this project, we’ll be using a coiling gizmo. Take about two meters of 24 gauge wire and using the smallest coil bar, make a coil about 12cm long (the whole length of the coil bar). Slide this coil onto a piece of 18ga wire 2cm longer…

I just love the beautiful new Impression Jasper, so I’ve used the 8mm rounds in this pretty macramé necklace