11/0 czech preciosa beads, free-handed :)

pattern by me!
peyote stitch, 11/0 czech preciosa beads

I’d do a few things differently but I learned a lot and am ultimately pleased with the result!

The subject is musician Phoebe Bridgers from her Lost Tour taken by photographer Wes Ellis.

I know it's a bit raggedy but I'm so pleased with it. I've now bought some round pliers to do it properly, but I do like my little leaf.

Some of you might know that I started beading berries a few months ago and haven’t been able to stop. I also started making moldy berries which I love! Because I keep making them I thought I might as well try and make an Etsy but it might as well be a dead page 😂 am I being delusional please be honest

I’ve spent a long time making this big collection of beaded bracelets in all different colour palettes.

Each one is hand stitched with Miyuki seed beads, diamond beads, crystals and pearls. Every design takes hours to finish.

I’m curious — would you personally buy handmade beadwork bracelets like this from an online seller?

And which colour group or design stands out to you the most?

Getting closer and closer, i'm thinking of adding white highlights to make the octopus stand out more, but there will be lots of pearls as the final touch, any thoughts?

I'm just a little proud of myself, there were so few beads left I was sweaating. Even wore it to my local renn fair recently! Please don't mind my chin lmao

The tallest ones kinda skinny compared to the other ones. Hopefully the shape variation will look good in a bouquet. I’m having trouble figuring out what to make to go with these.

My wife has recently got into beading this year. She tends to bead with small beads and makes these cute animals, coffee cups, and others.

She's been working on custom designed stars as a Christmas gift but the tray or Kat she uses is a flimsy beadsmith plastic mat.

I was hoping to find something sturdier and higher quality thats made of wood or metal, still has the felt type of topping with a lid or cover that can slide on and off.

Any recommendations?

Ive tried digging around but amazon, Walmart, etsy, Google, and beadsmith didnt turn up what I was looking for.

I weave large-scale tapestries, usually around ~200 beads wide with Toho 11/0 rounds and I’m usually quite speedy. I decided to try using the shedding device on my Mirrix for the first time for my current project and it’s upsetting me to no end, am I missing something?

Not only did it take about 5x longer to warp and set up, but it is totally impossible to get the beads positioned inside the shed or keep my rows looking straight. I know there’s bound to be a learning curve, but I can’t imagine how this is actually supposed to speed things up. I can normally string and weave a 200 bead row in 10-15 minutes and the shedding device has easily doubled that.

What am I missing? I’d like to give it a real chance before re-warping my loom without it, but every row is only pissing me off further…..

Hi everyone! I've been making beaded jewelry—ranging from rings and bracelets to necklaces and more—and I'm wondering about the business side of things.
For those of you who make a profit from your beadwork:
•Is there a real market for handmade beaded accessories, or is the profit margin too low considering the time spent making them?
•Where do you find the most success running your small business (Etsy, local craft fairs, Instagram, local markets)?
•How do you price your items to fairly account for both materials and your time/labor?

Any advice, realistic expectations, or success/failure stories would be super appreciated!
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Sorry for more of these fellas it's just one of the first things I made originally! I wanna do up a pattern for people if there is any interest. Let me know!

Had fun putting this one together. I'm glad I got a video because I accidentally threw it away 😭

Where can you buy it in bundles rather than yards

Ciao a tutti, aiutoooo ho fatto per la prima volta la cover per un accendino ma non sono soddisfatta della chiusura, ho provato tante volte ma meglio di così non ci sono riuscita.. volevo chiedere a voi se conoscete un metodo giusto e bello per chiuderlo sul fondo in modo pulito, grazie mille

Pattern by threadabead!

Does anyone have a hummingbird pattern they would be willing to share?

I want to make some things that are functional. I already have in mind coasters and curtain ties but I'm wondering if anyone has any more ideas!

edit: thanks for all the christmas related suggestions but i'm muslim 😅 looking for things i can use not as just decor

Hey All, Mods please delete if this post isn’t appropriate for this sub. I’m just thinking the creative minds here may be the right people to ask my question!

I went on a trip to visit my mother and ended up discovering Trovelore* (editing my misspelling of the brand) beaded/embroidered brooches- I’ve never seen beaded embroidery before and I absolutely fell in love! I am really starting to regret not purchasing it and I’m considering asking my mother to go back to the boutique and buy it to send to me.

The problem is I don’t wear and probably won’t wear brooches, so I’m trying to think of a creative way to display it in my home. So far the only thought I’ve had is to pin it to a curtain. But I thought who better to ask than The Beaders- because I have been absolutely blown away by how incredibly creative and talented so many of you are.

TL;DR How to use this brooch as displayed art in the home instead of its intended purpose?