French beaded kumquat for Lunar New Year decor

by BeadFloraStudio // January 26, 2022 // Comments off

French Beading – Beaded Kumquat The Lunar New Year is coming up (Feb 1) and I am sharing with you a project and full tutorial from my latest book, “Bead Flora: French beaded Branches in Bloom” for beaded kumquat using... Continue reading →

French beaded flower technique pattern: beaded bow, intermediate

by BeadFloraStudio // November 7, 2021 // Comments off

French beaded flowers technique pattern – Beaded bow If you love making French beaded flowers, here is a fun French beading project of making a beaded bow! I’ll be showing you how to make a bow using bead and wire... Continue reading →

French beaded flowers beaded 4 leaf clover / shamrock pendant video

by BeadFloraStudio // March 9, 2021 // Comments off

French beaded flowers: beaded 4 leaf clover/shamrock pattern – Level: intermediate French beaded flowers: 4 leaf clover pendant I have more fun French beaded flowers technique projects for you! I released some beaded leaf clovers/shamrocks a few years back that... Continue reading →

French beaded rosebud earrings

by BeadFloraStudio // January 19, 2021 // Comments off

It’s Valentine’s day soon and today, I will show you how to make French beaded rosebud earrings. The techniques I am using for these earrings include French beading and traditional jewelry wire wrapping techniques. It is an intermediate project as... Continue reading →

French beaded poinsettia brooch pin, beaded flowers

New colorways for beaded poinsettia brooch

by BeadFloraStudio // December 15, 2020 // Comments off

When I think of poinsettias, I automatically bead it red. But they come in a multitude of colors: yellow, pink, white… and making anything beaded means we don’t even need to make it in real life colors. Make it whatever... Continue reading →

French beaded winter rose poinsettia, bead and wire poinsettia

French beaded flower: winter rose poinsettia pattern

by BeadFloraStudio // November 3, 2020 // Comments off

French beaded flower: Winter Rose Poinsettia pattern Just how many French beaded flowers will I design from the Home Deport floral section? LOL… I discovered this winter rose poinsettia at Home Depot last year and quickly worked it up. It’s... Continue reading →

French beaded flowers: beaded pumpkin

by BeadFloraStudio // October 1, 2020 // Comments off

French beaded flowers project: pumpkin In today’s French beaded flowers project, we’ll learn how to make bead and wire pumpkins. The weather is changing and it’s flannel and pumpkin spice season. Initially, I wanted to make some beaded pumpkin earrings... Continue reading →

Poinsettia Brooch/Pendant

by BeadFloraStudio // November 13, 2019 // Comments off

This poinsettia brooch was supposed to be a project in my book. But because my project photographer did another project first, I had to do a switcharoo at the last minute. And there is no better time to release a... Continue reading →

French beaded Holly jolly earrings

by BeadFloraStudio // December 20, 2018 // Comments off

Christmas is just around the corner again and I have a quick Holly leaf earring project that is perfect for gift-giving. This is an intermediate project that requires that you already know the basic frame and also split basic techniques. ... Continue reading →

French beaded mini poinsettias redesign

by BeadFloraStudio // December 23, 2017 // Comments off

Level: Intermediate Technique: Split Basic, Basic Frame I was at the dollar store awhile back and found these reindeer candle holders. They were pretty good quality for a dollar store item and I took a couple home with me knowing I... Continue reading →