vlog: Bead Flora book shipment unbox
Unbox of the first book shipment. Watch the video below! 🙂 Continue reading →
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new pattern: French beaded baby’s breath (Gypsophila)
If you’ve been waiting for a French beaded baby’s breath pattern, here it is! Many of you have been asking and I took a moment away from my book projects and designed this baby’s breath pattern. Baby’s breath PDF You... Continue reading →
Tip: how to get a really pointed top
If you are newer to making French beaded flowers, then one of the most common problems you may run into is not getting as pointed a top for your leaves and petals as you’d like. In today’s video, I’ll show... Continue reading →
How to: French beaded miniature lilies
In the next several weeks, I will be sharing with you how to make this French beaded miniature lilies arrangement. It’s another instant gratification type of project. I love the concept of making simple and quick beaded flowers but you... Continue reading →
video tutorial: 4 leaf clover / shamrock pendant
I released some French beaded four leaf clover projects/shamrock a few years back that included a pendant, ring, brooch, hair pins, earrings, and a brooch pin. They all use the same basic design but I teach you the various nuanced... Continue reading →
Challenge: design French beaded wild sunflowers on the spot
During the Fall, I found these wild sunflowers and wanted to record myself doing a flower study and design the French beaded flower on the spot. Step 1: Flower Study I start out by drawing approximately where the flowers and... Continue reading →
French beaded pumpkin
The weather is changing and it’s flannel and pumpkin spice season. Initially, I wanted to make some beaded pumpkin earrings but as I was playing around, I decided to go with the mini French beaded pumpkin. I designed this using... Continue reading →
Bead Flora bead-a-long French beaded echinacea
We are ready to dive into flower #2 for the bead-a-long. In the last three weeks, we made French beaded brown-eyed-susan. Join me in the French beading facebook group where I will update more frequent updates. I will update this... Continue reading →
Technique Project #5 Part 2, French beaded peach blossoms
Last week, we worked on the petals for the French beaded blossoms using the technique I developed called the continuous split basic. This week, we will work on the stamen and also assembly for the beaded peach blossoms. To get... Continue reading →
Technique Project #5 French beaded Peach blossoms – continuous split basic technique
Technique Project #5 – Peach blossoms PART 1 In this week’s project, I will be showing you how to to make small French beaded blossomed flowers using a continuous technique that gives you the look of using the basic frame... Continue reading →
