French beaded African Violet, Succulents, Spider plant bead-along

by BeadFloraStudio // May 15, 2024 // Comments off

June Bead-along – French Beaded African Violet, Succulents, Spider Plant Bead-Along Announcing another bead-along in the Seed Beads and More facebook group! For June, I will be running month long lessons on these miniature beaded houseplants: African Violets, Succulents, and... Continue reading →

French beaded sweetpeas Bead-along

by BeadFloraStudio // December 14, 2023 // Comments off

French beaded flowers: January 2024 Sweetpeas bead-along! I have been trying to grow sweetpeas for the past few years so I can study them. My gardening skills are improving and I finally grew some to study this past Summer. We’ll... Continue reading →

French beaded forsythia flowers bead-along

by BeadFloraStudio // June 20, 2022 // Comments off

French beaded forsythia flower July 2022 Bead-along! I’ll be teaching how to make French beaded forsythia flowers in July in the Learn how to Make French Beaded Flowers facebook group. This beaded forsythia project is intermediate level. You do need... Continue reading →

How to get started with French beaded flowers (French beading)

by BeadFloraStudio // May 29, 2022 // Comments off

What are French beaded flowers? French beaded flowers, also known as French beading, are flowers made from stringing beads on wire and then shaping them into the various units (petals, sepals, stamens, petals, etc) and then assembling the units into... Continue reading →

French beading- Lucky Bamboo bead-along

by BeadFloraStudio // March 27, 2022 // Comments off

French beaded lucky bamboo bead-along! Lucky Bamboo that never dies! I will be running this bead-along for French beaded lucky bamboo in the Seed Beads & More group for April. I have lessons planned for the month of April (schedule... Continue reading →

Beginner mistakes – taking apart my first flower

by BeadFloraStudio // February 2, 2022 // Comments off

French beading mistakes This year marks my 20th year in making French beaded flowers. Like you, I started somewhere. My teacher was Dalene Kelly as I found a free tutorial on her website (no longer up) and made the rose... Continue reading →

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 rainbow flower brooch, beaded flower

French beaded rainbow flower brooch pin

by BeadFloraStudio // October 28, 2021 // Comments off

French beading pattern- rainbow flower brooch pin I’m sharing with you how to make this French beaded rainbow flower brooch pin. It uses 10 colors – colors of the rainbow and a few more — red, pink, orange, yellow, green,... Continue reading →

vlog: Bead Flora book shipment unbox

by BeadFloraStudio // October 5, 2021 // Comments off

Unbox of the first book shipment. Watch the video below! 🙂 Continue reading →

French beaded eucalyptus, star magnolia, dogwood Bead Flora Studio Fen Li

book, Bead Flora: French Beaded Branches in Bloom

by BeadFloraStudio // September 22, 2021 // Comments off

Hello, my friends! In this post, I want to share with you some of the photos of projects that are in my new book “Bead Flora: French Beaded Branches in Bloom.” The concept of this book is, of course, flowering... Continue reading →