French beaded primroses - bead and wire flowers

French beaded primrose bead-along

by BeadFloraStudio // September 15, 2023 // Comments off

French beaded flowers – primroses bead-along in October 2023! Coming up in October in the Learn how to French Beaded Flowers group, I will be running a bead-along for these French beaded primroses. It’s only happening inside the group. Please... Continue reading →

French beaded Summer Flower Garden

by BeadFloraStudio // April 2, 2023 // Comments off

French beaded Summer Flower Garden: bead and wire Cosmos, California Poppies, forget-me-not, wood violet leaves, chamomile The facebook group Learn how to Make French Beaded Flowers that I co-admin with Lauren Harpster of Bead and Blossom turned 3 years old... Continue reading →

French beaded flowers: Beaded Willow, bead and wire flowers

French beaded flowers: beaded willow bead-along

by BeadFloraStudio // October 15, 2022 // Comments off

French Beaded Flowers bead-along November 2022 – beaded Willow Last month, for our French beaded flower bead-along we worked on beaded ruscus. Next month, join me in the Learn How to Make French Beaded Flowers facebook group to bead... Continue reading →

French beaded Italian Ruscus, beaded flowers

French beaded Italian Ruscus Bead-along

by BeadFloraStudio // October 1, 2022 // Comments off

French beaded Italian Ruscus Bead-along We will be making French beaded Italian Ruscus. Difficulty Level: Leaves: Beginner Blossoms: Intermediate Berries: Advanced Starting October 1st, I will show you how to make French beaded Italian Ruscus…to use as filler and to... 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 →

French beaded sunflower -yellow and blue Ukraine colorway

French Beaded sunflower – Ukraine colorway, beaded flower

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

I just don’t have the words right now. It’s just heavy right now … especially for our Ukrainian friends. Please stay safe. Continue reading →

Sale – French beaded sunflower pdf/video course

by BeadFloraStudio // February 17, 2022 // Comments off

French beaded sunflower Since I posted the first design process video in December, many of you have been impatient to start my French beaded sunflower pattern. However, this French beaded flower pattern is comparable to writing another book so it’s... 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 →