My Daily Bead

Clean up is a breeze when you use a straw to gather and scoop beads back to their containers. Use a bigger straw - like those from bubble tea shops - for bigger beads.

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Fun and easy . . .  a project that you can use up left-over beads from other projects.  Using same-color beads for both icing and cake layer look great too.  Materials: 6 - size 11 pi...

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Summer is approaching, time for flip flop. This is a very easy project. Just make a rectangle and add 2 little straps on top.  Materials: 17 x 4mm faceted bicone glass beads 9 x 3mm  f...

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I used faceted bicone acrylic beads here but I think round beads would work well too. It'll look much more beautiful and sparkly if you use crystal beads (and more expensive too). You can als...

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Materials (for a size 5 ring): 32 3mm fire polished beads (light topaz AB) Size 11 seed beads (transparent white) 90 cm fishing line My Daily Bead

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Material: 32 4mm bicone beads (transparent) size 11 seed beads (silver lined) 1 8mm pearl 50cm fishing line for each shell 20cm fishing line for joining the shells

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I didn't have any pink seed beads at hand so I did this in 2-tone. You can use 2 mm bicone beads instead of the seed beads or use same color throughout. You can also use 4mm/3mm combination t...

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This is a Santa head with faces on both sides. I don't have any white beads so I used transparent beads instead. It would look better with white beads. I used size 11 seed beads to make the li...

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Start with making a beaded bead then add 4 "petals" to form a bell. Materials: 29 4mm faceted bicone beads 1 6mm spacer bead 1 3mm round bead 1 8mm faceted round bead or jungle bell 1 2-inch...

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This is the purple version of the Zig-Zag Necklace. The finished size is approximately 17" long. I used Chinese crystal beads instead of Swarovski crystal beads here. Chinese crystal beads ar...

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The quadrennial FIFA inspired me to make this soccer ball. I don't have 3mm white beads so I used transparent beads instead. The smaller ball on the left was made with size 11 chalk white an...

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The top part of this anchor is actually a cross. The technique used to make the cross here is a little different from the "How to make a cross pendant" tutorial. The pattern is not that diffi...

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Materials: 6 5x7mm fire polished glass beads (faceted tear drop, light blue AB) 6 6mm faceted rondelle glass bead (transparent) 4 4mm faceted fire polished beads (transparent AB) 16 size 11 se...

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Materials: Earring Hooks: Wire - 20 or 22 gauge Earrings #1: 2 10mm round pearl beads 2 6mm faceted rondelles glass beads 2 head pins (with round tips) Earrings #2: 2 10mm round pearl be...

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The finished product measures about 1.5" x 1.5". Use smaller beads for smaller size or bigger beads for bigger ones. Nice as a pendant, ring, embellishment on clothes or ornament to hang on Ch...

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This is the chicken version of the penguin . Follow the instruction below after you added the last bead of a beaded ball . I don't have any yellow bicone beads at hand so I used faceted plasti...

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St. Patrick's Day is coming up in a few weeks. Sending you luck with this 4-leaf clover pattern. The videos below will show to you how to make a ring. But you can easily add a jumpring to mak...

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Another super easy project. You can do a lot with this technique. For example, dangle bead from center jump ring or add danglers in between seed beads. Material: 2 x 8cm wire (20 gauge) 2 4m...

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This is a very versatile component. Easy to make and only use 4 crystal beads. I showed you how to make 4 variations with this component in the second video: as an earring dangler, a bead cap ...

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This is a variation of the little bags . I used plastic bicone beads here and the quality of those beads are not that that good. The "heart" will turn out better if you use Swarovski crystal b...

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This is the same pattern as the butterfly but without the seed beads. Instead of putting the pieces side by side I put one on top of the other here to make a heart shape. Materials 20 4 mm F...

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The pattern is super easy. Just 1 seed bead one side, 2 on the other side and cross at the fire polished bead. You can make the circle bigger or smaller by using more or less fire polished bea...

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This is a basic ring band making technique. Try using non-festive colors for a different look. I made a mistake when adding the second layer of white beads. You should restring the green bea...

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Made a green one today. Please check the last blog for instruction. Gifts-making crunch time -- may be able make a few new rings and things as gifts and show you how to make them these two w...

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I made this Christmas tree in white. You can easily change it to a more colorful version by using green bicone and bugle beads and seed beads in different colors. I didn't use Swarovski crysta...

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