Square Solitaire Bracelet and Pendant

A new tutorial is available in my Etsy shop - Square Solitaire bracelets and pendant. The project uses combined beading techniques, and it fits also foe beginners who like a bit of challenge,,, 

Happy beading to you all!

Urban Strolls Bracelet Tutorial

 I was exploring bugle beads lately, and these two are one of the new patterns I created using them. 

Urban Strolls is a relatively soft bracelet made with  2x6 and 2x3 uniform bugle beads and with Japanese seed beads. The bracelet can be made in different widths and of course, lengths, using different types of accent beads.

The tutorial is available (only) in my Etsy shop

Another bracelet project with bugles is coming soon, so stay tuned ;-)

Festoon Fancy Bracelet

I have a box of unfinished projects - most of them are experiments of ideas that needed to be worked on further. I started many years ago and, got stuck, put it in that UFO box and forgot all about it.

In order to get myself beading as I used to, I sometimes go through my boxed of beads to wake up my inspiration and I found this bracelet base design. As it happens sometimes when you revisit a project, an idea or a solution that helps you go on with it pops up, just like that.... So much joy when it happens!

So here's the finished project - Festoon Fancy Bracelet - three variations of the many it can offer: wide with Swarovski crystals, wide with Tila beads and narrower with just seed beads .

The tutorial for it is listed in my Etsy shop.

Shirring Rows Bracelet

I didn't have much patience to go through my bead stash (too much on my mind right now), so I decided to bead something with just seed beads. You know, like we used to do many years ago, when there was a small variety of beads in the market... Do you believe how far we've gone since then?.... 

This is Shirring Rows bracelet, a very textured one, like I love to design. In the tutorial I wrote for Shirring Rows, I included instructions for a combination of techniques to end the bracelet in a symmetrical way, which you can use in other beading projects that involves Herringbone or Ladder stitches.

Hope you like it!

Beading Kits Sale

I'm having a 30% off sale on my two beading kits: Gazing Stars & Winding Path bracelets!

From now through Oct. 21, enter coupon code: 30OFFKITS to receive the discount

Happy Beading to all!

Happy holidays & Hanukkah sale! 

In both my Etsy and Artfire shops, 

receive 40% discount on any beading tutorial or pattern!

Please enter coupon code TUTORIAL 40 on checkout. 

Coupon is valid until the end of 2016.

If you wish to purchase one of my finished jewelry pieces on Etsy, please contact me for a special discount!

Alternating Lines Bracelet Pattern

After many requests, I wrote a new tutorial for an old bracelet I made back in 2008 and I named it "Alternating Lines".

The pattern uses a unique way to do odd count peyote stitch, which also make working with bugle beads and reinforcing them quick and easy.

Bling It On Bracelet Beading Tutorial

New beading pattern is available for a bracelet made with bugle beads, crystal rose montees and Japanese seed beads. This bracelet is fun to make and can easily be resized, both in length and width!

Pinch and Drop Beads Bracelet Pattern

A new beading tutorial for a textured bracelet that can also become reversible and be made in different widths. I have included notes about the design in the tutorial.

"Pinch and Drop in A Good Way" bracelet is made with Czech 3x5 mm Pinch beads, Miyuki 3.4 mm drop beads and seed beads. For the sample I used mixed colors of Pinch beads, but of course you can use beads in one color only.

The pattern is available in both my Artfire shop* (PDF sent by email) and in my Etsy shop (instant download).
* Until some technical issues will be solved on Artfire, European customers can purchase my beading patterns only from my Etsy shop. Sorry about that...

Triangles Trim Bracelet Pattern with Kheops Beads

Triangles Trim - new beading tutorial for a bracelet made with Kheops 2 hole triangle beads, fire polished beads, crystals and Japanese seed beads. Beadweaving of this bracelet uses a few beading techniques and it is fast and fun to make!

The tutorial is available on my Etsy and Artfire shops.

Little Kheops - New Beading Pattern

New beading tutorial is available, "Little Kheops", for a dimensional bracelet - stitched in one continuous path, earrings and a delicate beaded ring.
The project used the two-hole Kheops par Puca triangle beads and Japanese seed beads.

2-in-1 Beading Tutorial - Bracelet Double Diamond and Lacy Braid

I so love it when it happens to me, that when I design something new, the design evolves and I see more options hidden in it.  As always, I am happy to share any design ideas I have for the same project, so Lacy Braid & Double Diamond Bracelets is actually a 2-in-1 bracelet pattern, which includes all information you need to know for making the two bracelet designs. This is a fun project and I think you will love the 3D profile of the Double Diamond bracelet!

The Double Diamond bracelet is made with seed beads, Superduo beads  and Swarovski crystal beads. 

Lacy Braid bracelet is made with Superduo beads (Twin beads can work here, too) and seed beads only, but if you like the Bling, you can substitute some seed beads for crystal beads... 

The tutorial is available in both my Etsy and Artfire shops. 

For the next two days only, I have a

 20% coupon code 

use coupon code*:   TWOINONE20

on checkout

September 20 - 22

* For the commercial use tutorials, 

use coupon code:   2IN1COM20

** On Artfire PDF file is sent to you by email

Double Diamond Bracelets

Double Diamond Bracelets

Night in the Palace Bracelet

Night in the Palace is my latest bracelet design. The bracelet is made with Swarovski crystal beads, glass pearls and Miyuki seed beads.

I had so much fun designing it, using somewhat unusual thread paths, which allow making the bracelet in one continuous path. Although it has an intricate look and it may look complicated to make, you will be surprised at how fast this bracelet works!

The beading tutorial for this bracelet is available in my Etsy and Artfire shops.

Parallels Bracelet - New Beading Tutorial for Unisex Bugles Bracelet

A new beading tutorial for a bracelet called "Parallels" is available. Parallels is a bracelet made with Japanese bugle and seed beads and with accent beads. The variable beads in the center can make the bracelet fit both women and men. It's a fun beading project with lots of possibilities!

All the necessary information about sizing and changes you may have to make with different center beads is included in the tutorial (and, of course, as always, I am only a few clicks away if you need any help!).

Pre Order Sale Beading Tutorial for Fringe O Bling Reversible Bracelet

A new bracelet beading tutorial is available for Fringe O Bling Reversible Bracelet.

The bracelet, which is stitched in one continuous path, is made with Czech O beads, Swarovski crystal beads and seed beads. One side of the bracelet has a textured layer of O beads, and the other side has (almost blinding) bling!

I am having a PRE ORDER 20% SALE, from now until May 31 - buy this tutorial at $6.4 instead of $8 (the price will go up to $8 on June 1st).

You can pre order the pattern now and in the meantime get some beautiful O beads on Etsy.

The PDF file tutorial will be emailed to your PayPal account on June 1st.

O-LaLa Bracelet and Necklace

O-LaLa bracelet and necklace - a new beading project using Czech glass O beads, Swarovski crystal beads, Japanese drops and seed beads.  I really love the texture created by using the O beads!

The combined tutorial, for the bracelet and the necklace is available in both my Etsy and Artfire shops.

New Beading Tutorial - Adina, Aliza & Atara - Three Necklaces / Ropes

I can hardly believe it myself, but I finally finished the tutorial I started working on back in September 2013 and discovered it on my computer not long ago...
Somehow, while trying to work on two tutorials at a time (the other one was the Nona Bangle tutorial, a design I just had to make right away after getting filled with inspiration from one of Contemporary Geometric Beadwork beautiful bracelet designs), I had completely forgotten about this one.  I guess I should always work on one project at a time, no matter what distracts me...

The tutorial is for three necklaces / ropes / chains (whatever you prefer to call them) in different thicknesses, beadwoven with Japanese seed beads, Superduo beads, fire polished beads...

I gave the necklaces Hebrew names, that pretty much describe them: Adina, Aliza & Atara. If you are you wondering what is the meaning of these names, here it is:

Adina means fine, dainty, delicate… Aliza means jovial, happy, cheerful… and Atara means a diadem, a crown… 

Adina, Aliza & Atara Necklaces

Another tutorial I listed today in my shops is the Hojas Lace bracelet - it is an old bracelet pattern that was originally published in the October 2009 issue of Beadwork magazine as "Pewter Lace".

And last thing.... The pre-order sale of "ShangriLa" is still on... You can purchase the tutorial for it at 20% discount until April 19. I will send the PDF file by email after that date.

Bugles on the Border Bracelet

After quite a long break, I have finally designed and finished a new bracelet. Beading in general is something that I don't get to do lately for lack of time and energy, so I am pleased that I also managed to write the tutorial for it in just a few days. I now realize that I still have an unfinished tutorial for necklaces variations I started back in September 2013 (!)... I hope I will be able to finish and list it soon as well.

The new project is for a bracelet of three versions, made with Miyuki bugles and seed beads and with Czech two-hole SuperDuo beads. The tutorial is available both in my Etsy and Artfire shops.
The bracelet works up rather fast, and you can decide which version of it you'd like to have as you go along...

50% Sale on Select Beading Tutorials

From today until the end of the month, receive a 50% discount on these 4 selected beading tutorials.
To receive the discount, please use coupon code: SPECIALOFFER6 . Sale ends on November 30.

(*To receive the $15 discount on the commercial use editions, please use coupon code: SPECIALCOM15 ).

Lazy Daisy Bracelet

Pearls of Faith Bracelet

Fan Pendant & Matching Earrings 

Sparkling Wreath Beaded Bead

Squares with a Twist Bracelet

Squares with a Twist Bracelet

Just a quick note regarding my Squares with a Twist bracelet project (which is done in one continuous stitch, and that was originally published in the Aug/Sept. 2013 issue of Beadwork magazine):  a few beaders already had contacted me and asked why is it that the strings between the squares do not remain twisted as they should. 

The answer is quite simple - in order to make the strings stay twisted, the strings are designed so that each string consists of a different number of seed beads. So you should please check the instructions (or count the number of beads in the illustration) and see how many beads you should string each time.

Hope that helps.... Happy Beading!