Hey bead friends! I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned in at least one of my previous posts that I was working on video demos for the techniques taught in my Intermediate Course on the “Learn” page of my website. And it’s finally time for that video series to start! I will be teaching 7 techniques in …
Learn French Beading – Intermediate Techniques Video series starting now! Read More »
Hey bead friends! I’m finally back to announce the publication of my whole collection of Jolly Holly – which was an exploration of various methods for making filigree-style French Beading components. Each filigree design uses a different combination of French Beading techniques. And, it’s finally available! I was trying my best to get this collection …
My Full Collection of “Jolly Holly” – PDF and Video Class – Plus my new bead drawers! Read More »
Hey bead friends! In December I will be teaching a new variation of my French Beaded Holly design, which I am calling “Jolly Holly”. I’ve added some fun filigree style leaves! The class will be a free bead-along in the Learn How to Make French Beaded Flowers Facebook group, as well as here on my …
For this month’s blog post I thought it would be fun to look back at some of the flowers I made in the first few years of my French Beading journey. I think it’s important for beginners especially to see how the pros start out. We are all a bit messy in the beginning. It’s …
Hello bead friends! Back in May I started making a bunch of French Beaded Clematis to prepare for a bead-along in the Seed Beads and More Facebook group. Some of you may have seen me post pictures of my finished projects on my Facebook or Instagram. I designed my Clematis to be a flexible pattern …
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I’ve been on a mission to find and test as many electric bead spinners as I can so I can make my best recommendation. In this post I review 11 different electric bead spinner models.
Hello beady friends! I’ve got some exciting news today. Four years ago I started a design for French Beaded Freesias as part of a custom order. But, I wasn’t 100% happy with the design at that point, and after that particularly difficult order I didn’t have the mental energy needed to come up with better …
The video classes system on my website is finally fixed, and that means I can finally announce the release of my newest design! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you might remember seeing me post images of these two Camellias that I made for my mother and mother-in-law as Christmas presents. You might …
New French Beaded Camellia Pattern + Video Class Read More »
I was hoping to have a new video class for my Camellia design published this month, but the system I use to provide video classes released a new version that was causing problems with the automatic order flow and other things on my website so I was a little nervous to publish it. If you …
How I choose beads From Photos for French Beaded Flowers Read More »
This was not the post I was planning on putting up this month, but recent events in the world and in my personal life have left me with a bit of mental blockage. So I figured I’d take some time to re-photograph some of my older pieces that have been sitting around my house. I’ve …
Hello my beady friends! Welcome to a brand new year. I’ve got lots of fun plans that I’m hoping I’ll have time to pull together this year. Life just seems to keep getting busier, so we’ll see how much I can do. First fun thing this year is a bead-along! If you remember a blog …
My French Beaded Christmas Tree pattern was originally published in my first book, “Christmas Collection,” in 2017. I have now produced a full-length video class to teach the design from start to finish! I’ve altered the assembly from the original pattern to include a couple more stem wires, added an option to pot the tree, …
“Immortelle” is a French word that means “everlasting.” In the world of French Beaded Flowers this term refers to the beaded Mourning Wreaths – or Couronnes de Mortuaire – that were popular in Europe during the late 1800’s to the early 1900’s. These incredible creations were large beaded flower displays that were usually used as …
I’ve been so busy beading things lately. Unfortunately, I haven’t been very busy finishing my beadwork lately. So I made a goal to get something finished this past weekend before I start drowning in unfinished projects. I handed my husband our puppy and our three kids and told him I was going to work and …
I recently finished a custom ordered French Beaded Wedding bouquet with a tropical theme! It was such a fun and challenging project. I’ll put some pictures of the finished bouquet at the end. Someday I will teach how to make wedding bouquets, though it will probably be in a book. But for now I wanted …
