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New Book for my French Beaded Christmas Wreath!
I almost can’t believe this is really happening, but my “French Beaded Christmas Wreath” book is finally, actually published! It feels like I’ve been working on it for years, but I think that’s just because this whole year feels like multiple years already and it’s only August. Alrighty, so the book is available as a paperback and Kindle ebook on Amazon (USA) <–this link is an affiliate link. I get a small extra percentage of the sales, with no extra cost to you, if you purchase after clicking on my link, Amazon UK, Amazon Canada, Amazon Japan, Amazon Italy, Amazon Germany, Amazon France. I believe the Kindle book is available on more international Amazon sites. The paperback will be on Amazon Australia sometime soon. For some reason, Amazon’s self-publishing company (KDP) doesn’t distribute to Amazon Australia (except through third parties who massively jack up the price). So I have to…
How to Work with Multiple Bead Colors in French Beading
Bear with me, you guys, this is a long post with a lot of information. We’re going to take a look at the complex issue of shading patterns in French Beading. I’m only going to cover the basics here. We’ll…
A French Beaded Christmas Wreath
I finished a long-time project this past week – my French Beaded Christmas Wreath! If you have been reading for a while, then you probably remember that this was a one-a-day project that I made all the pieces for in…
French Beaded African Violets
This past week I realized that it was teacher appreciation week. I few years ago I decided to start a personal tradition of making gifts for my kids’ teachers to show my appreciation. Last year I made Mini Orchids, the…
New Facebook Group and a Sale
Hello my beady friends! The world has gone a bit bonkers, so I hope this post finds you all doing well. I just wanted to write a quick-ish post this week to let you all know about a new Facebook…
Starting Now! – Learn French Beading: Beginner Course Video Series!
I’m dropping by today to announce the official launch of my Learn French Beading: Beginner Course video series! If you missed my last blog post, please go back and read that to see all the details of what this course…
Learn French Beading: Beginner Course
I am beyond thrilled to finally be able to publish information about this project that I’ve been working on (or trying to work on) for over a year. I promised you guys Beginner Course video series with practice flower patterns,…
Black Friday & Cyber Monday sale!
Hello wonderful beady friends! Just dropping by to announce my Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale for this year. You can get 30% off any order by entering the coupon code “cybersale” at checkout. The sale will go through Monday,…
A Big Honkin Update!
Hello dear blog readers! This is a really big blog post, and I do apologize for dumping so much at all once. It’s been a wild few months and I’m finally getting a few minutes to update my blog with…
New French Beaded Stargazer Lily Pattern
Hello there beadiful people! Just popping by really quick to announce the release of my newest pattern – my French Beaded Stargazer Lily. This wasn’t originally in my plans. I’ve been trying to record videos for a course, but so…
Comparing different types of embroidery floss for stem wrapping
I’ve just published a tutorial for wrapping your French Beaded Flower stems with floss. I’ve done a tutorial on this on my previous Lauren’s Creations website, but finally found the time to update it here. There is also more and…
New French Beaded Rose Pattern!
Hello my dear readers. Just a quick blog post today to talk about my newly released French Beaded Rose pattern. One of the first patterns I ever published was for a rose. I retired that design when I moved from…
2018 One-A-Day Project complete – and introducing my 2019 Project
Well my friends, another year has come and gone. If you remember way back in January, I started a new personal challenge to make one French Beaded flower or leaf every day, which would all then be combined into a…
French Beaded Paperwhites
I finally finished my November project! If you remember from my last post I was working on an arrangement of French Beaded Paperwhites. I actually grew some paperwhites to study them. These flowers are traditionally grown indoors around the holidays, so…
Some Freebies, New Technique Tutorials, and Updates
Hello there! Welcome to my first official blog post on my brand new website. 🙂 Just in case you don’t remember, I’ve just moved my website from Lauren’s Creations to Bead & Blossom. And so far I am really loving…
Can You Use Two-Hole Beads for French Beaded Flowers?
Hello there my beady friends. I’m doing a quick little blog post today about a weird French Beading experiment I did recently. This isn’t a full blown, fully studied and tested idea where I can tell you exactly what to…
Learn the art of French Beaded Flowers
