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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…
French Beaded Globe Amaranth – New Video Tutorial with PDF
Earlier this year I made a large arrangement featuring lots of bright and colorful flowers. One of those was the Globe Amaranth, or as I like to call them, spike ball flowers. Many people asked if I would publish a…
Let’s Talk About Bead Spinners (and a DIY bead spinner tutorial)
Many types of Bead Spinners One of the questions I am asked frequently is about Bead Spinners. Specifically, which ones are the best and what I recommend, so I figured I should just go ahead and do a full blog…
French Beaded Moth Orchid Pattern and a French Beaded Bezel
In my last post I shared pictures of a custom Orchid plant that I made and mentioned that I was going to be publishing the pattern soon. I finally got it up! It took longer than I anticipated. It’s 22…
My Very Last Custom Orders
Hello there wonderful readers! I am here today with pictures and details about my final two custom orders. First, let’s talk about the Phalaenopsis Orchid. My customer wanted me to remake a live orchid that was given to her as…
A HUGE Order
Yes, I’m doing a second blog post today. I need to get caught up and I’ve finally managed to carve out some time, so please bear with me. I’ve been working on this custom order since February, and it’s a…
Peach Blossom Study
Today is a good day, because I finally get to update my blog. Forgive me, I’m actually going to publish two blog posts today, since I’m trying to catch up. For this post I thought it would be fun to…
Continuous Basic Frame
Wow January has gone by way too quickly. But guess what I’ve got for you guys!? That’s right, it’s a new video tutorial. 🙂 This time I demonstrate a technique of my own invention, which I am very proud of,…
Cheers to the New Year!
For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you know I like to post some reflections and goal planning for the new year. This past year was a difficult one for me. I had a…
French Beaded Scallops Video Tutorial
Intro I promised you guys a video demonstration of Scallops, and I’ve finally managed to get a semi-decent one made. Yay! Making videos is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but it’s a difficult thing for me…
Learn the art of French Beaded Flowers
