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 go further into depth on different types of shading patterns later. One question I’ve gotten …
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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 2019. I made one piece each day for a whole year, and at the end …
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 year before I made bouquets of my Miniature Roses. This year, I almost didn’t make …
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 Group that I started up with my friend and fellow designer Fen Li from the …
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 is and what it entails. The first video, which teaches how to string seed beads …
Starting Now! – Learn French Beading: Beginner Course Video Series! Read More »
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, and I finally get to announce it! My Learn French Beading: Beginner Course is starting …
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 all the new things that are happening. New Technique Tutorial! First off, let’s talk about …
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 many things have gotten in the way and prevented my progress on that project. It’s …
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 updated information than what I had published previously. You can find that tutorial here. To …
Comparing different types of embroidery floss for stem wrapping Read More »
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 Lauren’s Creations to Bead & Blossom, because I’ve been wanting to redesign it forever. I’ve …
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 wreath. I’ve been posting update pictures every month (or so), so I won’t re-post all …
2018 One-A-Day Project complete – and introducing my 2019 Project Read More »
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 it was easy to find some bulbs at a local nursery. After reading several sources …
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 do or what not to do. This is just a quick little idea that I …
Can You Use Two-Hole Beads for French Beaded Flowers? Read More »
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 tutorial for these flowers, and I decided to do a video too. 🙂 ​You can …
French Beaded Globe Amaranth – New Video Tutorial with PDF Read More »
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 post on the subject. If by chance you don’t know what a bead spinner is, …
Let’s Talk About Bead Spinners (and a DIY bead spinner tutorial) Read More »
