Beaded Teardrop Earrings withVideo TutorialWe are still in love with our Groovy Bead Frames and could notwait to share this easy tutorial with you. Shown in ourJanuary 2017 Color of the Year, are these easy-to-make seedbead teardrop earrings with the pewter drop groovy beadframes. Follow our easy illustrated instructions and atutorial video.

Materials

Pewter Drop Groovy Bead Frame8/0 Miyuki Seed Bead11/0 Miyuki Seed BeadFireline Thread (A006587/Beading Thread)Beading Needle (A015211)4mm Jump Ring (A002413)Earwire (TCZ0077) or your choice of ear findings.

TutorialYou can pick up this pdf file tutorial with illustratedinstructions. OR watch our tutorial video to see how simple itis to create.

A Quick Note: The holes of the Groovy Bead Frames might nothave a clear opening. I suggest using a bead reamer (A002370)or something sharp and pointy to poke the holes first toensure a clear opening before stitching.

Components in video: Z019397, SB00332,SB00076,A002413, TCZ0078.

Gemstone Cuff Bracelet withTutorialWe are loving gemstones and especially making them intobracelets. We have this super simple bracelet tutorial thatuses 8mm round gemstones, cuff bracelet and 24-Gauge ArtisticWire.

We have chosen these glossy 8mm Apple Jasper (APL8RD-8) to layinside our favorite open cuff bracelets (Z002579) and wrappedwith 24-Gauge Artistic Wire (AW00049). We love this tutorialbecause you can use any 8mm gemstones and different hues ofartistic wire to create your own.

Tutorial

Step One: Cut a 10″ wire piece. Coil one end of your wire

three times at the side of your cuff.

Step Two: Slide on 17 round gemstones and coil the wire to theother end of your cuff bracelet. Cut off excess.

Step Three: Cut a 5′ wire piece and coil at the top of yourcuff, shown in the image.

Step Four: Coil three times around the cuff and betweengemstones.

Step Five: Repeat your coils until you’ve reached the end.Cuff off excess. Make sure to tuck your wire ends to avoidscratching when being worn.

Apple Jasper Bracelet Components:APL8RD-8, Z002579, AW00049

Matte Howlite Bracelet Components:WHT8RD-8, Z002579, AW00049

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Criss Cross Leather Braceletby Dakota StonesWe have this Criss Cross Leather Bracelet tutorial from ourfriends at Dakota Stones, whom provides high-quality gemstonessince 2001. We love this bracelet because it uses leathercord, fairy ribbon and large-hole gemstones.

MaterialsOne yard piece of 1.3-2mm Leather CordOne 8” strand of 8mm Round or Rondelle Large-HoleGemstonesOne Button ClaspsOne Silk Fairy Ribbon

TutorialThread the button on the leather and find the center.1.Tie the cords together in an overhand knot. Before youtighten the knot all the way, insert the end ofthe Fairy ribbon and tighten.Start by threading the large hole beads onto both ends2.of the leather and securing each end with a bead stopperor a loosely tied knot.Weave the ribbon in a figure 8 (fishtail weave) around3.the left outside leather and in between the two leathercords. Repeat on the right- around the cord and throughthe middle.Slide a bead up on your left strand of leather and4.repeat the figure 8 with the suede on the left side,below the bead. Repeat with the right, slide a bead upand figure 8 with the ribbon on the right.

Continue with Step 4 to use about 32 beads total, or5.until you reach your desired length. Taper the end byweaving the cord 3-4 times in between the leatherwithout the beads.Finish by tying an overhand knot to join the ribbon and6.two leather cords. Tie an additional overhand knot withjust the leather cords, leaving enough space in betweenthe two knots for your button or bead to fit tightly.Glue the knots and cut excess. You can always leave theribbon tails or add beads to the ends of the leather foraccents.

EZDIY Leather and Curved TubeBraceletLearn to create this popular DIY bracelet with 2mm leather andcurved tube beads. This easy-to-make, double-wrap leather andcurved tube bracelet made with simple overhand knots is aversatile tutorial for a single-wrap, double-wrap, triple-wrapor more.

As seen in our Trends we Love: Leather and Tube Beads, createa longer length to double as a necklace or bracelet. Or simplybe inspired to add spacers and metal beads.

What you will need:

1.3mm or 2mm Leather Cord

50mm Curved Tube Beads (A014097). If you love gold, try GoldCurved Tube Beads (A014101)

33mm Large Round Swivel Lobster Clasp (Z008325)

Tutorial

Holiday Bead PensBead pens are a sentimental and personable gift the gift-receiver will love and use forever. We have a few holiday-inspired bead pens that you can make and gift this holidayseason.

Lampwork Tube Bead Pen

We took this gorgeous lampwork tube bead (Z007050) and reamedthe hole with a bead reamer (A002370) wide enough to slideonto the mandrel of the bead pen. Then added some beads aroundto accent this focal lampwork bead.

Products used: A001625, Z003707, A001180, Z003212, Z007050.

Lampwork and Aluminum Bead Pen

Diamond cut aluminum beads definitely has a vintage holidayvibe to it. Thus, we have added it to this red bead pen with

lampwork beads.

Products used: A001201, Z003707, A004370, A004679.

Beaded Bead Pen

Another different addition to bead pens are beaded beads. Wedug up some old beaded beads and accented this gold bead penwith it’s hint of blues, golds and whites. We added someTierraCast spacers, white lampwork beads and a fancy, shinysilver bead to the middle.

Products used: Z001285, A008703, TC01303, A015666.

Beaded bead made with MiniDuos, size 10/0 Czech Round Beads, SuperDuos and Beading thread.

Two-Hole Beads Trend withPattern TutorialOne of our October 2017 Trend is all about two-hole beads andwe love the versatility it brings to bead stitching. Check outwhat we made with SuperDuos, DiamonDuos, Honeycomb beads, andTango. Plus, two BRAND NEW patterns for you to tryout, created from our designer So Vang.

SuperDuo Fan Earrings

SuperDuos are certainly a must-have when square stitching.These SuperDuo Fan Earrings takes minutes to make and think ofall the different color combinations you can use. Get yourdownloadable Pattern Tutorial here.

Honeycomb Beaded Tube Necklace

You’ve seen So use Czech Honeycomb in many of her designs.Here is an easy downloadable pattern you can follow. Use thispattern to make a focal necklace piece, add this tube on abead pen or make earring by sliding it on a headpin,sandwiched between bicone crystals. What will you make?

Honeycomb Jewel and DiamonDuo Bracelet

You’ve seen this popular bracelet before in our CzechHoneycomb Jewel Bead blog post. Check this blog post and learnhow to make this bracelet with our other two-hole favorites:Honeycomb and DiamonDuo.

Wire Snowflake Ornament Formsand TutorialThe holidays are coming up and we’ve got a fun tutorial withtips and tricks to creating snowflake ornaments with wiresnowflake ornament forms.

Wire Snowflake Ornament FormsThe Wire Snowflake forms comes in FOUR different sizes.Depending on the amount of beads you want on each pegwill determine which ornament form to buy.

A006240 – 3 3/4″

Z009715 – 4 1/2″

A006241 – 6″

Z009790 – 9″

ToolsTools are important when completing your ornament. Because thesnowflake form has thicker gauge wire, it is best to cut thewire with a Memory Wire Cutter (FTTL0005). You will create asimple loop at the tip of your pegs, for this you can useround nose pliers and roll a loop. However, we love to use theMemory Wire Finishing Pliers (TLZ0207), which creates lessstress on looping the pegs. And Serrated Pliers (A001682) toclose your loops because it helps grip the peg wires withoutslipping.

Tutorial

Step One: Slide beads onto a peg. Keep a 1/4″ peg end. Cutwith memory wire cutters, if neccessary.

Step Two: Use your round nose pliers or memory wire finishingpliers to roll a simple loop as close as you can.

Step Three: Use a serrated nose pliers and squeeze the looptogether.

Step Four: Squeezed loop.

Step Five: Fill the rest of your ornament by skipping one pegand repeat steps 1-3. Skip another peg and repeat until you’vecompleted your ornament.

Inspirational OrnamentsHere are some inspiring ornaments you can create with lampworkbeads, Swarovski® crystals, Chinese crystals, bead caps andmore!

Products used:Z009715, A008538, Z001553, SB00106, A002934 (2)

Each peg consists of: seed bead, gold Czech, bead cap, (4)Chinese crystal, bead cap, gold Czech and seed bead.

Products used:Z009715, A002934 (2), SW00360 (12), A005569 (2),SB00106, A002413, A019704

Each peg consists of: seed bead, bicone crystal, bead cap,lampwork, bead cap, bicone crystal and seed bead. Open jumpring, slide through one peg loop, through loop of tassel and

close jump ring. Open another jump ring, slide on peg loopopposite of previous peg loop, through an ornament hook andclose loop.

Products used:Z009715, A002934 (2), SB00106, A002413,SW00114 (12), A008316 (2), A0019700

This is a different color version like the purple and whitesnowflake from above. Repeat the same steps for this blue andwhite ornament.

New Kits for FallGoodyBead’s newest addition to DIY kits are here! From ourfriend at The Bead Life, we’ve selected bracelet and earringkits to match the fall hues. Check out our NEWfavorite collection of DIY kits on our Trends We Love!

Each DIY kits comes with all the beading components and detailinstructions how to create each DIY jewelry. Plus, our bead-stitching kits will have illustrated tutorials! Tools are notprovided, so make sure to get some on our Tool section.

New Kits

Products: KTT0003, KTZ0196, KT00215

Products: KTT0001, KTZ0194, KT00218

Products: KT00212, KTZ0193, KTS0119

Vendor Video: Beadalon®Memory WireWe here at GoodyBeads love Memory Wire and we have this greatvideo by Beadalon, where Katie Hacker will show Memory Wiretips and tricks.

Check out this video and make sure to pick up some MemoryWire, a Memory Wire Cutter for your cutting needs and MemoryWire Finishing Pliers for looping those ends.

Also for some inspiration, follow these links to Trends We

Love, where we use memory wire with round leather, Czech beadsand Breast Cancer theme jewelry.

EZDIY: Flat Leather BraceletWe are digging into our vault of fun tutorials! Come try outthis popular flat leather bracelet. With supplies under $20and less than 5 minutes to complete. Create this bracelet andwear it all in one day.

Flat leather is very trendy. Especially when with our popularWater Color Flat Leather, perfect colors for our fall weather,don’t you think?

Vendor Video: BeadSmith®Endless LoomLooking to add a new tool and beading technique? BeadSmithintroduces the Endless Loom by Deb Moffet-Hall. Learn whatthis purposeful tool can do and help with your bead-stitchingskills.

The Endless Loom (TL00275) comes with components to customizeyour loom and colorful illustrated instructions on how toassemble your loom. It has sizing rods to customize thebracelet let you desire, end bars, tension rods and elastic bands. Watch the video to learn how to assemble the EndlessLoom and what kinds of bracelets you can create!

Introduction to Kumihimo withBeadSmith® InstructionalVideoLearn a new beading technique with Kumihimo. Theseinstructional videos from BeadSmith gives an introduction toKumihimo, how to braid fibers and how to incorporate seedbeads. Get your Kumihimo supplies and learn how to braid onetoday!

Kumihimo Introduction by BeadSmith

Kumihimo Braiding with Beads by BeadSmith

Check out our previous GoodyBeads Kumihimo trends forinspiration.

Nautical KumihimoSpring KumihimoTextured Fibers Kumihimo

And thumb through kumihimo books for differentbraiding techniques.

GoodyBeads Inspiration: Fiberand RibbonsFiber jewelry is a trending fashion. Take a look at some fiberjewelry GoodyBeads have created in past blogs and trends.

Email promo1.True Blue Denim Designs – June ’16 Trend2.Fiber Bracelets – Oct ’16 Trend3.Feathers – June ’16 Trend4.Back to School Metal Stamping – Aug ’15 Trend5.Coastal Charm – Jan ’17 Trend6.Folding Silk Ribbon to Make Fiber Earrings and Necklace7.– Sept ’16 BlogFiber Bracelets – Oct ’16 Trend8.

Fiber Jewelry Designs1.Fiber Jewelry Designs2.Fiber Jewelry Designs3.Vendor Spotlight: TierraCast – March ’16 Trend4.Coastal Beauty – Jan ’16 Trend5.Clay and Cord Jewelry – Oct ’15 Trend6.Glitzy Gemstones – Aug ’16 Trend7.How to Use Silk Ribbon in Jewelry – March ’16 Trend8.

GoodyBeads Inspiration: 1mm –2mm Round LeatherBe inspired to use 1mm or 2mm leather cord in your nextproject! They are easy to measure and cut, and come in a largevariety of colors. We have over 10 different bracelet ideasusing these round leather cords. What will you create today?

Memorial Day DIY Jewelry – May ’16 Blog1.Leather and Tube Beads – Trend2.Leather and Gemstone – April ’15 Trend3.Fiber Bracelets – Oct ’16 Trend4.How to Make Wrap Bracelets with Illustrated Tutorial –5.Jan ’16 BlogVendor Spotlight: Miyuki – April ’16 Trend6.NEW GoodyBeads’ Master Mixes with Swarovski® Crystals7.and Wrap Bracelets – Sept ’16 BlogHow to Use Your Leftover Beads – Feb ’16 Blog8.

Holiday Easy Leather DIY – Dec ’15 Blog1.Gemstone, Leather And Charm Bracelets: Oct ’15 Trend2.Gemstone, Leather And Charm Bracelets: Oct ’15 Trend3.GoodyBeads EZ DIY Series: How to Make a Rhinestone Link4.and Leather Bracelet – Dec ’16 BlogFlower Power: March ’15 Trend5.

GoodyBeads Inspiration: BeadWeaving IdeasBead weaving and/or stitching can be a challenging, yet funand fulfilling to create. Check out our selections of beadweaving ideas from hand-selected kits to easy and free beadingtutorials.

RoseMontees – Aug ’16 Trend1.Pantone Color of the Year: Greenery – Jan ’17 Trend2.Honeycomb Glass Beads – Feb ’16 Trend3.Czech SuperDuo Duets™ – Dec ’16 Blog4.Czech SuperDuo Duets™ – Dec ’16 Blog5.Czech SuperDuo Star Blooms Necklace and Earrings with6.FREE Tutorial – Oct ’16 BDiamonDuo™ Pineapple Paradise with FREE Pattern Tutorial7.– Aug ’16 Blog

DiamonDuo™ Pineapple Paradise with FREE Pattern Tutorial1.– Aug ’16 BlogCzech Honeycomb Jewel Beads with Bracelet Tutorials –2.Dec ’16 BlogCzech Honeycomb Jewel Beads with Bracelet Tutorials –3.Dec ’16 BlogCzech Honeycomb Pendant with Groovy Bead Frame – Nov ’164.BlogCzech Honeycomb Pendant with Groovy Bead Frame – Nov ’165.BlogCzech SuperDuo Star Blooms Necklace and Earrings with6.FREE Tutorial – Oct ’16 Blog

Czech Crescent Bracelet and Earrings with FREE1.Illustrated Tutorial – June ’16 BlogGoodyBeads’ Master Mixes with Swarovski® Crystals and2.Wrap Bracelets – Sept ’16 BlogSeed Bead and Leather Bead Weaving Kits – Aug ’16 Blog3.Seed Bead and Leather Bead Weaving Kits – Aug ’16 Blog4.Seed Bead and Leather Bead Weaving Kits – Aug ’16 Blog5.Beaded DiamonDuo Licorice Leather Bracelet with Tutorial6.– Aug ’16 Blog

Czech SuperDuo Jewelry with Pattern Tutorial – Aug ’151.BlogCzech SuperDuo Jewelry with Pattern Tutorial – Aug ’152.BlogCzech 2-Hole Crescent Beads – June’16 Trend3.Czech 2-Hole Crescent Beads – June’16 Trend4.Grooving with Czech Tango Beads – June ’15 Blog5.Beaded Tassel Tutorial – June ’16 Blog6.Grooving with Czech Tango Beads – June ’15 Blog7.