Brick stich bracelet

I am starting to get into bead weaving or stiching  from bead embroidery- as I for the next two months I am going to learn seed bead stiches.

I am immensely looking forward to that, the women in this virtual class are experienced so it will be a shame to do anyhow- oh I will have to try hard. So the studies in this so called academy will start on the first of  March, for a while I am just stiching something.

The idea for this bracelet  is taken from the Beadwork magazine. I have called it Snake's bling :) I have used an old brick stich piece. Also, I have used some agate stones, fire polished beads (or like) and Toho beads- two colours :)

 

I have drawn  a rough sketch of the round components, they are so fast to make :)

 Have a nice day and happy beading ;0D

G.

 

Happy Valentine's (earings and a bracelet)

Though it is cold outside, for some people this day is meaningful. I saw a young man caryying flowers and dragging a huge teddy in his hands, I got a present in a shop, gave flowers for my granny, wrote my hubby a postcard (longer ago).. It is  a lovely day ;D

My jewellery for this day - Karie Slade's Gumdrops in the Garden- I don't have gumdrops, took simple round stones... And the joining of the flowers is made a bit differently. This is preformed in brick stich Thanks Karie for the pattern. :)

This is a wonderful interview with Karrie at bead circle .

Happy beading and trying a new pattern :) I wonder what to try now?
G.

A bead embroidery set "Winter Dream"

I have taken part in a small competition- it had a name "A wonderful piece of jewellery for the fraction of the price".

I didn't get the prize but came 12th- that's quite good for me as I have never taken part in any such competitions. My piece is really cheap- the price of materials- is just about 1.5 dollars- as the stones were the gift, somethings were bought in bulk, soutache part and a bit toho beads cost here a bit... So really cheapy cheap.. just hard work. :)

A necklace and earings which I called "A Wnter Dream"

Soutache necklace- Aufritte (Lithuania)

 Here are the prize winners- just gorgeous.

Frivolite brooch- by Saromania (Lithuania)

Necklace- by Benderiute (Lithuania)

Happy beading and taking part in competitions surprise yourself!
G.

Scraps to something good: a pendant and a ring

Where do you put your beads? Do you throw them away? Do you sort them back to the containers?  I am sure there are some left after a bigger project... now I've got into the habit to do a little project in the same or similar colour scheme- so i decided to make pendants or rings. Those little thingies are useful as:

•  gifts, 
• as practice of new patterns
• as little pieces of jewellery for oneself

This is a pendant I made: 

Here are my two pieces a ring (I made earlier) .

Tose are little news from me- now I am thinking what to make out of these nice beads: :)

A Bead embroidered heavy pincushion tutorial

 I have made another of the lovely pincushions.  I extremely like making them. It is my first one. This one is for tacklethatbeadstash JANUARY CHALLENGE. 

Taken from Operation tackle that bead Stash

I don't know if it will suit because it is not jewellery. The colours are blue, gold, green and purple. I have used 12 kinds of seed beads, some sequins and some glass beads :)

How do I make them:

You need:

• a small container
• a pebble (something heavy)
• some kids' dough (or a scrap of newspaper)
• some cotton
• a scrap of material (can sew before hand, can be appliqued)
• a bead embroidered piece
• scissors, a needle, some leather :)

Take a small container, a tinlet/plastic or cardboard boxy/ etc. Measure a piece which you will have to bead embroider.  

 

Then embelish a piece of material with bead embroidery, or croos stich embroidery whatever your fantasy is up to on that day :)

After that fill your container with something for heaviness- a pebble for example.

Surround your container with the material and sew it together, I glue it to the container, as well for extra strength and durability. I wrap it with a string for hardening.

Sew your scrap however you want- you can take a matchy matchy material ;) or a cpontrasting colour.

Wrap a piece of cotton with it and sew together underneath.

Put it onto the contaiiner sew together, fill the litle gaps with beads if necessary. I also embelish the bottom with leather sew around with beads for neatess.

 And here is the finished pincushion.

Happy beading ;)
G.

PS Now piblished in Totally Tutorials ;) .

A necklace "Bird's flight"

I made this necklace a while a go and gave it for my mom- it was sort of an addition to the Christmas present. I had had an old necklace just chips of a red stone- so i wanted to make it alive to personalize it and put myself innto it. ) I hope my mum would wear it.

Happy beading,
G.

My pinterest boards

I have just been finding joys of the Pinterest, there is such an array of things to see, everyone can notice, so I have a couple of strated boards, I WANT TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU,,,:)


free-patterns-for-bead-lovers/ (some free patterns for beaded jewellery)
bead-embroidery-fans-from-lithuania-auksarankes/ (our forum pictures, different beaders not only from Lithuania who enjoy bead embroidery- I want these pictures to be seen in more places in the world, not to get lost in the forgotenness)
jewellery-making-stiches-and-techniques/ (more techniques)
/upcycling/ (turning something into something)
/sewing-patterns/ (sewing patterns for beginners)
/crafts/ (cute and easy crafts)

I hope of course to make my boards bigger and more useful ;)

Happy beading and using resources,
G.

A little face mania

Some time ago in November I guess, we with one wonderful beader from Chech Republic Ringaile exchanged something into polymer clay faces, made by her (this her blog http://craftnichedili.blogspot.com/) .
I got from her four things- two grey faces, a set of 3 green little faces (I haven't done anything with them yet) and a mother of earth which I have coloured into a different colour.

This is the first work- a braclet : A Winter Dream

And this is my second baby, this was a gift for my dear friend: A Sleeping Beauty

They are very similar, yet I love them both. :) Why is this craziness about sleeping faces? They are very versatile and beautiful... I wish I could make some myself....

Happy beading,
G.

Lietuviškas įrašiuks- išverčiau karoliukintojo priesakus naujiems metams.

interweave

Išversiu kelis  karoliukintojo ([i]beader's[/i]) priesakus naujiems metams:

1.Pasižadu susitvarkyti savo resursus (parašyta studio- manau reta kuri galim pasigirti atskiru kambariu skirtu vien šiam hobiui), kad surasčiau prireikus, ir laiku, prieš prisipirkdama dar ko jau turiu.
2. Pasižadu užbaigti visus nepabaigtus projėktėlius ir papuošalus. Tikiuosi išpildyti tą pažadą po pirmo užsukimo į karoliukų ar reikmenų  parduotuvę.
3. Pasižadu sunaudoti nors mažą dalį tų šimtų ir tūkstančių karoliukų, detalių ar priemonių prieš prisipirkdama naujų (mažai šansų).
4. Vadovausiuosi patarle "šimtą kart pamatuok tada kirpk" prieš kirpdama savo siūlus, arba imdamasi kokio projekto- tai reiškia gerai viską apgalvosiu ir suplanuosiu.
5. Pasižadu tris kartus patikrinti savo darbą prieš , kad po to nereikėtų viso jo perdaryti/perverti.
6. Pasižadu daugiau išsimiegoti, nepaisant to kad radau kur klaidą kurią būtinai turiu ištaisyti.
7. Būsiu geresnė savo kompiuteriui ir fotoaparatui, nors ir neišeina nuotraukos, ar yra per tamsu.
8. Būtinai išmoskiu kokių naujų technikų šiais metais, pagilinsiu papuošalų darymo žinias; nukeliausiu į kursus, kad susitikčiau su kolegomis ([i]fellow beaders[/i]), kad įgaučiau patirties ir naujų žinių.
9. Sudalyvausiu labdaroje, skirsiu savo papuošalus labdarai.
10. Kai neturėsiu įkvėpimo, ar nesiseks, išgersiu puodelį arbatos ir džiaugsiuosi paguoda ir nusiraminimu, kuriuos man teikia šis užsiėmimas. :)

Paimta iš šio puslapio- http://www.home-jewelry-business-success-tips.com/new-years-resolutions.html

(Taken from this page)




Su naujais metais ;)

Christmas diy Swap

Before wishing everyone happy holidays, I just want to metion one swap where I have gladly taken part at. It was in the handicraft forum Auksarankes auksarankes. I entered into 25 litas challenge (it is about 10 dollar challenge) that meant I had to make a gift in the swap worth not less than 10 dollars of materials. So I got my gift reciever Rebeke here is her FB page she asked for something felted, and allowed bead embroidery so that is what I made for her:

Cosy felted slippers which I have already shown

 A bead embroidery bracelet with textile flowers

And a bead embroidery necklace set:

To sum up, it is hard to make a present for someone so experienced and whom you don't know, yet it is a challenge, and a way for the creative juoices to flow out ;) I am still waiting for my Christmas gift to arrive by post. ;)

Happy holidays !

Photo by evelina liut (from FB)