Category: Crafts
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Why buy quality seed beads
The question When I was buying my first set of beads for doing crochet work, I didn’t even ask myself “why buy quality seed beads?” The answer seemed obvious: you get more, you get a better brand, and you get a more durable product! Wrong. The answer The real reason you want to buy a…
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Small Seed Bead Crochet Rope
Size 10 seed beads make a beautiful, thin bracelet that requires a thinner thread to achieve. This bead crochet rope follows the same pattern as yesterday’s double spiral pattern, but at a smaller, more intricate scale. This is just a sample piece, to draw a comparison on the visual differences of bead size. :) I…
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Bead Crochet: Double Spiral Pattern
Yesterday I shared how to start a crocheted bead rope bracelet, so here’s the finished product! This is using the materials from the introductory crochet beading post, which I would recommend for a beginning project. :) I’ll list them again below! Materials Crochet Hook (Size 10-ish) Crochet Thread (Size 10) 3 Colors Seed Beads (Size…
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Beginning Bead Crochet
As promised, a glimpse at beginning bead crochet for starting your first bracelet project! In these photos I’m using a thin thread with size 10-ish seed beads, but I’d recommend doing your first project with the thicker thread seen in yesterday’s post, and size 6 (read as 6/0 or 6° [degree]) beads. Photo Tutorial Begin…
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An introduction to bead crocheting
Bead crocheting is the process of adding a bead into every stitch of your project. The most common form is a rope-style bracelet that has a wide range of colors, patterns, and sizes. This week I’m going to share five posts introducing you to this project! As with anything I take on, I got obsessed…
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Glittered Altoid Tin with a 10-year-old
A couple days ago (or maybe a couple weekends ago), my sister saw me working on my scrapbook altoid tin and wanted to help. Being the awesome sister I am, I shared with her my plans to make a glittered version… which she loved! Thus began my adventures working with a child and glitter: “Glittered…
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Upcycled Altoid Tins: scrapbooking and glittering
I’ve carrying around this old pouch for about 5 years now… filled with a variety of objects. Mostly, it’s filled with a bunch of bobby pins, a couple hair ties, chap stick, nail trimmers, bandaids, Neosporin, and a bunch of loose floating pills. So, when my mom bought Altoid tins (remember that Instagram picture from yesterday?)…