Craftcation 2024 Recap And How To Do Bead Embroidery

This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I shared my experience at the Craftcation Conference in California. Craftcation is a 5-day life-changing annual craft event that is equal parts beach-side getaway, business conference, makers fest and wellness retreat.

While at the Craftcation Conference I taught a "Make & Take" class showing how to make these Double Circle Earrings and Teardrop Earrings.

Here are some crafty enchanted forest theme hair clips I made at the Beacon glue make and take table.

Here are two of the crafts that I created in classes that I took. The wire wrapped tree pendant class was taught by Sandra Dotson of Entangled Co using Soft Flex Craft Wire. Last October, we had a beading party with Sandra where she showed us how to make a wire woven heart pendant. Click here to watch that video.

This is the beaded moth I started during the bead embroidery class taught by Alyson Toone-Aguilar of Make it Work Crafts and I continued working on it during my Free Spirit Beading video. I used seed beads and a bead soup mix of beads that I had on hand, along with a needle and gold colored Miyuki Nylon Beading Thread.

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Kristen Fagan is a Website Graphic Designer and Jewelry Making Educator for Soft Flex® Company. She is the co-author of Seed Bead Revolution, an artist and creativity guide. She lives in Arizona with her husband, their two sons and two dogs. When she's not painting, drawing or beading, she enjoys reading, yoga, exploring the outdoors and traveling. Her favorite stones are Turquoise and Quartz, and she can't bead without Bead Stoppers. Contact her at Kristen@SoftFlexCompany.com or visit her Website | Facebook | Instagram