How To Make A Mocha Mousse Beaded Bracelet & Czech Glass Button Bracelet

How To Make A Mocha Mousse Beaded Bracelet & Czech Glass Button Bracelet

How To Make A Mocha Mousse Beaded Bracelet & Czech Glass Button Bracelet On Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I made this beaded bracelet using glass pearls, Czech Glass beads and Crystal Squaredelles and .019 Soft Flex Beading Wire in Copper color. This design was inspired by Mocha Mousse, Pantone's color of the year for 2025! Mocha Mousse is a warming, brown hue imbued with richness…
How To Make Wire Wrapped Links With Soft Flex Craft Wire

How To Make Wire Wrapped Links With Soft Flex Craft Wire

How To Make Wire Wrapped Links With Soft Flex Craft Wire On Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, Joyce showed how to create wire wrapped links using 20ga Silver Plated Soft Flex Craft Wire in pewter color. You can also use 18ga Soft Flex Craft Wire to make these wire wrapped links. The tools needed are Chain Nose Pliers and Round Nose Pliers. Joyce used these links to design a nec…
How To Create A Flower Inspired Beaded Design For Mother's Day

How To Create A Flower Inspired Beaded Design For Mother's Day

How To Create A Flower Inspired Beaded Design For Mother's Day On Spill the Beads with Joyce Trowbridge, Joyce showed how to create flower inspired beaded jewelry. She made a cute pair of sunflower earrings and two different daisy flower bracelets using Rola Seed Beads, Bamboo Beads, Czech Glass Beads, Crystal Squaredelles, 2x2mm Soft Flex Crimp Tubes, Bead Stoppers, and .019 Soft Fle…
How To Make Seed Bead Tassel Earrings With A 3-Strand Component

How To Make Seed Bead Tassel Earrings With A 3-Strand Component

How To Make Seed Bead Tassel Earrings With A 3-Strand Component Learn the art of creating seed bead tassel style earrings. This week on Free Spirit Beading with Kristen Fagan, I designed earrings that feature a 3-strand Austrian crystal toggle clasp component in gold with faceted Sapphire Austrian Crystals. Besides using the 3-strand clasp, I also used size 11 Miyuki Delica Seed Bea…
TGBE Spotlight: Coffee & Craft Wire With Sara, Kristen & Joyce

TGBE Spotlight: Coffee & Craft Wire With Sara, Kristen & Joyce

TGBE Spotlight: Coffee & Craft Wire With Sara, Kristen & Joyce Soft Flex Company took over The Great Bead Extravaganza's Facebook group last Thursday. We rounded out the day with Coffee & Craft Wire starring Sara Oehler, Kristen Fagan and Joyce Trowbridge. All three made some beautiful jewelry using Soft Flex Craft Wire, Crystal Squaredelles, Beadwork Findings, .019 Soft Flex Beading W…
5 Techniques Every Beader Should Know

5 Techniques Every Beader Should Know

Would you like to become a better beader?  Making jewelry is an easy craft to pick up, but if you want to master your skills, you need to expand your technical knowledge. Today, we have collected five techniques we think are essential for becoming a better bead stringer. We will teach you how to crimp. How to open a jump ring. How to make handcrafted ear wires and more. If you…