8 Strand Beaded Kumihimo Pattern with Pearls and Soft Flex Wire

8 Strand Beaded Kumihimo Pattern with Pearls and Soft Flex Wire

Learn how to make a fabulous beaded kumihimo design using small black peacock potato shaped freshwater pearls and black Soft Flex .014/Fine beading wire. This beaded kumihimo braid looks complex and elegant, but works up quickly. After making this 8 strand beaded kumihimo braid, you can turn it into a necklace or bracelet! This week, Sara Oehler and James Browning both shared&n…
Everything You Need To Know About Kumihimo

Everything You Need To Know About Kumihimo

Let's have a look at  kumihimo braiding! If you are reading this, it is likely you belong in one of two camps: you have a kumihimo disk and love it - or - you have a kumihimo disk and it is sitting in your jewelry making kit (it looks so complicated!). The good news is that kumihimo patterns are simple to follow and easy to master. We will look at everything kumihimo today. We have&…
Weekly Video Recap: Making Earrings, Wire Wrapping Stones And Bracelets

Weekly Video Recap: Making Earrings, Wire Wrapping Stones And Bracelets

Hello happy people! We had a fun week of jewelry making and artistic exploration. Did you get a chance to join us during any of our live videos? This week, we looked at some fun jewelry design products - kumihimo disks, knitting spools, macrame boards, and more. We also had a lot of fun with Soft Flex Craft Wire. If you like wire wrapping, you are going to l…
Learn How To Use Beading Cones With These Free Jewelry Project Ideas

Learn How To Use Beading Cones With These Free Jewelry Project Ideas

What do you know about  beading cones? If you are a beginner beader, this may be an introduction. If you are a seasoned jewelry designer, you have probably used them many times and even made your own. Today we will look at three jewelry designs finished using cones before the clasp. We also have some videos for you to get a better idea of how they function. Let's…
5 Free Jewelry Project Ideas Using Our Top 5 Soft Flex Trios Beading Wire Packs

5 Free Jewelry Project Ideas Using Our Top 5 Soft Flex Trios Beading Wire Packs

We hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday! Today, we have collected some exciting  free jewelry project ideas from our best selling Trios Beading Wire Collections. Our Trios Packs are fun mixes of color. Perfect for exploring. If you normally conceal your beading wire beneath your beads, color is a gateway to incorporating your beading wire into your designs. Color…