BEADING DESIGNS
It's Creative!   It's Fun!   It's Easy!

And you can do it! With the popularity of beading as a both casual craft and big business, beads are everywhere. They offer individual style and unique design for any person, any event, any gift.

Where do you start?   Right here.

It's all the rage -- Wearable Art.  From large lamp beads to tiny delica seed beads, there is something for everyone.  Learn the basics, explore your colors, find your style, and enjoy crafting all at the same time.

Beautiful Gifts -- For holidays, birthdays, or just because. And not just jewelry, you can create hat bands, bookmarks, dream catchers, tree ornaments, and more.

Learn all about...

	Bead Patterns, designs, and techniques.  Basic needle and thread stitches provide you with the foundation for hundreds of beaded items.  Learn Peyote, Herringbone, and Brick stitch then practice with a sample bracelet or two.
	Learn how to make a single strand bracelet. Then working with headpins and wire wraps opens up new beginnings for charms, earrings, and accent pendants.
	Helpful tips. What to do when and what not to do.  Helpful information from experienced beaders that have been there.
	All about Seed bead sizing and weights.  You'll find out why the larger bead sizes have the smaller numbers, wire gauge thickness, hanks, shanks, and how to judge grams for your projects.
	How to choose your best colors.  Find out about colors, what we like, and what works well together.  And just in case you want to know what the birthstones are for each month, we have that, too.
	Inspiration for your own designs.  Whether you're looking for a new idea or interested in posting your work.  Visit our gallery of designs that are sure to get your creative side going.
	Free Pattern designs and instructions.  If you've seen the magazine projects and just can't do it like they do, give our pattern designs a try.  They're simple projects to get you started then let your imagination go and see what happens.
	Glossary of terms.  If you're not sure what a term means, look it up in our glossary for Beading, Beads and Stones, Findings, and Tools.  And of course, we welcome any new term suggestions -- Let us know.

So, whether your just getting started or looking for new inspiration, keep reading to find easy instructions, important information, free patterns, and tips for... 

Happy Beading