Here’s a unique way to use popular Czech Honeycomb beads. We have sewn them into a stunning pattern using a Groovy Bead Frame. Groovy Bead Frames are designed to string and decorate from different angles. This easy tutorial will create the perfect focal pendant on a necklace or dangled on a pair of earrings.

Honeycomb Necklace and Earrings

New to GoodyBeads are Tweedy Honeycomb beads that have a two-tone, splattered color finish.

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Necklace – Golden

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Earrings – Fuchsia 

Czech Honeycomb Pendant with Groovy Bead Frame Tutorial

What you will need:

• Round Groovy Bead Frame
• Czech Honeycomb Bead
• 8/0 Miyuki Seed Bead
• 11/0 Miyuki Seed Bead
• Fireline Beading Thread
• Beading Needles

Click here for pdf download for tutorial.

Bead Components:

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Necklace – Golden

• (1) Z019394 – 20mm Antique Silver Finish Pewter Round Groovy Bead Frame
• (1 pk.) Z018637 – 6.5mm Gold Tweedy 2-Hole Honeycomb Czech Glass Beads
• (1 tube) SB00106 – 8/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 tube) SB00422 – 11/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 pk.) A002413 – 4mm Silver Plated Jump Ring
• (2) A008182 – 2.5mm Silver Plated Rollo Chain
• (1) A006585 – Smoke Fireline Thread
• (1) A006767 – Beading Needles

Mia Mosaic Honeycomb Earrings – Fuchsia

• (2) Z019394 – 20mm Antique Silver Finish Pewter Round Groovy Bead Frame
• (1 pk.) Z018641 – 6.5mm Pink Tweedy 2-Hole Honeycomb Czech Glass Beads
• (1 tube) SB00106 – 8/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 tube) SB00422 – 11/0 Galvanized Silver Miyuki Seed Bead
• (1 pk.) A002413 – 4mm Silver Plated Jump Ring
• (1) A006585 – Smoke Fireline Thread
• (1) A006767 – Beading Needles
• (1) TCZ0096 – Sterling Silver Hoop Earring Wires with Loop by Tierracast®

Make some fun beaded holiday ornament charms with Artistic Wire® Finding Forms. Watch Artistic Wire demonstrate how to create a star, snowman or tree. Hang one from a holiday tree, dangle one from a window or attach one to a neatly wrapped present! Get your finding forms, artistic wire, and seed beads today at GoodyBeads to make some beaded holiday ornaments of your own!

What you will need to create a finding form ornament charm:

Artistic Wire Finding Forms

20 or 22 Gauge Artistic Wire

26 Gauge Artistic Wire

Holiday Tree Ornament Charm

Here we created a holiday tree (TL00250) with 22 Gauge Antique Brass Wire (AW00026) and included a Swarovski® star bead to the top. We took 26 Gauge Artistic Wire and wrapped back and forth on the inside of the tree while adding random seed beads. This project is perfect if you have leftover seed beads from previous projects. You can also use our Miyuki Seed Bead Grab Bag (A011619) for a nice variation of color and sizes.

Holiday Star Ornament Charm

Our star (TL00251) is made with Antique Brass Wire (AW00026) with bronze, white, clear and cream hued seed beads crisscrossed in the middle on 26 gauge wire.

Holiday Snowman Ornament Charm

We think this snowman (TL00253) is just darling! We added an 8mm squaredelle (A011435) and 6mm Swarovski cube (SW00309) to depict a top hat for our snowman. We ran some 26 Gauge artistic wire side to side, and layered with seed beads and Czech melon beads for the scarf.

Fabric tassels are new at GoodyBeads and we can’t get our hands off of them! They are small in size but they sure are vibrant in color and easy to use. Tassels are a must-have fashion staple, especially to tempt the love of tribal-inspired fashion jewelry. Learn to make a tassel necklace with silver drop charms or blush-hue earrings with gold-plated findings.

Silver Charm Fabric Tassel Necklace

This necklace combines fabric tassels and silver charms.

What you will need:

• (1 pk.) Z013686 – Red Fabric Tassel
• (1 pk.) Z013689 – Turquoise Fabric Tassel
• (1 pk.) Z013685 – Coral Fabric Tassel
• (1 pk.) Y006450 – Silver Plated Round Disc Drop
• (1 ft) A008131 – 7mm Silver Plated Bar Chain
• (1 ft) CH00533 – 2.5mm Silver Plated Soldered Cable Chain
• (1 pk.) A002413 – 4mm Silver Plated Jump Rings
• (1) Z001124 – Silver Plated Lobster Claw

Instructions:

1. Attach a silver drop to the round O-ring of the bar chain with a 4mm jump ring.
2. Attach a tassel charm to the next O-ring of the bar chain with a 4mm jump ring.
3. Repeat steps 1-2 until you’ve reached the end of your chain, ending with a silver drop.
4. Cut your cable chain in half.
5. Open a 4mm jump ring and attach one end of the bar chain with one end of the cable chain half. Close jump ring.
6. Open another 4mm jump ring and attach the other end of the bar chain to the second cable chain half.
7. Open a 4mm jump ring and slide on one end of your cable chain. Close jump ring.
8. Open another 4mm jump ring and slide on other end of the cable chain and slide on a lobster clasp. Close jump ring.

Zahra Rose Tassel Earrings

This pair of earrings will make you want to scream in excitement, that you may forget they’re handmade. Beautifully made with gemstones and gold earring findings, you can rock this street-chic look in style

What you will need:

• (1 pk.) Z013672 – Fuchsia Fabric Tassel with Gold Cap
• (1 pk.) Z013678 – Purple Fabric Tassel with Gold Cap
• (1 pk.) Z013673 – Rose Fabric Tassel with Gold Cap
• (1 pk.) A019605 – 1.5 Inch Gold Plated Eyepin
• (1 pk.) A010234 – Gold 7 Ring Chandelier Lever Back Earwire
• (1 pk.) PKL4RD-8 – 4mm Round Pink Crazy Lace Agate

Instructions:

1. Slide one gemstone onto an eyepin and make a simple loop. Make loop large enough to slide on tassel loop. Create a total of 7 gemstone eyepin dangles.
2. Open larger loop of a dangle and slide on tassel. Close loop.
3. Repeat to create a total of 7 dangles; 2 purple tassel, 4 fuchsia, 1 rose.
4. Open small loop of purple dangle and slide on to first loop of ear wire. Close loop,
5. Repeat with attaching next loop with 2 fuchsia dangle, 1 rose, 2 fuchsia and 1 purple dangle.
6. Repeat all steps for other earring.

Check out our September ’16 Tassel Fringe Trend or November ’16 Tassel Earring Trend for more tassel inspiration!

An easy idea for your holiday gift-giving or for a fun weekend project are charm earrings. All you need are charms, earwire findings and flat nose pliers.

Let the gift giving begin with easy charm earrings. Select from a variety of TierraCast® charms, metal charms, or resin. Or make mismatch charm earrings for the bold and daring jewelry wearers. The only tool you’ll need for this easy DIY project are flat nose pliers to open jump rings or earwire loops.

Here are some easy charm earrings that we’ve made with just charms and earwires.

Charm Earrings

Love sweets? Make these earrings with donut resin charms. YUM!

Items used: A012460, A008998

Celebrate the love of winter and fluffy snow with this pair of snowflake earrings.

Items used: FTEA0003, A011284

Embrace your wild side with gold feather earrings.

Items used: Z015964, A014108

Or even channel good dreams and positive vibes with these dreamcatcher charm earrings.

Items used: Z006627, A010966

Crimp covers are used to conceal the crimp tubes you use in treasured jewelry designs. They not only hide the tubes, but they also prevent your jewelry piece from snagging on clothing and create an overall professional look. See our easy-to-follow instructions below to learn how to place crimp covers.

When you crimp to finish your jewelry piece, using crimp covers to hide your crimps will create an overall professional look. Check out our video below on how to first crimp your crimp tubes.

Crimp Covers

Crimp covers come in many different sizes, as well as crimp tubes. Depending on the size of your crimp tube, you will need a crimp cover large enough to encase the crimp tube. For instance, if you used a 3mm crimp tube, you will need a 4mm crimp cover. There is helpful information in the description of the crimp covers to help determine the best crimp tube size to use with. Note the highlighted information below.

Crimp Cover Tutorial

Once you have crimped your crimp tubes, you are ready to add your crimp covers. Here’s how to use crimp covers.

Samples of Jewelry Using Crimp Covers

This Glass Menagerie Bracelet from our lampwork jewelry blog uses crimp covers.

From our May 2015 Wedding Day Jewelry Trend, crimp covers help to finish this elegant pearl necklace.

And this Czech beaded bracelet with owl dangle uses crimp covers to create an extra design element next to the bronze seed beads.

Breathe. Calm your mind, body and soul with a quick and easy TierraCast Mantra Bracelet Kit. Each bracelet kit comes with leather cord, gemstones or pearls, TierraCast beads and charms, and instructions. Check out this TierraCast video tutorial for easy watch-and-learn instructions to assembling a mantra bracelet kit.

Mantra Bracelet Kits

No tools are required, only a pair of scissors! Choose from seven kits each with its own positive message.

• “Balance” includes a yin and yang charm and a red porcelain jasper bead for balance and stability.
• “Faith” includes a cross charm and a freshwater pearl for truth and faith.
• “Harmony” with the Om symbol charm and cape amethyst beads for conscious perception and understanding.
• “Love” includes a heart charm and a rose quartz bead for acceptance and love
• “Peace” includes an earth charm and a Sunset Dumortierite bead for order, clarity and courage.
• “Unity” includes an equality charm and African Turquoise beads for positive change and growth.
• “Wisdom” includes a tree of life charm and a serpentine gemstone for wisdom, strength, peace and longevity.

Channel a positive energy, attitude and aura today with these mantra bracelets for a happy and healthy you!

TierraCast Mantra Bracelet Video Tutorial

From our GoodyBeads vault, we pull out our EZ DIY Series on how to make a resin pendant. This tutorial will show you the basics of how to mix resin and to use resin with bezels.

Resin

Resin comes in two parts: a resin solution and a hardener solution. To utilize the resin, you will mix equal parts of the two. Only then will it cure or harden after 24 hours of sitting. Check out GoodyBeads Resin supplies.

When mixing the resin, always pour into a container that will be discarded later, like these cups and sticks. When mixing the two solutions, always scrape the bottoms and sides at a slow speed for two minutes. If you mix rigorously, you will create more bubbles, which may be harder to get rid of later.

Once mixed, let the it settle for a minute before use. Depending on the resin, you have less than an hour to use the resin before it starts to thicken or become unmanageable.

Bezels

Each bezel has a framed lip, which is great for resin, as the resin will be contained within the bezel area. You can also create a resin dome with a bezel. To do so, pour the resin almost to the top. Let it dry for a few hours. Then pour more resin on top slowly, in the middle, to create a dome.

Note: Make sure to clean off any debris or dust that may have settle in the bezel before pouring in resin.

Resin and Bezel Tutorial

Resin Tips

• If there are small bubbles after you pour in your resin, take a straw and blow gently at the bubble. This will help pop it. You can also use a toothpick to pop the bubbles.
• To dome your resin in your bezel, fill your bezel until it reaches almost to the top. Let it sit for a few hours. Your second resin layer will dome your bezel. Slowly pour a little resin at a time. Let it settle to the edges while your slowly pour the resin into a done shape. Let it dry for another 24 hours.
• If you use pre-printed collage sheets or a printed image from your printer, make sure to seal the front and back of the paper with glue or Modge Podge. Let it completely dry before use.
• Color or tint your resin with opaque or transparent Dye.
• You can pour resin into resin molds. Make sure to coat the molds with a conditioner for easy resin removal later.