Elastic Cord Needle (TL00281) is quite an innovative tool to pre-string your beads and to easily slide them onto an elastic cord; ready to be tied off and be worn! Check out this informative video from Beadalon on how to use the Elastic Cord Needle.

What you will first need are the following for this video tutorial:

• Elastic Cord Needle (TL00281)
• Beads – You want to make sure these beads slide one and off the needle.
• 0.50 mm or 0.80 mm Elastic Cord – Anything bigger will be harder to latch on the hook and to slide beads off the needle easily.

Elastic Cord Needle Tutorial

Images and video by Beadalon.

Learn today how fun and easy it is to make this fishtail braided cuff, using hand-dyed silk ribbon. With special guest, Candie Cooper, watch this video tutorial as Tory and Candie walk you through how to make this bracelet cuff.

While this beadable cuff is usually used for bead-stitching projects, as seen in our Delica Trend, we’ve utilized the open middle space to create a criss-cross braid. Plus, we love the ombré coloration in these ribbons and they are the perfect stringing material to create these braids.

Components You’ll Need

• Beadable Cuff Bracelet (Z001859/Z001860)
• Hand-Dyed Silk Ribbon

Video Tutorial

Candie Cooper was able to grace us with her special appearance in this video to assist Tory as she gives a step-by-step tutorial on how to braid hand-dyed ribbon on a beadable cuff.

Other stringing materials you can use to braid are fairy ribbon, 1mm – 2mm leather cord and deerskin leather because they are pliable. Create with us today!

Spring is here and we have some lovely seed bead ideas. If you have a stash of random seed beads, these are great ideas to combine and create with seed beads.

1. Tassel Jewelry – Blog
2. Vendor Spotlight: Miyuki – Trend
3. Beaded Holiday Ornament – Trend
4. Ricks Bead Loom – Blog
5. Fringe Earrings – Trend
6. Beaded Tassel Tutorial – Blog

1. Vendor Spotlight: Miyuki – Trend
2. Nautical Kumihimo – Trend
3. Twist Seed Bead Necklace and Bracelet with Tutorial – Blog
4. Stitch with Delicas – Trend
5. How to Use Silk Cord in Jewelry Making – Blog
6. Stitch with Delicas – Trend
7. Ricks Bead Loom – Blog

1. Falling Waters Seed Beaded Necklace – Blog
2. Beaded Teardrop Earrings with Tutorial – Blog
3. Stitch with Delicas – Trend
4. Boho-Inspired Bib Necklaces with FREE Tutorial – Blog

We love leather and GoodyBeads has a large selection of leather and leather findings to choose from. Our inspiration for today’s tutorial is creating a casual leather bracelet for anyone to wear. We love its masculine, simplicity, and rawness of the licorice leather with leather cord coils. Check out this tutorial and make one today!

Components

The components you will need for this bracelet are simple:

• Licorice Leather
• 2mm Leather Cord
• Licorice Clasp
• Super New Glue
• Tool: Flat-Nose Pliers

Tutorial

Items used: A015821, A022052, A022076/Z028648, A015313

We are back from the Gem Show in Tucson, Arizona. We’ve brought back a bunch of new products and new ideas. AND made lots of NEW friends. Take a look at this quick video and images from our trip.

There were beautiful Czech beads, charms, links, leather, gemstones, beaded jewelry and so much more. Did you go to the Gem Show? What did you see? What was your favorite?

Making slip knots is an easy technique to use when making adjustable necklaces or bracelets with leather cord, hemp cord or any thicker stringing cords. Check out our quick and easy video to creating simple slip knots.

From our Pantone Color: Ultra Violet, we demonstrate how to create slip knots while making this Leather Agate Slice Necklace. The great thing about slip knots, is that you adjust the length of your necklace or bracelet by sliding the knots.

Products used for necklace: A021688 and A022079

Products used for bracelet: GAV8RDLH-8 and A022079

Video Tutorial

Brand New to GoodyBeads are the Ring Bending Pliers from ImpressArt®. Watch this instructional video from ImpressArt and learn how to create your very own DIY rings and bracelets with the Bracelet Bending Pliers and Ring Bending Pliers.

Ring Bending Pliers and Blanks

Custom-make rings by using these new Ring Bending Pliers (TL00282) from ImpressArt. Along with the pliers, all you need to make custom rings are Ring Blank and some metal stamps.

Ring Blanks you can get are the following:

• Z021576 thin ring, size 4-6
• Z021574 thin ring, size 7-9

• Z021571 wide ring, size 4-6
• Z021562 wide ring, size 7-9

• Z021573 Wrap Ring, size 4-7
• Z021572 Wrap Ring, size 8-10

Bracelet Bending Pliers and Blanks

Make sure to get a pair of Nylon Bracelet Bending Pliers (Z005839) to custom-make stamped bracelets. Here are some examples of bracelet blanks and what you can make with them:

• Z021577 5/8 x 6 Inches Tapered Bracelet Aluminum Stamping Blank

• Z021579 7/8 x 6 Inches Tapered Bracelet Aluminum Stamping Blank

• Z018033 Mini 1/4 x 6 Inch Aluminum Stamping Bracelet Blanks

Other Bracelet Blanks:

• A021496 3/8×6 Inch Bracelet Strip Soft Strike Aluminum Stamping Blank
• A021497 5/8×6 Inch Bracelet Strip Soft Strike Aluminum Stamping Blank
• Z005837 1/4×6 Inch Rectangle Copper Stamping Blank
• A021460 1/4×6 Inch Rectangle Nickel Silver Stamping Blank
• A020459 1/4×6 Inch Rectangle Brass Stamping Blank
• A020461 1×6 Inch Rectangle Brass Stamping Blank
• A020462 1×6 Inch Rectangle Copper Stamping Blank

Ring Bending Pliers Video Tutorial

Video and images by ImpressArt.

Believe it or not, 2017 is coming to a close. So get ready for 2018 with new beading adventures, projects, supplies and you! Get pumped with these Inspirational Bars, where you can make a snazzy fabric bracelet or lovely key charm.

Inspired Lycra Bracelet

This bracelet uses Italian Lycra Cord, which sells as a flat wide 30mm piece. Measure your wrist and add 5 inches. Cut your Lycra Cord at that length. Stretch your cord and see that the sides will curl in. Insert your cord through the two side holes of your inspirational bar. Make a knot with your cord ends but not into a tight knot. Wrap the bracelet around your wrist twice and adjust the knot to a comfortable band. Your bracelet should stretch and hug your wrist, not dangle loosely. Tighten up your knots and you are ready to rock out the new year.

Items used for bracelet: A017779 & Z013317.

Inspired Leather Key Chain

For this project, we are adding 1mm leather cord and a large-hole gemstone to this keychain. Cut a 6 inch piece of 1mm leather cord. Slide leather cord through one hole of your inspirational bar. Take the two leather ends and slide your large-hole gemstone through. Make an overhand knot with your leather ends close to your gemstone. Make sure when knotting your leather that the leather loop is loose and dangles off your bar. Cut your leather ends at an angle as a leather fringe tassel. Add your keyring and you are set. This make a cute stocking stuffer idea for a friend or for yourself.

Items used for keychain: Z013306, A020543, GAV8RDLH-8, MCKR0002

We are in love with these new Swarovski spike beads with 2-holes. Check out how we use these punk-rock inspired spike beads!

These Spike beads comes in three different shapes: hexagon, square and round. While they do come in a one-hole version, we stocked our inventory with the 2-hole version. We find more versatility and stability in its design and shape. Plus these five metallic colors are stunning!

Rose Gold Stud Leather Bracelet

One of our favorite DIY jewelry is the Chan Luu-inspired leather wrap bracelets. You can find our tutorial here to learn how to bead stitch and apply it to make this DIY jewelry.

Items used: Z018651, TC02036, SW01716(22), A015211, A006588.

Blue Stud Earrings

Here’s an easy DIY using the round spike beads. Using post earrings, we use a small dot of super new glue and placed the round spike beads on. Let glue dry before wearing them!

Items used: SW01719(2), A015178, A015821.

Wire Hoop Spike Earrings

This pair of earrings is made using two 8″ 24-gauge wire and stringing an 11/0 metal bead between each of the spike beads. Slide all the beads to the middle of your two wire and bring all four ends together to create a loop. With all four wire ends, make a wrapped loop and coil once around the base of the loop. Take your earwires and you will grasp the loop of the earwire with your flat nose pliers and twist the loop 90 degrees so that the loop of the earwire faces you. Open the earwire loop, slide on the hoop spike beads and close loop.

Items used: SB00632, SW01714 (10), A009402, AW00050.

Wyatt White, from Beadalon, demonstrates how easy it is to make an expandable bangle using the Artistic Wire 3D Jig! Check out this video and learn to customize one for yourself!

Tools and Materials

• Artistic Wire 3D Bracelet Jig (TL00228)
• Artistic Wire 3D Bracelet Jig Sizer Drums (TL00260) to help resize the bracelet.
• Conetastic Cone Mandrel Set (TL00209) for making the Christmas tree dangle.
• 18 Gauge Round Silver Filled Half Hard Wire (WR00122) or Half Hard Wire
• 18 Gauge Green Artistic Wire (AW00211)
• 20 Gauge Wire
• Swarovski® cube bead
• Other Tools: Pliers and Cutters

Video Tutorial

We are loving gemstones and especially making them into bracelets. We have this super simple bracelet tutorial that uses 8mm round gemstones, cuff bracelet and 24-Gauge Artistic Wire.

We have chosen these glossy 8mm Apple Jasper (APL8RD-8) to lay inside our favorite open cuff bracelets (Z002579) and wrapped with 24-Gauge Artistic Wire (AW00049). We love this tutorial because you can use any 8mm gemstones and different hues of artistic wire to create your own.

Tutorial

Apple Jasper Bracelet Components:
APL8RD-8, Z002579, AW00049

Matte Howlite Bracelet Components:
WHT8RD-8, Z002579, AW00049

Printer-Friendly Tutorial

We have this Criss Cross Leather Bracelet tutorial from our friends at Dakota Stones, whom provides high-quality gemstones since 2001. We love this bracelet because it uses leather cord, fairy ribbon and large-hole gemstones.

Materials

• One yard piece of 1.3-2mm Leather Cord
• One 8” strand of 8mm Round or Rondelle Large-Hole Gemstones
• One Button Clasps
• One Silk Fairy Ribbon

Tutorial

1. Thread the button on the leather and find the center. Tie the cords together in an overhand knot. Before you tighten the knot all the way, insert the end of the Fairy ribbon and tighten.
2. Start by threading the large hole beads onto both ends of the leather and securing each end with a bead stopper or a loosely tied knot.
3. Weave the ribbon in a figure 8 (fishtail weave) around the left outside leather and in between the two leather cords. Repeat on the right- around the cord and through the middle.
4. Slide a bead up on your left strand of leather and repeat the figure 8 with the suede on the left side, below the bead. Repeat with the right, slide a bead up and figure 8 with the ribbon on the right.
5. Continue with Step 4 to use about 32 beads total, or until you reach your desired length. Taper the end by weaving the cord 3-4 times in between the leather without the beads.
6. Finish by tying an overhand knot to join the ribbon and two leather cords. Tie an additional overhand knot with just the leather cords, leaving enough space in between the two knots for your button or bead to fit tightly. Glue the knots and cut excess. You can always leave the ribbon tails or add beads to the ends of the leather for accents.

One of our October 2017 Trend is all about two-hole beads and we love the versatility it brings to bead stitching. Check out what we made with SuperDuos, DiamonDuos, Honeycomb beads, and Tango. Plus, two BRAND NEW patterns for you to try out, created from our designer So Vang.

SuperDuo Fan Earrings

SuperDuos are certainly a must-have when square stitching. These SuperDuo Fan Earrings takes minutes to make and think of all the different color combinations you can use. Get your downloadable Pattern Tutorial here.

Honeycomb Beaded Tube Necklace

You’ve seen So use Czech Honeycomb in many of her designs. Here is an easy downloadable pattern you can follow. Use this pattern to make a focal necklace piece, add this tube on a bead pen or make earring by sliding it on a headpin, sandwiched between bicone crystals. What will you make?

Honeycomb Jewel and DiamonDuo Bracelet

You’ve seen this popular bracelet before in our Czech Honeycomb Jewel Bead blog post. Check this blog post and learn how to make this bracelet with our other two-hole favorites: Honeycomb and DiamonDuo.

Learn a new beading technique with Kumihimo. These instructional videos from BeadSmith gives an introduction to Kumihimo, how to braid fibers and how to incorporate seed beads. Get your Kumihimo supplies and learn how to braid one today!

Kumihimo Introduction by BeadSmith

Kumihimo Braiding with Beads by BeadSmith

Check out our previous GoodyBeads Kumihimo trends for inspiration.

• Nautical Kumihimo
• Spring Kumihimo
• Textured Fibers Kumihimo

And thumb through kumihimo books for different braiding techniques.

Fiber jewelry is a trending fashion. Take a look at some fiber jewelry GoodyBeads have created in past blogs and trends.

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2. True Blue Denim Designs – June ’16 Trend
3. Fiber Bracelets – Oct ’16 Trend
4. Feathers – June ’16 Trend
5. Back to School Metal Stamping – Aug ’15 Trend
6. Coastal Charm – Jan ’17 Trend
7. Folding Silk Ribbon to Make Fiber Earrings and Necklace – Sept ’16 Blog
8. Fiber Bracelets – Oct ’16 Trend

1. Fiber Jewelry Designs
2. Fiber Jewelry Designs
3. Fiber Jewelry Designs
4. Vendor Spotlight: TierraCast – March ’16 Trend
5. Coastal Beauty – Jan ’16 Trend
6. Clay and Cord Jewelry – Oct ’15 Trend
7. Glitzy Gemstones – Aug ’16 Trend
8. How to Use Silk Ribbon in Jewelry – March ’16 Trend