For all our bead-stitching friends and for those that are new to bead stitching, here is a simple star pattern using one of  So Vang’s favorite bead, Czech Super Duos. She is offering this FREE pattern on making these stars! Imagine adding a simple jump ring and making cute earrings or linking them up to make a fabulous necklace or bracelet.

What you’ll need:

• Czech SuperDuos beads
• Size 11/0 Miyuki Round Seed Bead
• Czech O-Beads
• Beading Thread and Needle
  AND
• Czech Star Pattern PDF Download

Items used in examples:

Blue – SB01787, SB02042 and SB00387

Gold – SB02087, SB01903 and SB00570

We’re designing stretch bracelets with 50mm curve tubes beads and 3mm melon beads. Easy to make, stack and wear!

These bracelets are easy to make! Each bracelet is strung on and tied into one bracelet for fun stackable, arm candy fun.

What you’ll need:

• .5mm Clear Elasticity (A021633)
• 3mm Czech Melon Beads
• 50mm Curve Tubes Beads (A014097)
• TUTORIAL on tying Surgeon’s Knot

Items used in bracelets: A014097, A021634, A021914, A021930, A021929

Directions:

1. Cut a 10″ piece of elastic. Stretch elastic to loosen the elasticity.
2. Slide on the elastic the curve tube and 40 melon beads. (40 beads will loosely fit a 6.5″ wrist size. So add more melon beads to adjust to your sizing.)
3. Make a Surgeon’s Knot to your elastic ends. Gently stretch elastic to tighten the knot.
   
4. Cut off excess elastic and slide knot inside curve tube if you can.
   Optional: You can add a small spot of Super New Glue or Hypo Cement to the knot.
5. Repeat for MORE bracelets!

We have a very simple pattern for you today using the Cymbal Remata Bead Ending and 8/0 seed beads. Check out this free pattern today, designed by So Vang.

What you’ll need:

• Cymbal Remata Bead Ending (Silver/Gold)
• 8/0 Silver or Gold Seed Bead
• Second color of 8/0 Round Seed Bead
• Earwire Findings
• Needle and Fireline Beading Thread
  AND
• Geometric Drop Earrings with Cymbal Remata PDF Pattern Tutorial

Geometric Drop Earrings with Cymbal Remata

Items used in Earrings: Z004568, SB00076, SB00107, TCZ0139, A006585, A015211

Because we love tassels, throw a tassel on it!

Items used in Earrings: Z004564, SB00114, SB00106, TCZ0077, A006585, A015211, A002413, Z013685

Our simple and sweet tutorial today consists two of our favorite brands: TierraCast and Raven’s Journey. Create this easy pair of earrings today!

What you’ll need for earrings:

• 2 – TierraCast Teardrop Frame (TC01395)
• TierraCast Front Loop Earrings (TC02297)
• Raven’s Journey Pear Shaped Glass Beads (Item used in example A021843)
• Headpin with Ball End (A019694)

Directions:

1. Slide a teardrop bead onto the headpin and make a simple loop.
2. Open loop you just made and slide through the under side of the hole loop on the TierraCast Teardrop Frame. Close loop.
3. Open loop of earwire and slide through the top side of the TierraCast Teardrop Frame. Close loop.
4. Repeat all steps for other earring.

So Vang has conjured up another super simple pair of earrings using Czech Ginko Two Hole Beads. Free downloadable pattern tutorial.

These pair of earrings are easy to make with minimal amounts of components. You can make a load of Ginko Fan Earrings with a tube of 11/0 Seed beads and Ginko Beads!

Ginko Fan Earrings

So Vang had a few beads from her previous Ginko Scale Bracelet, so she used them here to make these earrings to possibly match the bracelet!

What you’ll need:

• Czech Ginko Beads
• 11/0 Seed Beads
• 4mm 22 Gauge Jump Rings
• Earwire Findings
• Fireline Beading Thread and Needle
  AND
• Ginko Fan Earrings PDF Pattern Tutorial

Items used in Ginko Fan Earrings above: SB03708, SB00422, A002413, TCZ0078, A006585, A015211 

Ginko Fan Earrings with Swarovski® Crystals

Embellish your fan earrings with a link of Swarovski crystals. Doll up your earrings and sparkle!

What you’ll need for earrings:

• Czech Ginko Beads
• 11/0 Seed Beads
• TWO 4mm Swarovski Bicone Crystals
• 24-Gauge Eyepin (Silver/Gold)
• Earwire Findings
• Fireline Beading Thread and Needle
  AND
• Ginko Fan Earrings PDF Pattern Tutorial

Items used in Ginko Fan Earrings with Swarovski Crystals above: SB03697, SWZ0581(2), SB00422, A019595, Z012031, A006585, A015211 

We’re continuing our LOVE for the new Cymbal Components with a simple bracelet pattern using the Cymbal Vourkoti bead ending and Czech SuperDuo beads.

Cymbal Vourkoti bead endings are used with Czech SuperDuo beads. The bead ending caps your bracelet and finishes it off beautifully and professionally. Find the easy pattern tutorial below along with SuperDuo pattern options to play with.

What you’ll need for bracelet:

• Cymbal Vourkoti (Gold/Silver)
• 11/0 Miyuki Seed Beads
• Czech SuperDuo Beads
• Jump Rings
• Clasp
  AND
• Cymbal Vourkoti Bracelet PDF Tutorial

Purple Blush SuperDuo Bracelet

Items used in this bracelet: Z004582, SB01782, SB00423, A006587, Z011514, A008658, A015211

Color & Pattern Samples

This pattern is certainly a versatile basic pattern to mixing up SuperDuo colors of your own choosing. Here are 4 different color ways and patterns you can use with this pattern using Cymbal Vourkoti components.

• This first example uses SuperDuo beads with a Capri finish. The Capri finish has splotching of colors all around the SuperDuo bead, so when you bead stitch the, you get some lovely splotch of color without a….
  Items used in this example:SB02114, SB00422, Z004581
• Second example uses two colors of SuperDuo with an outer color a Picasso finish and the middle beads are an opaque color.
  Items used in this example: SB01440, SB01441, SB00424, Z004582
• Third example uses two different SuperDuo beads consisting of SuperDuo Duets and an opaque color to compliment the inner color. This creates a track pattern in the middle.
  Items used in this example: SB01406, SB03491, SB00422, Z004581
• Lastly, try pattern out with three colors, while creating a chevron pattern.
  Items used in this example: SB01406, SB01441, SB03093, SB00424, Z004582

Design these DIY earrings with Amethyst Czech Fire Polish beads and chain fringe.

Fringe is very much here to stay. We pulled these pretty pair from our February Birthstone trend, to give you easy directions to make a pair of your own.

What you’ll need:

• 4mm Czech Fire Polish Beads
• CH01194 – Rollo Chain
• A021468 – Bali Flower Spacer
• A007659 – 1 Inch Eyepin
• Earwire

Directions

1. Cut THREE pieces of chain at 2.5″ inches long, each. Make sure the amount of links are the same.
2. Open eyepin loop and slide on the middle link of a chain you cut in Step 1. Close eyepin loop.
3. Slide on the eyepin a 4mm Czech bead and make a simple loop.
4. Open Czech dangle loop and slide through a side hole of flower spacer. Close loop.
5. Repeat steps 2-4 TWO more times, adjacent to the previous Czech dangle.
6. Open earwire loop, slide through the opposite hole of the middle Czech dangle and close loop.
7. Repeat all steps for other earring.

Items used in earrings:  CH01194,  A021468, A007659, A003336, TCZ0078

Channel your free spirited soul with these DIY Boho Pip Earrings with Gemstone beads.

Our focal piece to our DIY earrings are these magnificent chandelier earring findings! We went bold and added a pop blue Pip beads and an earthy brightness of Howlite Gemstones.

What you’ll need for earrings.

• Chandelier Earring
• 4mm Jump Rings
• Eyepins
• 6mm Gemstones
• Czech Pip Beads
• Earwire findings

Directions:

1. Open a jump ring and slide on a pip bead. Close jump ring. Repeat for a total of 12 ‘pip dangles.’
2. On an eye pin, slide on a gemstone bead and make a simple loop. Repeat for a total of 12 ‘gemstone links.’
3. Open a loop on one of the ‘gemstone links’ and slide on a ‘pip dangle’. Close loop. Repeat for a total of 10 ‘gemstone pip dangles.
4. Open a jump ring, slide a pip dangle on and through the inner middle loop of chandelier finding. Close jump ring. Repeat to other chandelier finding.
5. Open loop of a ‘gemstone pip dangle’ (from step 3). Slide loop through the third loop from the right of your chandelier bottom loops. Skip a loop and add another ‘gemstone pip dangle’. Repeat 3 more times. Repeat this step with other chandelier finding.
6. Open a ‘gemstone link’ (from step 2) loop and slide onto the top loop of the chandelier. Close loop. Repeat this step with other chandelier finding.
7. Open ear wire loop. and slide on top loop of gemstone link from Step 6. Close loop. Repeat this step with other chandelier finding.

Items used in earrings: WHT6RD-8, Z001892, A002413, A021158, A019606, TCZ0078

New easy earrings pattern using two-hole Czech Chevron beads. Get your free tutorial today.

We love love love these Czech Chevron shapes. They are a trendy geometric shape and this pair of earrings go perfectly with everything you wear.

Items you’ll need:

• Czech Chevron Two-Hole Beads
• 8/0 Miyuki Round Seed Beads
• 5mm/6mm Round 20-Gauge Jump Ring
• Optional : Tassel with cap
• Earwire
• Beading Thread and Needle
  AND
• Czech Chevron Tassel Earring Pattern TUTORIAL

Items used in Earrings: TCZ0139, A011519, Z010318, Z010298, SB00107, Z013767, A006587, A015211

One the newest additions to GoodyBeads is the Cymbal Components. Here are three projects, with patterns; using the Cymbal Soros.

Cymbal Components are bead endings, bead substitutes and side beads that give your bead stitched patterns a cleaner, finished ending. The Cymbal Soros Bead Ending, in Silver and Gold, is noted to use with Miyuki Tilas and 1/2 Tilas. But the wonderful thing about using the Soros is how versatile this bead ending is. In these three bracelets, you will notice how similar the bead stitching patterns/sequence. One pattern will show how to incorporate Tilas and 1/2 Tilas, while the other two mixes up different beads like SuperDuos, Tilas, seed beads and even two-hole Swarovski Spike Beads.

Playful Tila Bracelet

What you’ll need for this bracelet:

• Miyuki Tila Beads
• Miyuki 1/2 Cut Tila Beads
• Cymbal Soros (Silver or Gold)
• Beading Thread and Needle
• Choice of jump rings and clasp
  AND
• Playful Tila Bracelet PDF Tutorial

Items used in bracelet below: SB00870, SB01934, Z012249, A006588, A015211, A011535, Z011500, X003062

Tila Stripe Bracelet

What you’ll need for this bracelet:

• Miyuki Tila Beads
• Czech SuperDuo Beads
• Miyuki 11/0 Seed Beads
• Miyuki 8/0 Seed Beads
• Cymbal Soros (Silver or Gold)
• Beading Thread and Needle
• Choice of jump rings and clasp
  AND
• Tila Stripes Bracelet PDF Tutorial

Items used in bracelet:SB00870, SB01406, SB00107, SB00402, Z012250, A006588, Z007861, Z011522, A015211

Elegant Spike Bracelet

What you’ll need for this bracelet:

• Czech SuperDuo Beads
• Miyuki 11/0 Seed Beads
• Miyuki 8/0 Seed Beads
• Cymbal Soros (Silver or Gold)
• Swarovski Two-Hole Square Spike Crystal Bead
• Beading Thread and Needle
• Choice of jump rings and Clasp
  AND
• Elegant Spike Bracelet PDF Tutorial

Items used in bracelet: SB01406, SB00107, SB00423, A006588, Z012250, A015211, SW01715 (23), Z007861, Z001925

We’ll show you how to make a leather wrap bracelet by fishtail braiding leather with new 2/0 Czech Matubo Beads.

For this bracelet tutorial, you’ll need:

• 1.5mm Leather Cord
• 1mm leather Cord
• Button Finding
• 2/0 Czech Matubo Beads

Determine Length of 1.5mm Leather needed for a wrap bracelet

Use this method to determine the leather cord length you may need for a multi-wrap bracelet.

Take your wrist length and double the length. Multiply that by the number of wraps you want and then add 12”. That will give you an approximate cord length you will need to start your bracelet. (The extra 12” factors in the beads and leather you’ll be adding along with loop end.)

Example:

2 wraps for an 8.5” bracelet: (8.5” x2) x 2 wraps = 34 + 12 = 46” needed.

Or

4 wraps for a 7.5” bracelet: (7.5” x2) x 4 wraps = 60 + 12 = 72” needed.

Keep in mind, these total numbers are approximate. You will want to test the wrap length while you’re making your bracelet. Having extra length is better than being short on your wrapped length goal.

Video Tutorial

Leather bracelet tutorial begins at 15:00 mark.

Launch yourself into this cute trend of button DIY jewelry with TierraCast buttons. We have three projects using TierraCast buttons; two pair of earrings and a lariat necklace.

TierraCast has a large assortment of button components. Of course when it comes to button components, you easily gravitate your DIY mind to making bracelets. Which is the perfect use for them. But we’ve expand our thinking into using buttons as earrings and necklace components. Here are three examples using TierraCast buttons designed by Heidi!

Golden Rosette Button Earrings

There is always room for a pair of tassel earrings in your jewelry stash. Why not make it shine like gold in this pair of Golden Rosette Button Earrings, using TierraCast’s Czech Rosette Button. The shank button makes it easy to hang your golden components. Unlike a typical button with two or four holes in the center, a shank has a protrusion in the back of the button with a hole so that when sewn on fabric, there is space allowed for the fabric to sit behind.

Directions:

1. Open eyepin loop, slide on chain tassel and close loop.
2. Slide on a TierraCast Pamada bead and make a simple loop.
3. Open a jump ring, slide on loop from bead dangle from Step 2 and through shank hole of button. Close jump ring.
4. Open another jump ring and slide through loop of ear wire and through shank hold of button. Close jump ring.
5. Repeat all steps for other earring.

Items used in earrings: TCZ0139, Z011522, TC02267 (2), TC02679 (2), Z010982, A013211 (2)

Copper Cluster Button Earrings

In this pair of earrings, the button acts as a focal link piece. It’s designed with fringe chain tassels with embellished ends.

Directions:

1. Cut three rollo chain with 8 links, 13 links and 22 links.
2. Open small jump ring, slide on leaf charm and the 22 link chain. Close jump ring. Open another small loop and attach to other end of chain.
3. On a head pin slide on melon bead, cube bead and another melon bead. Make a simple loop. Make another for a total of two.
4. Open loop of cube dangle from Step 3 and slide on an 8 link chain. Close loop. Open another small loop and attach to other end of chain.
5. Open loop of cube dangle from Step 3 and slide on an 13 link chain. Close loop. Open another small loop and attach to other end of chain.
6. Open large jump ring and slide through button. Also slide jump ring from Step 2, then Step 5 and then Step 4. Close jump ring.
7. Open small jump ring, slide on large jump ring from Step 6 and through loop of ear wire. Close jump ring.
8. Repeat all steps for other earring.

Items used in earrings: A009401, Z012870, A011518, CH00496 (1′), TC01191 (2), A021855, TC01114 (4), A019622, TC02278 (2)

Charming Lariat Button Necklace

Design this lariat necklace with a button connecting your chain around. Dangle your ends with a sequence of TierraCast bead links and/or charm.

Directions:

1. Open small jump ring and slide on charm and loop of eyepin. Close jump ring.
2. On eyepin, slide on a silver bead and make a simple loop.
3. Open loop made from step 2 and slide on an eyepin loop.
4. On this eyepin, slide on another silver bead and make a simple loop.
5. Open loop made from step 4 and slide on one end of your chain. Close loop.
6. Feed chain through one hole of your TierraCast button.
7. Open large jump ring, slide on other end of chain and through other hole of the TierraCast button. Close jump ring.

Items used in necklace: CH01095 (24″-36″), TC02279, A002814, TC00298 (2), Z004093, TC00454, A001495

Accentuate your designs and beads with spacer beads. Here was different ways to use spacer beads with our NEW Czech Lentil Coin beads.

One of the many reasons to using spacer beads in a design, is to create space between larger or more pronoun beads, hence the name. What it also does when space is added, is to alleviate the rubbing between beads. For larger beads or crystals, sometime when you lay then next to each other, the movement you put into wearing your design will eventually shift and rub. This may in time, chip or crack the beads. So adding spacer beads or smaller beads will lessen the rubbing.

Plus, it adds a pop of color, style and overall look with spacers. For this example, we’ll use these New Czech Lentil Coins.

Lentil Coin Beads: Z014437, A014438, Z014441, Z014443, Z014445, Z014447

Using Spacer Beads

here are different beads and spacers you can add in between beads to bring out a fun look to your beaded strand!

A. Use a bead as a spacer bead. Here, we used Czech Fire-polish beads. (A011558)
B. Size 8/0 Miyuki Seed Beads (SB00106)
C. Czech O-Beads (SB01893)
D. Daisy Bali Spacer Beads (Silver A003563/Gold A004238/Copper A004216)
E. Bali Spacer Bead (Silver A003564/Gold A004239/Copper A004218)
F. Triangle Brass Bead (Silver A022195/Brass A022196/Gold A022197/ Copper A022198)
G. 6mm Wavy Disc Beads (Silver Z018411/ Gold Z018412)

Purple Passion Bracelet

Here’s a bracelet we made using spacer beads and Czech Lentil coin beads. It makes for a flat design, simple yet fun. Can you imagine the possibilities!

Items used in bracelet: FTBW0001, Z014445, SB00106, (2) TC01897, Z010740, A003577

Bracelet Instructions:

1. Cut a 9 inch piece of Soft Flex Wire.
2. Slide on a crimp tube and make a flat crimp to one end of flex wire.
3. Slide on clamshell and cover crimped tube. (Check out Clamshell Blog for more information)
4. Slide on a seed bead and Lentil Coin. Repeat sequence until you’ve used a full strand of Lentil Coins. You can add more until you’ve reached your desired length.
5. Add a seed bead to the end. Slide on a clamshell and another crimp tube.
6. Make a flat crimp to the crimp tube, close inside the clamshell.
7. Cut excess flex wire and close clamshell over the crimped tube.
8. Slide jump ring from Hook Clasp through loop of clamshell. Close clamshell loop.
9. Repeat step 8 to other end.
   (Optional: you can substitute hook clasp for a clasp of your choice.)

New from the 2019 Tucson show are these lovely Czech Ginko beads from BeadSmith. Check out today’s free tutorial using Ginko beads.

Czech Ginko beads are a two-hole bead in the shape of Ginkgo leaves.

Scale Bracelet

This bracelet tutorial was inspired by Nela Kábelová’s (www.gianelle.beadforum.cz) pattern called Snake Skin Bracelet. We used her pattern and tweaked it slightly to add 4mm Swarovski® bicone crystals instead of 4mm round beads. And used 8/0 Miyuki seed beads in place of the seed beads she used. Don’t they look like fish scales? Dragon scales? Mermaid scales? They are a beautiful shape with lots of option for bead stitching.

What you’ll need for this bracelet:

• Ginko two-hole beads
• 8/0 Miyuki Seed Beads
• (36) 4mm Swarovski bicone crystals
• 5mm jump ring
• Clasp
• Fireline Beading Thread
• Needle
• Ginko Scale Bracelet Tutorial PDF

Items used in bracelet above: SB03708, SW02072 (36), A008804, A019945, A006587, A015211, SB00117 or SB00063

Dreaming about warmer weather? Let’s get a kickstart to spring weather with a pair of flower burst earrings designed with Czech Bellflower glass beads from Raven’s Journey® and white pearls from Swarovski®.

We’re experiencing some cold and snowy weather in Minnesota. Our piles of snow keep going up and we cross our fingers that our drive into work is a safe and uneventful one. So we are dreaming of spring weather and flowers! Here is a fun and simple pair of earrings donned with colorful Bellflowers from Raven’s Journey.

What you will need:

• Bellflowers from Raven’s Journey
• 12 – 3mm Swarovski Pearls
• 2 – 8mm Swarovski Pearls
• 2 Inch Eyepin
• 1.5 Inch Headpins with ball
• Earwire

Flower Burst Earrings Tutorial

Item used in A021813, SW00663 (12), SW00666 (2), A019694, A001495, TCZ0077