Last week for handmade beads in red, glorious red! I hope you’ve enjoyed them as much as I have. What’s up for next month I hear you ask? Well, I’m returning to a perennial favourite of mine – have you guessed it……bird beads. I know I am not along in loving birds beads of a feather and I hope you will join me in searching out favourites, old and new.
But before we move onto birds, let’s share a few more red beads. Of course, red is becoming more apt as we approach the big V Day…….{And a quick reminder – you can win some of my handmade heart headpins by answering my question in my Inside the Studio post from Friday! Hop over there when you’re done reading this post.}
Pick up a delicious, glossy enamel lampwork heart from Beads by Laura – Lub-Dub.
Another lampwork heart, this time from Tempting Little Charms.
Lovely lampwork headpins from Earthshine Beads.
A very cute clasp from Something To Do Beads.
A gorgeous ‘Heart of Sakura’ from Helen Jewellery.
What’s super cool (to me) is that all the bead artists featured today are from the UK! And they all ship worldwide. I love that handmade beads can put us in touch with people all over the world.
And now for the BeadBlogger Links:
Check out guest blogger Kylie Parry’s illuminating post on using Pinterest Inspiration Boards as a creative business tool!
What’s up next for the Inspired by Reading Book Club? Andrew shares the reading list for the next round of books!
Looking for Valentine’s Day project inspiration…Lisa’s sharing heartfelt projects created by her fellow Cousin Corp ambassadors.
Some crafters and artists keep notebook journals of their ideas and projects. Eileen has fine-tuned a digital system which works really well for her.
A wonderful series has begun on Resin Crafts blog. I am sharing over 80 different artists submissions featuring a pocket watch. You will be so inspired!
How about using an antique or vintage button as the centerpiece for a small bead embroidered pendant?
Jean makes a Winter Tree of Life Pendant, inspired by a friend on Facebook who is creating Trees of Life as he swelters in the heat of summer in Australia!
Some crafters and artists keep notebook journals of their ideas and projects. Eileen has fine-tuned a digital system which works really well for her. With digital cameras, it’s easy to take step-by-step photos as you go.
Rebecca is a Scottish jewellery designer, currently living in Belfast, Northern Ireland. You can read more about her and her work at her blog, songbeads.blogspot.com and see more of her jewellery at songbead.etsy.com. She also has a supplies shop at thecuriousbeadshop.etsy.com.
Linda - Earthshine.co.uk
January 27, 2014 at 11:01 amWhat a lovely surprise, thanks for featuring my headpins Rebecca x
Claire Lockwood
January 27, 2014 at 12:54 pmWhat a lovely selection! – Thanks so much for including my (your) clasp!
Keeley Kenyon
January 27, 2014 at 1:19 pmAww thanks Rebecca for sharing the love ♥, you've made my day! X
Ellen Lambrix
January 27, 2014 at 2:05 pm<3
Monique (A Half-Baked Notion)
January 27, 2014 at 8:14 pmLove these beads. Rebecca, I hesitate to share my link as I am NOT a seller, but I thought you might like to see the heart pendants I created for our small blog-hop event:
http://ahalfbakednotion.blogspot.com/2014/01/leather-and-lace-cc7a-january-reveal.html
I don't mind if you delete this comment, should you judge it not pertinent to the post 🙂
Kathy Lindemer
January 28, 2014 at 12:06 pmWhat a great selection of beads!