Handmade findings

Hello all! We continue our journey into Handmade findings – and this week it’s headpins! Honestly, this post is huge – but I could have made it at least 3 times as long! It seems that bead artists do truly love making headpins. So without further ado, here are your headpins! 

Let’s kick things off with a pair of handmade headpins in action. Two pairs in fact! A couple of pairs of sweet and simple earrings from me:

And now for the BeadBlogger Links. Have a great week everyone!

DIY Dreamcatcher from Crafty Leftovers
It’s always fun to use what you have lying around for a new project, and this dreamcatcher uses a mason jar lid, some yarn and beads for a cute and meaningful craft.

Get Diamond Eight Today
Connie’s posted Diamond Eight, the next section of the free 2015-6 SAL from Connie Gee’s Designs.

Art Bead Scene
Take a peek at the beautiful palette that Heather has pulled from this month’s challenge to inspire you! 

Beaded Lanyards
Terry shows some of her new lanyards from her Etsy shop. These fun pieces have a duel purpose, not only can they be worn as a lanyard, but also as a long necklace, short necklace or bracelet.

Crochet a Flamingo
In this video review, the Crafty Princess looks at a crochet pattern for a cute flamingo named Gordon. 

Color Scheme Creation
Three popular online applications for creating a color scheme. Fine-tune one, create one from an image or just have fun playing with color.

Beading Arts
When you’ve made a fancy necklace, sometimes you just need to pair it with a really super-simple little pair of earrings… Come learn how to make them in about 10 minutes!

Snap out of it, Jean! There’s beading to be done!
Jean reviews a how-to book of quick-to-knit, soft and fluffy, chic and fabulous cowls!

Rebecca is a Scottish jewellery designer; currently living in the capital city of Edinburgh. 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.