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Beaded Fringe Earrings Pattern, Design Temples and Software by kowshop

I spotted a pair of beautiful beaded fringe earrings featuring bees on a friend not long ago. It was a gift from her friend. I think many of you love making fringe earrings. They are quick to make and more importantly can sport many themes.

Check out Ukrainian bead artist kowshop's wonderful range of brick stitch beaded fringe earrings designs. She has lots of animal inspired designs, especially cats!

Be sure to check out her store as she offers both beaded earring templates and a software program to help you design your own!

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Crochet Hanging Potted Plants Patterns

Remember my previous post about tutorials for beading tiny little plants and pots? Well, that was a popular one. So I went looking for the tiny crochet versions and BOOM! There were absolutely tons and tons of patterns, so many that I've only scratched the surface. Crochet sure is wildly popularly today.

They are great as yarnbusters, as car mirror decor and even window adornment - hang several of these crochet hanging plant posts in the window for fun! You could possibly add some beadwork to some of the designs.

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Soothing Bead Embroidery Abstract Art Patterns by ALIFERA

Feeling a little stress? One of the most soothing things to do is crafting. Something easy, even mindless. Even better if the preliminary work has already been laid out and all you have to do is, simply do!

I was so impressed by the bead embroidery abstract art patterns by Latvian embroidery artist, ALIFERA. Just watch how she creates the hoop art beaded designs shown above and below. Her abstract line design collection include both bead embroidery and just embroidery.

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Lovely Beaded Bag Charms by PreserveStudio

I featured of PreserveStudio's geometric beadwork tutorials before. However, there is more to this designer than just her beadwork. Her creative vision also extends to decorating other accessories. Her beaded bag charms shows her versatility from simple dangles with carefully chosen beads to leatherwork and bead embroidery.

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Unusual Clay Cutters and Tools for Making Jewelry and Trinket Dishes by BabylonCutters

Clever designers and the advent of 3D printers have contributed to an explosion of clay cutter designs, These can be used by polymer clay, air clay and ceramic artists to create unusual designs. The cutters are made from extruded PLA plastic.
Hungarian 3D printer Ufuk of BabylonCutters has a HUGE range of clay cutters including a collection of 4 inch trinket or ring dishes He also has smaller jewelry designs including those for barrettes and earrings. Many are combination cutters and embossers.
Shown here are some of my favourites including the daisy trinket dish above.

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Beautiful Hand Embroidered Pendants, Wall Art and Ornaments by JuanitaSauveFibreArt

My most popular items in my shop are the wood bezels - either as physical products or the laser cutting files. The most popular use of them are for embroidered pendants. How do I know this? It's when I discover a buyer also has a shop.
Canadian embroidery artist, Juanita of JuanitaSauveFibreArt does beautiful hand embroidered art as pendants, wall art and ornaments. She was interested in trying out new shapes so she bought the square bezels from me as you can see in her pendant design below which features autumn trees.

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5 Beaded Drop Jewelry Tutorials | How Umbrellas Were Once Made

We had a very wet spring this year, that and the cool weather delayed gardening for many. So rain drops are what inspired this post. When rainy days keep us indoors, there are always some lovely beaded drop beadwork jewelry tutorials to enjoy.

First up is the Swarovski crystal raindrop beaded pendant tutorial (shown above) from Isabella of bead4me. Here's where you can get the Swarovski 6022 xirius crystals .

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Adorable Felt Brooches by Little Wool Wave

I know I am not safe with the multi needle tools for needle felting! It was all too easy to puncture myself. That's why I am in awe of felt wool artisans who can create all manner of 3D sculptures. Shown here are the adorable felt brooches by LittleWoolWave. Many are of animals.

She uses both the needle felted technique as well as cutting up and sewing stuffed felt brooches. Her designs are fun and definitely a conversation starter if you have one of her designs pinned on your jacket!