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Beautiful Celtic and Viking Inspired Penannular Brooches | How to Pin a Penannular Brooch on a Shawl or Cloak

Penannular brooches are incomplete ring brooches which has been in used for thousands of years. These were especially popular during the medieval age and were worn as fasteners by both men and women - usually those with the means to afford them. They are still popular today.

Shown above is the Wolf Head Brass penannular brooch from CELTICFUSIONDESIGN.

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Adorable Beaded Chubby Amigurumi Animal Charm PDF Patterns by asleepycreative

South Korean beader, asleepycreative, has only been on Etsy for just a short while. But her adorable beaded chubby animal charm patterns are already a big hit. Such small amigurumi charms can be jewelry as pendants or earrings. However they are a hot trend as they can also be for keychains and as bag charms.

Anka said :

I started the project "sleepy clouds" because I wanted to reconnect with my inner child through cozy hobbies. My favorite are beading, clay art, paper craft, and I want to start sewing, too. Expect to see patterns for these crafts in the future! :)

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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.