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Adorable Mini Beaded Designs for Jewelry, Bookmarks and Ornaments


I raved about Ukrainian designer, Marina of MariVirraPatterns some years ago. She is certainly a prolific designer with many beautiful beaded jewelry designs. This time round, I would like to feature her adorable mini beaded designs. The flat designs can be used not just as earrings, pendants and brooches but consider using the patterns for bookmarks and ornaments. 

My favorite among this collection are her miniature sweater designs. Best kind of Christmas sweaters which aren't ugly at all! She has them for other celebrations too.

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3 Christmas Snowflake Ornament Tutorials Using Beads and Wire




I have seen a large number of beaded snowflake jewelry tutorials. They could indeed make small Christmas ornaments.  However, you will need wire for the extra stiffness if you prefer something larger. 

Shown here are 3 lovely snowflake ornament tutorials which combine beads and crystals with wire. First up is the wire wrapped snowflake tutorial shown above.  The designer is UK based Anri Adachi who is a wire work artist.

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