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Fun Beadwork Art, Charms and Ornament Tutorials by Moontique

West Virginian Moon of Moontique is a bead artist I have featured before. She is imaginative in her designs, not just for jewelry but for her fun beadwork art, charms and ornament tutorials.

One can't help but smile with her hanging cat series - you don't have to own a cat to know they can get up to some mischief!

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erdmetaljewelry's Laser Cut Metal Findings and Custom Laser Cutting Service

Turkish findings supplier, erdmetaljewelry, is a wonderful discovery for those who are hunting for unique metal charms and findings. They have an enormous inventory of all kinds of laser cut charms. The largest selection are their raw brass, stainless steel and gold plated sections. All are at reasonable prices.

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10 Adorable Beaded Animal Tutorials for Key Chains, Home Decor and Fun!

I have always enjoyed looking at the various amigurumi designs. Amigurumi is the Japanese art of knitting or crocheting tiny animals. But you can also do the same with beads.

Shown here are some of my favorite finds by talented designers. Some of the smaller ones can be used as pendants or as key chain charms. The larger ones can be ornaments!

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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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Beaded Toilet Paper Inspired Jewelry Tutorials | A Brief History of Toilet Paper

It's been 3 years since the first quarantining began for the Covid, followed by lockdowns in many parts of the world. The fear of being stuck at home without supplies prompted many to start stockpiling. One of the more unexpected items - other than food - that people bought in large numbers was toilet paper. (Note, this was not a uniform occurrence across the world as water bidets and other materials are used elsewhere).

There are probably a number of reasons why toilet paper was so coveted in the early days of the pandemic. We can but look back and laugh a little.

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Beautiful Beaded Miniature Peacock Dress Tutorial | Lady Curzon's Peacock Dress

My jaw dropped when I spotted this exquisite miniature beaded peacock dress tutorial. What a beauty! It is by a very talented West Virginian beadwork artist called Moon who has many unique creations in Moontique. I have featured her work a number of times before.
This miniature dress stands almost 5 inches tall and is about 2.5 inches wide without the stand. The design was inspired by 1950's fashion for cinched waists and flared skirts. The stitches used include circular peyote, herringbone and St Petersburg stitch - all used to great effect. The attention to detail is amazing - especially the peacock feathers.

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6 More Beaded Fan Jewelry Tutorials

Fans are one of my favorite shapes for jewelry making. Other designers are probably also of likemind as I keep coming across more. So check out this latest collection of lovely beaded fan jewelry tutorials.

Shown above is the beautiful pericon (lacy Spanish dance fan) pendant tutorial by Carole Ohl of openseed. The Cymbal Lygia bail really adds elegance to this design. You can purchase the Cymbal Lygia bail from ArgusCollection. They also stock other Cymbal metal elements.