Beads & Beyond

FEATURED PROJECTS
Pearly party
Use your wirework skills to create a fun flower unit with a party feel! Embellish with glamorous pearls, crystals and silver beads

First frost
Follow these simple steps to create your own focal polymer clay bead and incorporate them into a gorgeous bracelet with a frosty feel!

Snowflakes at midnight
Beautiful iris beads in peacock tones have been stitched together with dainty silver beads to create a stunning pair of statement earrings, make a pendant to match too!

Winter wonderland
Using bright white snowballs (felt beads!) and quartz stones to create a set of fun and festive jewellery using simple stringing and linking techniques
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Twilight ice
A stunning kumihimo project using knitting yarn embellished with tiny silver beads, we show you how to make a bracelet and necklace set

Bluebells necklace
Link together a wonderful array of artisan beads and findings to create this asymmetric necklace with a bohemian feel. Create a matching bracelet and earrings too!

Tiny textures
Combine tiny tactile beads with handmade ceramic components, to create a bracelet that is full of textural detail

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Celtic love knot pendant
Weave a web of wire over a heart shaped cabochon to create a head turning pendant in gold wire

Daisy daisy
This fantastic silversmithing project teaches you the basics of piercing and soldering, with a bit of macramé thrown in! Create pretty daisy shapes to form a pendant and earring set

Love is the key
Combine gorgeous handmade pewter charms with pearls, seed beads and antique wire to create a pretty necklace with a subtle hint of romance!

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Kimono Folds
Find some colourful card scraps and have a go at creating this fun, origami style pendant

Oriental Red
This project uses bronze to soften a classic oriental palette of red and black and shows you how to create beaded rings from wire and simple rounds and use them in a fantastic long beaded necklace

Cherry Blossom
Use colourful frit blend shades on clear glass to create these pretty oriental blossom beads

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Forever flowers
Work with wonderful textures and shapes in muted colour shades to create this daisy chain inspired necklace

Rings with WOW!
Take WOW embossing powders to a new level with these fantastic cocktail rings.

Kumihimo colour
If you haven’t tried Kumihimo yet, what are you waiting for? Learn to make this pretty striped bracelet with little more than a Kumihimo disk and some colourful cords!

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New horizons
Using clever polymer clay blending techniques and gorgeous pearls to create this stunning statement necklace for your beach wedding or a holiday by the sea

Pearl aimée
Traditional brides will love the delicacy and prettiness of this bead stitched necklace with matching bracelet and earrings in pearly seed beads

Something blue
Chain maille in icy silver and blue. Use Byzantine weave to create snowflakes on your wrist!

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Far from home
Take a round-the-world trip with this colourful necklace using your own eclectic mix of beads and components

Tropical seas
Take a dip in the warm seas of the tropics and make friends with these stunning wirework dolphins. You’ll be amazed how these cute mammals emerge from the wire as you follow our step-by-step instructions

Flexible flowers
A classic and timeless brooch that you can transform into a simple pendant – essential jewellery for your holiday wardrobe

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FEATURED PROJECTS

Time traveller
Travel to a bygone age with this atmospheric collection of jewellery using tintypes and beautiful vintagestyle beads

Pretty as a picture
Take a photograph of nature’s beauty and work it into wire to create this intricate tree pendant embellished with flowers

What a picture...
Frame your memories in wire. Part one of this fabulous project will show you how to form a stunning Art Nouveau style photograph frame using different gauges of wire.

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Loop The loop
Lovely Labradorite, the subtle sparkle of Rose Quartz and soft aqua tones from lampwork lentils this necklace of jump rings

What a photograph
Embellish your photo frame with Art Nouveau elements with Part Two of this wonderful wirework project

Sand and Sea
Discover the combination of champagne and ice blue in this chain maille bracelet that will have you relaxing on the beach with a cool drink in no time!

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Azure rose
Take the Art Deco favourite palette of royal blue and silver and team it with a stylised rose motif for this long and lovely necklace

In fine feather
Simplify and refine the beautiful shape of a peacock feather in silver wire to create a classic brooch and more!

Eighth wonder
Discover the versatility of two-hole pyramid beads and twin beads by stitching a main attraction for your wrist

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