January 19, 2026

Mark Montano is back with a festive project that sparkles with personality. In this new tutorial, he shows how to turn simple kilt pins into charming holiday accessories using bead landing size eight glass seed beads from Michaels and our beautiful Czech glass bead boxes from John Bead. You will see Mark mix seed beads with Czech glass for gorgeous movement, add loops with ease, trim chain for layered texture, and finish each pin with a playful cluster of beads. The fun twist is that you can also attach chain to each end of the kilt pin to transform it into a necklace. One project. Two looks. Plenty of holiday spirit.

Many of the products he uses in this video can be found at Michaels Stores including the bead landing seed bead sets and our Czech glass bead boxes from John Bead. Watch the full tutorial, try a few color schemes, and enjoy this beautiful handmade idea for the season.

Bead Landing Christmas Collection

Bead Landing Brights

Bead Landing Pastels

Bead Landing Metallics

Watch the full tutorial:

About Mark
Meet Mark Montano — best-selling author, designer, and television host. He’s the writer of THE BIG-ASS CRAFT BOOK series from Simon & Schuster, the best-selling craft series in the United States. You can catch him on Discovery Plus in Meet Your Makers Showdown with Chrissy Metz and LeAnn Rimes, and he’s also appeared on While You Were Out (TLC), 10 Years Younger (TLC), She’s Moving In (WEtv), My Celebrity Home (Style), The Tony Danza Show (ABC), My Home 2.0 (FOX), and Make Your Mark! which airs regularly on PBS and APT.  Mark’s YouTube Channel has daily updates!  @MarkMontanoMakeYourMark