Category: Preciosa Crystal

Daisy Chain Bracelets – Free Workshop with Michaels Classroom

The project PDF: Daisy Chain Bracelets

Class Description

Daisy chain is a seed beading favorite, perfect for springtime jewelry. Choose any colors and create a set of stacker bracelets, earrings, necklaces, and anklets! These can become anything you imagine.
There are lots of variations when it comes to making daisy chain stitches, and many adaptations are possible. In class we will show square daisy chain. It creates a tennis bracelet of flowers side by side. The stitch is very stable compared to most daisy chain and doesn’t have that tendency for gaps you often see in other versions.
For more inspiration, check out our previous class, Pearl Daisy Chain, linked here:  Pearl Daisy Chain Class with John Bead for Michaels

The Recorded Class

About our Instructor Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes is the Creative Director for  John Bead. She specializes in working with seed beads, bead-weaving, and looming, creating hand-knotted mala and yoga jewelry, crochet, and jewelry made with leather and wire.

Danielle on Instagram linked here.
Danielle on Facebook linked here.

Abstract Landscapes Pattern – Free Workshop

In this video we are showing how to connect peyote stitch pieces to Gold Pendant Rainbow Beadwork Findings! Stitch up one of the gorgeous patterns, then turn it into an earring or a pendant. Patterns were inspired by landscape photography. The result of representing long-distance, complex images in a few pixels creates the neatest abstract art!

Rainbow Finding featured is available on Amazon

The Recorded Step by Step

About our Instructor Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes is the Creative Director for  John Bead. She specializes in working with seed beads, bead-weaving, and looming, creating hand-knotted mala and yoga jewelry, crochet, and jewelry made with leather and wire.

Danielle on Instagram linked here.
Danielle on Facebook linked here.

Daisy Flower Fringe Earrings – Free Workshop with Michaels Classroom

The project PDF:  Daisy Flower by Marta

Class Description

We are so proud to present a beautiful pattern from Marta Andrusenko, owner of Marta Jewelry. Marta has always been a very popular artist from Kyiv, Ukraine. Her handwoven, beaded and macramé jewelry are popular and inspiring, and her patterns and tutorials have been purchased by many.  Her Instagram page is filled daily with bright colorful imagery of her work, and we have watched as she started to create one-of-a-kind jewelry along with the small canvases she paints.

The Recorded Class

About our Instructor Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes is the Creative Director for  John Bead. She specializes in working with seed beads, bead-weaving, and looming, creating hand-knotted mala and yoga jewelry, crochet, and jewelry made with leather and wire.

Danielle on Instagram linked here.
Danielle on Facebook linked here.

Geode Earrings – Free Workshop

Project PDF:  Geode Earrings

CRYSTAL GEODE EARRINGS

SUPPLIES

John Bead Part Number

26001405-07, Beadwork Findings Gold Pendant Organic Circle 34 x 40mm

You can find the new Beadwork Findings in the USA  here.

63210001-0047,Czech Seed Beads apx 24g Vial 6/0 White Pearl

63210001-0567, Czech Seed Beads apx 24g Vial 8/0 Gold S/L

45S009-002, Preciosa 5in Strand Rondell 31pcs 4mm Crystal AB

74422022-00, Miyuki Dura-Line 50m Crystal Clear 0.15mm

Strong Beading Thread 74301015,

Size 10 Beading Needle Gold Eye 7 pcs

YOU’LL ALSO NEED: Beading Mat, Thread Scissors or burner, and optional ear wires or jump ring and necklace chain.

The Recorded Step by Step

About our Instructor Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes is the Creative Director for  John Bead. She specializes in working with seed beads, bead-weaving, and looming, creating hand-knotted mala and yoga jewelry, crochet, and jewelry made with leather and wire.

Danielle on Instagram linked here.
Danielle on Facebook linked here.

Introduction to Seed Bead Weaving – Free Workshop with Michaels Classroom

The special workshop reference PDF  Seed Beading Basics Introduction

Class Description

For the ultimate beginner! This question-and-answer, forum style class will answer your seed beading questions and explore some of the frequently asked questions we receive from new students and beading enthusiasts. Some of the topics we will cover include seed bead types and sizes, beading needles, thread, bead weaving terminology, and tools. We will point you to our favorite classes for beginners. Goal: demystify bead weaving!

The PDF is our bonus gift to you!  You will have a reference document to refer to after the class, along with unlimited access to the recording on the Michaels YouTube channel.

The Recorded Class

About our Instructor Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes is the Creative Director for  John Bead. She specializes in working with seed beads, bead-weaving, and looming, creating hand-knotted mala and yoga jewelry, crochet, and jewelry made with leather and wire.

Danielle on Instagram linked here.
Danielle on Facebook linked here.

Crystal Charm Earrings – Free Project with Michaels Classroom

The project PDF  Crystal Charm Earrings
Let’s get ready to catch the sun with some crystal!
Statement earrings will be in again this Spring and Summer season. Get the sparkle with these fast and gorgeous wire wraps. In class we will learn a technique that will work with many size hoops and any beads. In class we will work 6mm Czech bicone crystals on the largest, oval hoops from the pack of Bead Landing Connectors. The bigger hoops are the most beginner-friendly for pulling the wire through as we wrap. Learn on the bigger hoops with consistent size beads, then try this design on the smaller hoops and with other beads.

The Recorded Class

About our Instructor Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes is the Creative Director for  John Bead. She specializes in working with seed beads, bead-weaving, and looming, creating hand-knotted mala and yoga jewelry, crochet, and jewelry made with leather and wire.

Danielle on Instagram linked here.
Danielle on Facebook linked here.

Destined to Dazzle Preciosa Spring Summer 2024

Destined to Dazzle
Preciosa Spring Summer 2024

New Color:  BLUE VIOLET 
Unlike its namesake blossom, there is nothing common or basic about Blue Violet. A mystical blend of electric purple and ultramarine, this sensorial shade evokes serenity, self-assurance and optimism. Blue Violet’s hyper-saturated sheen packs plenty of trans-seasonal staying power, guaranteed to add a touch of elusive je ne sais quoi to even the haute-st of couture catwalks.

INDIAN PINK & PURPLE VELVET
Previously only available in other sizes, ultra-sweet Indian Pink and opulent Purple Velvet now come in nail-artist approved sizes ss5, ss7 and ss9 in no-hotfix version for prettier and post-worthier mani’s and pedi’s.

BAGUETTE MAXIMA 4 x 2mm
Simple yet sleek, our Baguette flatback now comes in an additional smaller size in all the same luminous shades, generating brand-new possibilities for complex crystal embellishment.
We added Crystal, Crystal AB, Crystal Aurum, Jet and Jet Hematite
NAVETTE MAXIMA 4 x 2mm
Exactly half the size of its larger twin, our newer, smaller Navette flatback is ideal for intricate detailing and comes in the same classic colors and coatings for seamless size combination.
We added Crystal, Crystal AB, Jet and Jet Hematite

Seed Bead Braided Bracelet – Free Project with Michaels Classroom

The project PDF
In this class we will demo a technique to create a braided bracelet design using strands of seed beads. The design starts with a laddered base to build off where long strands are strung and joined in a five-stranded braid design. The finished bracelet features a button and loop closure shared in the previous class: Seed Beaded Button Closures. We will use the button we made in that class to finish this design.

The Recorded Class

About our Instructor Danielle Wickes
Danielle Wickes is the Creative Director for  John Bead. She specializes in working with seed beads, bead-weaving, and looming, creating hand-knotted mala and yoga jewelry, crochet, and jewelry made with leather and wire.

Danielle on Instagram linked here.
Danielle on Facebook linked here.