Beaded kumihimo bracelets in different colours, and a matching set of pink earrings for one.
Category: Beads
Kusudama – “Sankaku Tairu to Kuremachisu Kumi Awase”
This is the Kusudama - "Sankaku tairu to kuremachisu kumi awase" (三角タイルとクレマチスの組み合わせ) model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book. I think you can loosely translate it to a 'triangle tile and clematis mix' kusudama. The clematis is referring to this flower face that you can insert into the panels. It's quite complicated to fold using …
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Beaded kumihimo bracelet
Continuing on with my kumihimo adventures, I started learning how to incorporate beads. With a normal braid, you need a thicker cord, but this time you will need beading cord and appropriately sized beads. Here, I've used 0.5mm cord, size 8/0 seed beads, and 4mm crystals and pearls. You start by braiding a little with …
Yellow beaded flower hair clip
I bought a lot of seed beads a long time ago and they just sit in a box on my desk, not really being used much. At some point, I moved flats and the beads got shaken up as well! It was time to do something with them. I had a little bit of 0.4mm …
Kusudama – “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Bara Kasane”
This is the “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Bara Kasane” (切り込み切子 灯篭 – バラ重ね) model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book. This model has a different faceted face which I like a little more than my previous but very similar "Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Hana Suisha" model. I used pink floral patterned paper and decorated it …
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Kusudama – “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Hana Suisha”
I have previously made a “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Suisha” (切り込み切子 灯篭 – 水車) model from Tomoko Fuse's Kusudama Origami book before. This version is known as the “Kirikomi Kiriko Tourou – Hana Suisha” (切り込み切子 灯篭 – 花水車) - it is a a cut faceted waterwheel-style lantern with a flower inset. I used standard 15cm …
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More random makes – hair clips and a necklace
Most things I've managed to finish recently are hair clips. I have some other things in the works, but they aren't ready to show off yet! (I've been so busy...) I'll quickly talk through the basic materials I used for each one. This one used a mixture of burgundy red ribbons of different widths and …
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A crafty Christmas 2018
Christmas post for 2018.
Sparkly black jewellery set
My workplace Christmas party was yesterday, and the theme was 'Glitz and Glamour'. I'm not a fan of showy dresses, so I opted instead to go for a plain dress, but make the accessories sparkly. Yes, I did wait until the party happened to post this! My heels and clutch bag both had sparkling clear …
Festive hoop earrings
I don't normally make stuff for Christmas, but I have a lot of spare beads lying around... I plan on making some jewellery for a Christmas party soon but I'm missing some key components and Black Friday starts soon so I'm waiting for some nice sales. In the meanwhile, using some spare seed beads and …
Atelier Ilyere 