Beaded kumihimo bracelets in different colours, and a matching set of pink earrings for one.
Tag: Blue
Origami carambola flower bouquet
I previously touched upon carambola flowers in my last blog post. After a bit of trying out different methods (failing horribly...) and searching for new ones, this excellent video by ZIZ origami helped me understand how to fold one properly at long last. I highly recommend you check it out! I made a bunch of …
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 …
“Jodie” kumihimo bracelet
I bought this book from a Waterstones a month ago called "A Beginner's Guide to Kumihimo" by Donna Mckean-Smith as I wanted to learn how to make beaded kumihimo bracelets. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to make kumihimo after this attempt! I did find out that the sort of beads and cord that …
More large ribbon hair clips
I have owned a very large stash of ribbons for a long while, and I came up with the idea to make lots of large hair clips - have you ever seen the types of ribbons that cheerleaders wear? It mainly started from looking at the patterned ribbons and then working backwards. All ribbons are …
Blue goldstone – “Stellar light”
Goldstone is a manmade stone with differently coloured specks of cobalt and manganese suspended in the stone to create a sparkle effect. This version uses blue goldstone - a red goldstone is just as common and has flecks of copper. Some people like to call it 'starstone' instead. I think I get it - the …
Hair clip tidy – WIP
I recently got into hair clip fever! I had a look at my massive stash of ribbons and decided to use them all for hair clips. When you sit down to make one, I find that you usually end up making a lot because everything's all in front of you! I ordered a lot of …
Beaded bead necklace
A bead necklace made using a tutorial kit.
Silver wrapped key pendant
Have you ever seen those wire wrapped skeleton keys or something similar? I wanted to give one of those a go, so I started by drawing out a design on paper. Nothing too complicated for my first attempt. After I drew the design, I started by cutting out the base 1.50mm wires and shaping them. …
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