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How To Make a Rose Pearl Skull and Chain Bracelet
This simple bracelet kit is made up of Swarovski pearls and steel chain, a diamante rhondell Vintaj Arte Metal charms, and semi-precious skulls. The delicate fine black steel chain compliments the Vintaj charms and the new Swarovski Crystal Rose Gold Pearl colour looks great with the Crystal Turquoise pearls Techniques open & close jump rings, make wrapped and simple loops … Continue reading

How To Use 7 Strand Beadalon Crinkle Wire
I wanted to go for a beach theme, I can imagine wearing these on holiday with a lovely tan, I used the 3mm sea bamboo semi-precious beads, also mixed in there are 6mm Czech faceted beads I used the Pink/Blue Green and the Purple Iris/Aqua. And the 6mm Round Polaris style beads and the Red Matte colour. To represent the … Continue reading

How To Make a Beaded Kumihimo Bracelet with Seed Beads
Using the Miyuki Long Magatama seed beads, you can create this beautiful Kumihimo snake like bracelet. It is made exactly the same as the beaded Kumihimo with Swarovski or the round Miyuki seed beads. Emily Kersh In House Designer HelpFul Links Simple 8 Kumihimo Braiding Technique

Embellished Headbands with Flowers, Beads and Ribbon
We had another trip to London this time to the infamous Brick Lane, What an amazing place and so many people! There was so much there to get inspired by. We noticed that head wear is very popular at the moment, and after seeing this similar style embellished Jewellery by famous designers and celebrities wearing floral headbands. Using flowers, beads … Continue reading

Halloween Gothic Style Inspired Jewellery Kits
So it’s that time of year again when the ghouls and goblins come out to play and witches are flying around on their broom sticks! Oooh we love a good Halloween fancy dress party here at the bead shop, so we thought to get into the spirit of things I would design some Halloween Gothic style inspired jewellery making kits. We have … Continue reading

Our London trip was a fantastic source of inspiration
It’s always useful to see what other people are doing in the world of fashion, beads and jewellery, so earlier this month The Bead Shop hit the road and took a little trip to London. With such an eclectic mix of people, London is always a fantastic source of inspiration. In true laid back Bead Shop style, we started our … Continue reading
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Summer holidays are fast approaching
Summer holidays are fast approaching and as I am desperately trying to find a break myself, I was inspired to make some holiday jewellery. We have just got some new turquoise semi precious beads in stock, and I associate turquoise with beaches, sun and brown bodies. We also have new Swarovski pearl colours, the crystal ivory looks great mixed with … Continue reading

My Inspiration for making Swarovski ring mesh kits
I always get excited when we get a new delivery of stock, especially when it is Swarovski crystals, and this then inspires me to make new Swarovski ring mesh kits. The new colours of Swarovski 4mm bicones, the turquoise, pinks and amethyst AB’s are beautiful. I decided to make some new ring kits as these are very popular, I like … Continue reading

Show your love on Valentine’s Day with romantic jewellery
We love Valentine’s Day, it’s so romantic and many of our customers come into our shop looking for gifts for their loved ones. I wanted to create some new jewellery kits for the occasion and my inspiration came from our Steampunk Bracelet Kit which has been very popular with our customers. I wanted to keep the theme romantic and for … Continue reading


