Tutorial - How to Make a Blackberry Necklace

Pickup all needed supplies at your local craft store

Tutorial at Borei Design Blog

"I love blackberries! Not only do I think blackberries are really yummy, I grew up in the American South.  I have fond memories of picking wild ones with my mother as a kid before she passed away. When I saw this picture of this necklace at Custom Made, I just knew I had to have my own blackberry necklace".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Beaded Ladder Bracelet

Make this stylish bracelet for less than $5

Tutorial at The Chilly Dog Blog

"Back in November, hubby and I enjoyed an afternoon browsing the shops in Tubac, an artist community just a bit south of Tucson. If you are ever in the area, I highly recommend it. Lots of neat shops and plenty of tasty restaurants. We left empty handed that day, but I did get some inspiration for a project. Almost every shop that carried jewelry had a display of beaded ladder bracelets in a variety of eye catching colors. With a few basic supplies and a little bit of time, you'll be surprised how easy it is to create your own beaded bracelets".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Beads from Clay Cane

Use beads for bracelets, necklaces or earrings

Tutorial at The Chilly Dog Blog
 

"In my last post I showed you how to make an extruder cane with polymer clay. I like this design because it's dynamic and changes color as you slice the cane into pieces. If you are new to polymer clay crafts, you may be wondering how exactly you transform a cane like this into a bead. One method is to apply thin slices of the cane to a clay core. Let me show you how"....Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Beaded Teardrop Earrings

8 step tutorial to create beaded bar earrings

Tutorial at Poskett's Blog

"By now, I’m sure you’ve seen them: petite bars of gemstones suspended from delicate chains to create necklaces, bracelets & earrings.  While any type of bead can be used, I most commonly see this style of jewelry utilize highly faceted gemstones.  I absolutely adore the look of these baubles, but I do not like the hefty price tag that comes with using hand-cut gemstones.  Follow the tutorial below for my interpretation of beaded bar earrings, made with glass pearls".... Read more

Tutorial - Make Party Straws with Perler Beads

Choose colors that go with your party theme

Tutorial at Ella & Nesta's Little Room Blog

"The Creative Factory is back with Homemade Spring. We've gone Hama bead (or Perler bead) crazy over here lately so we're showing a fun tutorial for making party straws with Hama bead flags. It's a fast and easy kids craft idea".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Beaded Christmas Angel

You can also make these with larger safety pins and beads

Tutorial at The Crafty Mummy Blog

"I have had so many requests for this tutorial! A couple of years ago now I made pretty beaded Christmas Angels using safety pins and beads. My original angels had golden wings and the safety-pins formed the skirt.  Since then I have shared them each year when they are on our Christmas tree and they have been a super popular post despite just showing a couple of pictures. Finally I have gotten around to making some more angels and taking photos of the process for you with step-by-step instructions".... Read more

Tutorial - Faux Lavender Seed Bead Flowers

Dip flower into a cup of cool water to set the glue

Tutorial at Purple Hues and Me Blog

"As promised in my post on wrapped rope on glass, here is an easy, and I mean EASY, tutorial on making cute little lavender seed bead flowers.  You only need: Seed beads, Green cloth stem wire (18 gauge), Hot glue,  cool water Coat the end of the cloth wire stem with hot glue.  It might get messy but don't worry".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Beaded Flower Spray

Post includes links for other beaded tutorials

Tutorial at Cards Crafts Kids Projects Blog

"The beaded flowers  you see in this altered box were super easy to make and so sharing this super simple tutorial to make a beaded flower spray...Depending on the size of your beads and the length of the flower branches you want cut a length of wire. I cut 3.5 inches wire to make each beaded flower branch. Its better to cut more wire than you need till you get the hang of it!! Thread 3 beads onto the center of the wire and bend the wire in a gentle U".... Read more

Tutorial Exchange Opportunity - Beads

Winners of this Exchange have been posted on the Best Beads Blog.

The Best Beads Shop is looking for 5 Totally Tutorial readers interested in making a jewellery tutorial using their products.

This shop on Etsy would like to offer neon farfale seed beads in two colors, (25g per item) and 10mm black flat circles (30 pieces).  The winners can make any item of their choice with the supplies.

The ideal candidates will be comfortable working with jewellery, have a blog or website, and the ability to take nice photos.  
 

To apply for the exchange, leave a comment after this post, or on The Best Beads Blog with the address of your blog.

The resulting tutorials will  be posted here on Totally Tutorials, as well as on the The Best Beads Blog.  This tutorial opportunity is open worldwide.

Winners will be announced on July 14, 2014. The winning tutorial makers will then have until August 31st, 2014 to complete their tutorials. 

~ Happy Crafting

Tutorial Exchange - Easy Swarovski Braided Bracelet

Tutorial Exchange Winner from Craftyful

Tutorial at The Woman on the Hill Blog

"Bracelets!?!?!  Yep! That's right... A little break from quilting is here, and reminiscing of my beading experiments some years ago, The Hill has today a beginner tutorial for a simple braided bracelet. Besides, some variety to our Crafty Bone Activities never hurts, right? Ah! But Yiya had an accomplice for this task... Craftyful! An online store with a variety of fabric, buttons, ribbons, zippers, charms and good ol' crafty goodies, Craftyful is a great place to get supplies from. For some reason, I got "lost" in their selection of Swarovski crystals and had the inkling to make a bracelet like the one in the following picture".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Flower Ring with Bead Weaving

Change the size of ring by adjusting number of beads

Tutorial at Strawberry Box Blog

"I haven’t done any bead weaving for a while, so I thought it would be nice to try something simple just to get into the swing of things again. This is a tutorial on how to make a ring with a flower detail and like the title says, it is nice and easy".... Read more

Tutorial Exchange Opportunity - Porcelain

Beadmixer is looking for a tutorial writer interested in making a jewellery tutorial using their porcelain beads and cabochons. The winner can make earrings, a bracelet, a necklace, etc.  the choice will be theirs.

 To apply for the exchange, go to the Beadmixer Blog and read all the details.  Then send them an email proposing the tutorial you would like to make, the products you will need from their website, and the address of your blog.  

The ideal candidate will be someone comfortable working with jewellery, have a blog or website, and the ability to take nice photos.  

 The resulting tutorials will  be posted here on Totally Tutorials, as well as linked to the Beadmixer Blog.  This tutorial opportunity is open worldwide.

Applications will be accepted through June 20th, 2014. The winning tutorial makers will then have until August 1st, 2014 to complete their tutorials. 

~ Happy Crafting

Tutorial - Graduated Wood Bead Necklace

Quick and easy graduated wood bead necklace with two different options to finish

Tutorial at Untrendy Life Blog

"This post is not so much a "how-to" as a "where-to", simply because the necklace is quick and easy to make - however where to find high quality wood beads is more what this is really all about. I have used wood beads bought from Hobby Lobby and Joann's and they worked just fine, I thought the necklace I made from them looked good, price was very nice, so nothing to complain about. Until I bought Ebony and Sibucao wood beads".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Clay Bead Necklace

Paint your own bead necklace, with tips for creating a coral color

Tutorial at Curly Made Blog

"Hi everyone, looking trough my necklace collection most of my necklaces are silver and gold, so I decided to create something more colorful this time. This project can be done with air dry or polymer clay, but although I have already worked with polymer clay before, in these types os projects I always use air dry, maybe because I'm too lazy to cook the beads in the oven".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make Beaded Hoop Ear Rings

You can make these ear rings in any size

Tutorial at My DIY Corner Blog

"Do you like hoop ear rings ? People who wear hoop ear rings are quite chic. In this tutorial, I’ll tell you to make red bead hoop ear rings.  To form the hoop, wrap one piece of wire around the bottle (here I have taken my glue bottle) so that there is an equal amount of length sticking out. Then pinch the wire together so it’s the same circumference as the bottle.You’ll  be left with a little less than 1 inch of both the ends".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Beaded Flower Brooch

Choose small beads for a a wearable brooch, or larger ones to dress up a favorite bag.

Tutorial at Strawberry Box Blog

"It is now officially spring time! Who doesn't like a nice flower at spring time? This is a tutorial on how to make a flower brooch out of beads".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Loom Bracelet with Beads

Give them to your friends, family, teachers and coaches – they’ll be a big hit

Tutorial at Dabbles and Babbles Blog

"I’m so excited about this post.  This is my first ever Dabblesandbabbles.com video tutorial.  I’ve been wanting to do a video tutorial for a while now but I was waiting for the perfect project – I think I found it. This video tutorial is on how to make rainbow loom bracelets with perler beads. I have no idea if this has already been done before or not but I thought I’d give it a go.  I played around with the elastics and beads until I found something that worked. These bracelets are very easy to make and great for beginners to the rainbow loom".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Wide Cuff Beaded Bracelet

Bracelet uses 2mm beads and 4mm beads

Tutorial at Strawberry Box Blog

"My latest make...a wide cuff bracelet! I like all the different bracelets you can find in the shops, but most of the ones I have come across are really rigid and I prefer bracelets that have a little flexibility".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Beaded Christmas Tree

Use it to adorn your mantlepiece or sell at craft fairs

Beaded Tree Tutorial at Cards and School Projects Blog

"My 7 year old daughter is rather taken with beads these days and is forever making necklaces and bracelets [see her Beaded Necklace]..I caught the beading fever from her and tried to make a ebeaded tree using some seed beads I have had like since forever! My beaded tree is rather amateurish so professional beading experts do forgive me but I was so  thrilled my experiment turned out ok that I am sharing the tutorial so that a novice with no beading experience whatsoever can make a beaded tree".... Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Beaded Pincushion

Use a piece of pretty embroidery for a pincushion

Pincushion Tutorial at All in Beads Blog

" I have made another of the lovely pincushions.  I extremely like making them. It is my first one. I don't know if it will suit because it is not jewellery. The colours are blue, gold, green and purple. I have used 12 kinds of seed beads, some sequins and some glass beads".... Read more