Made as a gift, this tribute to Dr Who’s Tardis, a police box, needed straight edges. So my usual brick stitch technique for brooches wouldn’t…
Author: leisha
All based around a single thread of beads in the middle, each strand of seed beads spirals its way around as it’s being made. Finished with a…
A variety of large beads on silver-plated hooks at varying lengths.
Starting with a ladder stitch with the bugle beads, each section is developed one strand, then bugle bead at a time. The changing number of…
The first time I’ve used a material base, instead of stitching the beads to each other. Starting with the large crystal beads and a tubular…
This year for Christmas, I created a brooch with a Reindeer design. Each brooch was a different colour.
Using a seed bead net as the base, I then added crystals to the gaps which forms these thick, sparkly bracelets. A slide clasp is…
A simple netted bracelet, but with gorgeous striped colours.
A free flow necklace with red seed beads that’s connected throughout with red cube beads and white beads. It connects together with a silver-plated hook…
These bracelets are 3-dimensional. Each starts with a simple square frame, then layer upon layer is added and finished with a large bead and loop.
Starting with black seed bead squares, each square was filled with a different colour.
White tubular peyote stitch with pearls as a feature. Each leaf was individually made, then assembled on the necklace.
With the intention of adding the middle strand, when creating the peyote bracelet, I added in the large square beads. This allowed not only feature…
Sage Escape is a graphic novel that a friend has developed. I was helping out at a convention stall to promote the novel and created…
I started beading as a child by making beaded spiders with my Mum. Designing and creating these butterflies were a bit of fun and experimentation.…
Starting with a peyote base of large blue seed beads, loops of small blue seed beads were thread throughout the base. Small and large brown lava…
Starting with a peyote base of large black seed beads, loops of small black seed beads are thread throughout the base. Small and large pearls…
A brooch designed for Christmas – a Santa with a big bushy beard. Each brooch had a different coloured hat.
Blue and black seed beads form a swirled pattern, using a peyote stitch. Large beads were added as a 3-dimensional feature. Finished with a silver-plated…
What started as a purple tube necklace, turned into a vine. I added green seed beads and purple highlights to the lower part of the…