Craft Ideas

Making your own Unique Bead Jewellery

You can have great fun creating your own bead jewellery and can start with very little financial outlay. All that you require are your choice of beads that you wish to use and some kind of thread or jewellery wire to use to string your beads. There are various different combinations of beads and design that you can try to make your bead jewellery really stand out.

First you will need to decide on how your beads will be presented. You can simply string them in one long necklace or more complicated designs can be created using jewellery wire or other methods of combining your various beads together. Simple thread can be used for stringing beads as well as cord, nylon, and even mono filament fishing line can be used to great effect. Almost any type of string or thread can be used and some people like to use a more rustic looking fibrous string to give a different appearance to their designs. With jewellery wire you can make almost any type of bead jewellery such as earrings, bracelets or more complicated necklace designs.

Beginners do not need to spend a great deal on bead supplies and can still create brilliant designs. Purchasing beads made from materials such as coloured glass, shell, and plastics will help keep the cost of your jewellery fairly low. Once you get the idea of how to create attractive designs you can start to use more expensive beads made from pearls or precious and semiprecious gemstones. The selection of bead colours and textures available to you is enormous. Beads can be obtained in various different forms from the classic round bead to unpolished free form stone chips. By using different colours, shapes and stones in your bead work you can create interesting designs that are unique to you.