• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to footer
Create Whimsy

Create Whimsy

Inspring makers and sharing their stories

  • Quilting
    • How to Quilt
    • Free Quilt Patterns
    • Art Quilts
    • Modern Quilting
    • English Paper Piecing (EPP)
    • Foundation Piecing
    • Crazy Quilting
    • Improv Quilting
    • Easy Quilt Blocks
    • Quilt Tutorials
    • Machine Quilting
    • Hand Quilting
  • Embroidery
    • Hand Embroidery
    • Machine Embroidery
    • Sashiko
    • Embroidery Tutorials
  • Beading
    • Bead Embroidery
    • Off-Loom Bead Weaving
  • Sewing
    • Scrap Fabric Sewing Project Ideas
    • Making Clothes
      • Costumes
    • Bags
    • Babies
  • MORE
    • Surface Design
      • Eco Printing and Dyeing
    • Appliqué
      • Fusing
    • Jewelry Making
      • Wirework
      • Handmade Bracelets
      • Handmade Necklaces
    • Mixed Media
      • Collage Art
    • Kumihimo
    • Weaving
    • Crochet
    • Knitting
    • DIY Organization
      • Decorative Containers
    • DIY Home Décor
      • DIY Throw Pillows
    • Recycle DIY
    • Felting
    • Crafts
    • Occasions
      • Easter
      • Mothers Day
      • Fathers Day
      • Fourth of July
      • Halloween
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas
      • DIY Valentine Ideas
    • Paper Crafting
    • Metalsmithing
    • Painting & Drawing
    • Pottery-Ceramics
    • Toys & Games
    • Sculpture
  • Mothers Day
  • Newsletter Sign Up

Beading

Category: <span>Beading</span>

Explore the many techniques in the colorful world of beading to make bracelets, necklaces, earrings and more that express your inner Earth Mother or Bling Queen! Not into jewelry? Beadwork can embellish fiber art, clothing and home dec, adding color, texture and surface design. So weave or stitch tiny seed beads or string your favorite glass beads or semi-precious gemstones. Or simply admire the inspiring work of our talented bead artists and designers!

Bead EmbroideryOff-Loom Bead Weaving

Amazing Beaded Jewelry

More amazing jewelry
Laura Lee Ullrich Turquoise Necklace

Spotlight: Laura Lee Ullrich, Bead Artist

Who knew that a self-taught bead artist could create such intricate work? With no beading classes nearby, Laura Lee Ullrich picked a project she loved from a magazine and has...

Orange and brown beaded necklace

Spotlight: Sherry Serafini, Bead Embroidery Artist

Sherry Serafini is a bead embroidery artist without fear. If an object inspires her, even if it's an unconventional choice for jewelry, she will create an elaborate design around it....

Another freefrom pendant

Spotlight: Beth Stone, Bead Jewelry Artist

A third-generation bead artist, Beth Stone thrives on challenges - on visualizing a new piece, then engineering how to make beads of various shapes and sizes work together to build...

Bead Embroidery Inspiration

See more bead embroidery
Beaded purse

Spotlight: Christen Brown, Fiber Artist

With a needle in her hand since the age of 7, Christen Brown creates lush embroidered and beaded pieces to wear and admire. Generous with her knowledge, she shares her...

Bead Embroidered Flower Brooch

How to Bead Embroidery – Chardel Blaine Paints with Beads

I like to create just about anything if it involves a needle and thread. For me, bead embroidery is about painting, but I use beads as my palette. Mostly, I...

Pat Herkal

Spotlight: Pat Herkal, Bead and Fiber Artist

Pat Herkal occupies her head and hands every day with beads and thread. Whimsy, color and the natural world inspire her work. Mixing beads, shells, stones, and found objects -...

Off Loom Bead Weaving Inspiration

More Off Loom Bead Weaving
Another freefrom pendant

Spotlight: Beth Stone, Bead Jewelry Artist

A third-generation bead artist, Beth Stone thrives on challenges - on visualizing a new piece, then engineering how to make beads of various shapes and sizes work together to build...

Cellini Spiral Detail

Peyote Stitch Cellini Spiral Basics

Peyote-Stitched Cellini Spiral looks really complicated, but it’s just a glorified peyote rope. The stitch is even count tubular peyote with a step up. It’s the change in bead sizes...

Samples of 3 tubular herringbone ropes

How to Make Tubular Herringbone Beaded Jewelry

Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but...

More Beading

Detail of a green fiber art piece by Felicia Murray

Spotlight: Felicia Murray, Fiber Artist

Felicia Murray creates fiber art environments inspired by her feelings, that come to life as she works on the pieces. She enjoys pushing the boundaries of a technique to create…
Green leaf and pink flower earring beaded by Proud Wednesday

Spotlight: Proud Wednesday, Bead Artists

Meet sisters Keri and Jaymie, who are Proud Wednesday. During the pandemic, Keri purchased a few 'learn to bead' kits, and there was no turning back. Following in their Great…
Sugar cookie felt ornaments finished 2

DIY Sugar Cookie Felt Christmas Tree Ornaments

These sugar cookies are calorie-free and fun to make! Use your Christmas cookie cutters to trace the shape onto white felt and use beads and other embellishments instead of sugar…
3D sequin flower embroidery and soft sculpture by bbeebling

Spotlight: Barbara from Elverie aka bbeebling, Fiber Artist

Bbeebling dabbled in a variety of creative techniques, learning along the way. Each of those media has influenced her current work creating fantasy-inspired 3D fiber art often showcasing iridescent handmade…
Crochet pineapple by Kate Jenkins

Spotlight: Kate Jenkins, Fiber Artist

Kate Jenkins wanted to gain attention for her new business and crocheted a small exhibit of her favorite British foods. She now creates realistic-looking food with knitting, crochet, beading, embroidery…
Painted cloth with embroidery by Ashlie Tran

Spotlight: Ashlie Tran, Mixed Media Artist

Ashlie Tran is a mixed media artist who creates beautiful floral arrangements that influence her drawings, paintings and embroidery designs. Each influences the other. You'll find paintings inspired by her…
Sushi for Two bead art by Linda Rettich

Spotlight: Linda Rettich, Fiber and Bead Artist

Linda Rettich found her artistic calling in beading, a medium she initially didn't expect to embrace. She creates intricate pieces with small seed beads, allowing her to feature rich details…
Beaded necklace with wolves by Heidi Kummili

Spotlight: Heidi Kummli, Bead Artist

Heidi Kummli creates detailed beadwork that expresses her feelings for Mother Earth. Finding inspiration from the world around her, Heidi walks with her dogs every day and encounters wildlife who…
White Lies basket by Carol Ventura

Spotlight: Carol Ventura, Artist and Author

Carol Ventura discovered tapestry crochet while in the Peace Corps in Guatemala. Inspired by those textiles, she started tapestry crocheting bags with her own motifs. Taking a bead crochet class…

Navigation

1 2 3 … 7 Next

Footer

Learn More

  • About Create Whimsy
  • Work with Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Browse

  • Occasions
  • Destinations

Makers

Spotlight Stories

Marketing for Makers / Biz Tips

Copyright © 2025 · Create Whimsy®