Bead Soup Project 2

 Simple Heart Stud Earrings

These quaint little cute hearts are so easy to make you will want a pair in every color  

along with matching bracelets and necklaces .

 

To make these hearts start out stringing 4 beads like this and tying them together to form this shape.

The 2 side beads and the bottom of the bead form the center of your heart.

The top bead is the color that will be surrounding your heart.

You will now add the outer edges of the heart.

Add enough beads so that there will be enough room for 1 more bead on each side like shown here.

Go threw all beads just added and the bead they are attached to  few time to secure.

Do same on other side

On the bottom add 4 but  you will be adding  

one at the bottom in the middle of them in the next step.

To finish it off go thru all of the outer beads adding another bead in the empty spaces to fill them in and remember when you get to the bottom to add 1 bead between them.

Do some shaping to get a good heart shape and your done just make 1 more and glue them onto a post.

Turn into a bracelet/necklace simply buy connecting the hearts with the chain pattern in the

Bead soup project 1

Bead Soup Project 1

 Started this challenge out by separating some of the beads in the soup to see 

what I would be working with. 

Was sort of a slow process but when I liked what I had  I got busy

I had plenty of one color to make one of my favorite easy bracelets so that is project one .

 Lets get to beading

I picked the clasp I wanted to use and added one end in between  4 seed beads.

Then tie this  into a loop running threw it 3-5 time's to reinforce.

Add 6 beads the go through  the two in the center of you clasp connection.

You can go threw this look 2-3 times to strengthen.

Just make sure you end at the two center beads on the end.

Continue making your chain till it is your desired length.

Then add your other clasp to this end.

Again  run through these beads many times to reinforce

Make sure you are done you are coming out of the two center beads of you chain,

As you will be working a pattern back through. Your bracelet.

I used two different. Colored seed beads for my pattern but it can be what ever type of beads you want to use as long as they fit in the empty space in the pattern.

The pattern is  as follows go up threw the connecting two seed beads.

Add your pattern beads to your thread.

Lay these beads across the top at an angle.

And repete these two steps till you get to the end of your bracelet.

This barely  put a dent into  my soup but its a start. 😜

Have fun play with the colors or make it all one color.

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Bead Soup Challenge

 

If your anything like me you have a few containers  full of beads from all of your projects where it was just easier to to dump the excess beads all in one container. then to take the time to put them all back where they belong.  I call this my bead soup and I am always telling myself  that I am going to do something with these beads one day. Well it time . During the month of February. I am challenging myself to get  to this task and try to use some of this bead soup up . I will share tutorials for the  things I create and I hope to inspire you to do this challenge with me and share all your awesome creation's  with me as well. 

Happy Crafting