Sunday, September 18, 2011

Beautiful!

Carmel Manley of Australia used my Flower Earrings pattern to make this gorgeous necklace. She will be teaching the design at the Bead Society of Victoria Expo in November. Beautiful, Carmel!

Friday, September 16, 2011

Special blog offer: buy 2, get 1 free

From now until midnight on Sunday, September 18, 2011, buy any 2 patterns from AroundTheBeadingTable.com and get 1 free.

Simply purchase and download your 2 patterns as you normally would and then forward the email receipt to me at espresso@sonic.net with your 3rd pattern choice. I will email you this free pattern within 24 hours. This offer applies to patterns only and not e-books or pattern sets.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

New Tila bead patterns from Marcia Balonis

Another of my favorite designers, Marcia Balonis, has uploaded some beautiful new Tila bead patterns to her Web site, BaublesbyBalonis.net. Payment is through PayPal and she can either email a PDF or mail the pattern.

Tila Checkerboard Bracelet:


Tila 3 Strand Bracelet:


Tila Ribbon Bands Bracelet:


Tila Windows Bracelet:


Tila Peak A Boo Bracelet:


They are lovely, Marcia!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

New designs from Carole Ohl

So while I've been goofing off on vacation, one of my favorite designers—Carole Ohl—has uploaded a bounty of beautiful new designs for sale:

Diamond Dew Cuff:


Vintage Fire Necklace:


Trinity Earrings:


Wave On:


Rustic Rounds Necklace:


Filigree Focal Cuff:

Tila Tower Earrings:


Three Button Peyote Cuff:

What a beautiful collection!

Friday, July 15, 2011

New Tila bead patterns uploaded

I just uploaded two new patterns to my Web site:

Tila Wave Necklace, $4.00, also available at Bead-patterns.com. Note, I used 4mm bicone crystals and 4mm fire-polished beads but any 4mm bead will work:


Tila Wave Bracelet, $4.00, also available at Bead-patterns.com. The intructions are written for a bracelet created with 4mm bicone crystals and 4mm fire-polished beads (top bracelet) but you can use any 4mm beads, including gemstone rounds (bottom bracelet):