Beading crafts made by you.  Make your very own beaded jewerly, lampshades, light catches and more.

Making your own beading crafts can be fun.  You can use beads for many projects, such as decorating lamp shades, designing your own jewelry, decorating clothing and shoes, making crystal light catchers.  There is no limit to the kinds of beads you can use for your beading crafts, any where from small colorful crystals, such a Swarovski crystals, to large wooden beads.

    

Beading crafts can be a fun and rewarding activity.  Use your imagination and there will be no limit to what you can create.  The materials necessary for making you own jewelry are beads, beading tools, wire or bead thread, clasp for things like bracelets, filigree, ear wires or posts for earrings’ ECT….These items are also know as bead findings.   You may want a bead organizer to keep your beading supplies in.

     

Beading crafts such as beaded lampshades is another great activity.  You can take an old dull lampshade and turn it into your very own design just by adding a few craft beads.  You can also buy just the frame of a lampshade and add your own material or lampshade paper to it and then put your special beaded design around the edges and add some fringe.  You friends will be impressed with your craftiness.

    

The tools you will need for beading are, scissors, needle nose pliers, flat nose pliers, wire cutter and a beading tray with measurements for making things such as necklaces and bracelets.  These tools can usually be found at your local craft store or on our on line store.

     

Beading crafts can make great gifts.  Handmade beaded jewelry is a great way to show someone how much you care.  Handmade gifts have to be the best gift you could give anyone because it is something made especially by you.  It also can be fun and rewarding to watch your ideas come to life as you put your beaded craft designs together.