Are you in an imaginative rut? Inspiration all dried up? Or maybe you're only seeking a few new ideas to keep both inspiration and interest up! If any of those apply to you, then you've come to the correct place! If any of those apply to you, then you have come to the correct place! Below, you will find 5 beadwork ideas that might help kick start your imagination and get you creating again!
I am writing this list with beaded necklaces in particular in mind, but the beadwork ideas presented here might be easily adapted to most any project you've an interest in. That's one of the wonderful things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer versatility. You can spy an idea that has been executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a small work and modification, simply transform it into anything entirely new and different (a bracelet, necklace, or even a matched set!).
1 - If you have fallen into the habit of creating single strand designs, branch out into fun multi-strand or wrap designs for a fresh point of view! Multi-strand designs add layers of difficulty to your work, and can convert a rather common single-strand piece into something truly extraordinary. It's a little trickier to pull off, but you could even try a "hybrid design," one that starts off (at the clasp) as one single strand, branches out into a double, or perhaps even a triple, and then, since it winds its way around the neck, re-converges.
2 - Commit yourself to incorporating a color or design of bead you do not typically use into your next design. This can be as simple as looking through your existing stock for those beads you generally "pass over," or taking a road trip to your local bead store to see what's new!
3 - Look for something exotic! The ways about using a few decorative Czech glass beads or Swarovski crystals in your next piece? This could take you in all types of new and different directions! (note: this also can get a little expensive, so use with care!)
4 - Commit yourself to learning a new technique (i.e., "African Net") this month! Anything that breaks up your "standard" way of doing things is bound to spark a slew of ideas! - There is an almost endless variety of ways to be learned, and each time Christina and I think we "know it all," we find something new to try!
5 - Rather than stringing your next piece, investigate chains, and find solutions to affix your designs onto gold or silver chains for a totally new look! - This takes the notion of "mixed medium" to the next level!
As the 5 suggestions above demonstrate, there're all types of things you can do, all sorts of new ways of looking at even current beadwork ideas, to break out of a creative run, and they are really just the suggestion of the iceberg!
I am writing this list with beaded necklaces in particular in mind, but the beadwork ideas presented here might be easily adapted to most any project you've an interest in. That's one of the wonderful things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer versatility. You can spy an idea that has been executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a small work and modification, simply transform it into anything entirely new and different (a bracelet, necklace, or even a matched set!).
1 - If you have fallen into the habit of creating single strand designs, branch out into fun multi-strand or wrap designs for a fresh point of view! Multi-strand designs add layers of difficulty to your work, and can convert a rather common single-strand piece into something truly extraordinary. It's a little trickier to pull off, but you could even try a "hybrid design," one that starts off (at the clasp) as one single strand, branches out into a double, or perhaps even a triple, and then, since it winds its way around the neck, re-converges.
2 - Commit yourself to incorporating a color or design of bead you do not typically use into your next design. This can be as simple as looking through your existing stock for those beads you generally "pass over," or taking a road trip to your local bead store to see what's new!
3 - Look for something exotic! The ways about using a few decorative Czech glass beads or Swarovski crystals in your next piece? This could take you in all types of new and different directions! (note: this also can get a little expensive, so use with care!)
4 - Commit yourself to learning a new technique (i.e., "African Net") this month! Anything that breaks up your "standard" way of doing things is bound to spark a slew of ideas! - There is an almost endless variety of ways to be learned, and each time Christina and I think we "know it all," we find something new to try!
5 - Rather than stringing your next piece, investigate chains, and find solutions to affix your designs onto gold or silver chains for a totally new look! - This takes the notion of "mixed medium" to the next level!
As the 5 suggestions above demonstrate, there're all types of things you can do, all sorts of new ways of looking at even current beadwork ideas, to break out of a creative run, and they are really just the suggestion of the iceberg!
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