Quilling Paper Jhumkas – DIY
Here is a pair of quilling paper jhumkas made using quilling strips in red shade and green crystal beads with an ethnic touch. The colors of the bead and paper used provide a rich contrast to the piece.
Category: Aesthetic Fashion
Quilling Jhumkas with daffodil bead – DIY
A simple paper quilling coil can be converted into a jhumka to make your own pair of pretty earrings with a different style. The earrings pair made here uses paper quilling jhumkas and frosted daffodil beads in two mild colors.
Easy Floral Studs – Tutorial
If you’re looking to make a piece of jewelry in under five minutes, these floral studs could be your best bet. The supplies needed are basic and you hardly need any of the beading tools for this jewelry making project.
Butterfly bead earrings with a twist – DIY
If you’ve got a piece of silver wire, ear hooks and beads, you can make for yourself these differently designed pair of butterfly bead earrings with silver spiral. So how do you make these earrings? – Tutorial follows…
Bead Cap Chandelier earrings
A pair of bead cap chandelier earrings are made here using bead caps, tear drop beads and jump rings. This technique can also be used to make earrings using chandelier earring findings.
Crystal and Spiral earrings – Tutorial
Acrylic pillow case beads and some neatly made wire spirals can give you a pretty pair of beaded spiral earrings. Here we see how to make the spirals out of wire and the steps for connecting them to make the earrings.
DIY Beaded hoop earrings – Wrapping technique
These beaded hoop earrings are made by wrapping beads in a pattern – quick and easy to make. The technique can be extended to make hoop earrings in different patterns and with different kinds of beads.
Make satin ribbon bows using a fork
Here is how you can make satin ribbon bows using a fork with a no-sew technique. These can be made in under a minute and are suitable for embellishing dresses or making hair accessories.
Diamond jewelry – truly forever!
You think jewelry and the first thing that comes to mind are the sparkly white gems called ‘diamonds’ that instantly add glow to anyone wearing them. There’s definitely something about these stones that draws our attention. The fine cuts, the sparkle, the different shapes and the brilliance of these stones sure make diamond jewelry a wearer’s delight.
Dangling Crystal Hoops – DIY
An elegant pair of crystal hoops can be made with two kinds of crystal beads, seed beads and using basic earring making techniques.
Heart Bead Earrings – DIY
We begin our valentines day crafts with these pretty pair of heart bead earrings made using acrylic crackle beads and bi-cone beads in pink and purple shades.
Purple Daffodil Earrings DIY
A lovely pair of bead earrings diy is shown here – these earrings are made with a pair of purple color lucite acrylic daffodil beads.
DIY Necklace with Jade – Beginner Project
Jade is a lovely stone for beading projects – in this DIY necklace project, we will be using green jade beads and an assortment a few other types of beads in shades of green. With a few techniques used, this project is suitable for beginners too.
Rectangle bead earrings – DIY
I bought some natural rectangular crystal beads from a wholesale beads store and here is the first pair of earrings I made with them. These crystal bead earrings are made as an extension of the techniques we have used in our previous earring projects.
Pink – Blue Acrylic Bead Earrings DIY
Here is how you can make a pair of acrylic bead earrings using acrylic square pillow beads and bicone crystals. The steps are fairly simple.
Crystal Teardrop Earrings DIY
One of the simplest earrings you can make using just teardrop acrylic crystals and literally in a jiffy. DIY for making these lovely teardrop earrings follows…
Quilling Flower and Bead Earrings – DIY
Bead earrings made with the typical five petal quilling flower in black and white – the colors that never go out of style! Basic beading and quilling techniques used in the DIY that follows.
Rhinestone bead earrings – DIY
A DIY on making rhinestone and metallic bead earrings is shown. The design of this earring pair has a royal touch to it – the metallic bead gives the earrings that vintage appeal.
Clay Bead Earrings – Tutorial
A clay bead earrings pair is made using clay beads, metal spacers, basic findings and very little time. Here’s the how-to…
Blue Quill and Bead Earrings – DIY
This tutorial shows how bead earrings can be made with crystal beads and a tight quilling paper coil. The technique is simple and this can be extended with different bead and quilling combinations.
Beaded Hoop Earrings – DIY
This elegant pair of beaded hoop earrings is simple to make and can be made in under 20 minutes. Small wooden beads in two colors have been used to make these earrings.
Flat Bead and Crystal Earrings – DIY
This tutorial shows how to make a pair of crystal earrings – this is a simple earring pattern and uses the basic earring making supplies. Beginners trying their hands on jewelry making can start with this type of a basic design.
Blue N’ Red Beaded Earrings – DIY
Beaded earrings making tutorial using crystal beads has been shown with each step explained. 2 different types of beads have been used here : Crystals and metal beads. Metal beads add a different style to the earring design and can be used to bring an ethnic touch to the piece of jewelry.
Pink Crystal Bead Earrings – DIY
A DIY on making bead earrings using pink crystals and findings. The earring design is simple and elegant and the crystal beads makes this jewelry a perfect evening wear.
Beaded Earrings with Wire Wrapping – DIY
With this post, we start an exhaustive section on beaded jewelry – here is a tutorial on making basic beaded earrings with wire wrapping technique. A wire wrapped loop gives a nice touch to the earring and secures the beads well too.
Paper Quilling Earrings – Floral Design
Tutorial to make a pair of quilling earrings made using strips of paper in a flower design. These earrings are made by tightly quiling the paper strips.
Halloween Nail Art Ideas
Halloween is coming soon and as a start, here are some cool Halloween Nail Art ideas. These designs can be painted on short and long nails in little time. Prepare to go spooky!
The Palace, Besant Nagar Chennai
With this post I am starting a new section on destinations where you could shop for artistic and ethnic apparels and accessories. The idea is to keep these predominantly Indian with flavors of other cultures too as and when I stumble across them.
The shopping destination we see here is ‘The Palace‘ in Besant Nagar, Chennai (Tamil Nadu). I walked into the shop one late evening and was welcomed by the soft lighting of the store.
Crimped Quilling Earrings – Tutorial
Quilling earrings can be made in various designs and present lot of possible design options. But since hoops are my favorite, this time I am going again with quilled hoop earrings – the difference being that crimped quilling strips are used for this pattern.
Rakhi Making For Kids – Using Craft Foam
With just a few more days to go for Raksha Bandhan, here is another Rakhi making tutorial which is suitable for kids to make for their siblings. These are perfect for kids as they like funkier and ‘not so ornamental’ rakhi designs…
We will be using craft foam to make this Rakhi.
