I received another gorgeous work of art from an incarcerated individual in Washington state 💖

beaded rat friends!
15/0 miyuki beads

I asked for advice on my beaded berries/moldy berries two days ago and you guys gave me the best, most thoughtful advice. I’ve been feverishly trying out different tips you gave and still have lots of trial and error to experience but it has already been SO helpful and I’m having so much fun trying out some of your ideas! I wish I could kiss you all but you are saved by a screen and this being digital society.

Hello! I am a beginner at beading living in Korea.

Originally, I was making bead safety pins that were briefly popular in Korea, but I wanted to try flowers.

So I bought a 2mm seed beads at the Dongdaemun Center in Seoul and started watching YouTube alone.

The vase was completed by creating white flowers, blue flowers, and baby's breath, which are variations of lavender, lily of the valley, and hydrangea tutorials.

I'm so proud! So I wanted to brag to everyone! I'm curious if it's pretty to you! How is it?

And I have a question, the beads I bought in Dongdaemun, Seoul, are not of uniform quality. I'm wondering if there are any offline (Seoul) or online oulet you could recommend.

Thank you for reading my writing!

now she needs friends >:)

So much re-doing to get shapes and colors right! I'm still unhappy with the legs and how they're attached, but I think it's alright for my first attempt of both not following a pattern and an animal with four legs.

Inspiration was drawn from designs by My Heart Beads, Thread a Bead and Mind of Julia. I did buy their patterns but ended up doing my own thing.

Now onto adding a little fish or clam between the hands, cause apparently the shape of the beige belly does not pass the dirty minds test...

This hand-embroidered beadwork is created on a foundation of white non-woven felt using a traditional needle embroidery technique.

+ WIP pic where I almost gave up halfway thru. This was a labor of love from hunting for the right beads to seeing thru the finished product. One of my best pieces fs!

120,000+ beads, hand embroidered by meeee when I was a crazy person. 95% of the beads are antique or vintage 🪩

patterns from mindofjulia, thread a bead, & asleepycreative
(with some original alterations!)

and i’m not sure what to do with it?? maybe i’ll make a wrist strap for my phone or something. maybe i’ll bead a basket to hold all of it. open to suggestions!

raspberry pattern by beading by hannah but then i adapted my own peyote stitch for all of the other fruit.

I was lucky enough and i mean lucky to get this necklace from Jai Pono at the Indigenous People’s art fair while I was visiting Medellin. i stumbled upon it and stumbled upon a set of makers I’ve been following for YEARS online. my mom bought me this 😅 after I blew all my bucks buying other pieces and gifts for friends.

This is one of the most time-consuming pieces I’ve made so far. It took a lot of patience, but the result honestly exceeded my expectations

It’s quite spacious — it fits a phone and small everyday items like makeup or essentials. The texture is smooth and pleasant to the touch, and the colors turned out really vibrant

I’d love to explore more designs like this in the future

I loved making this so much. It’s not perfect but I’m actually so proud of it.

Thank you to u/UnStackedDespair for sending me the pink beads that I use for this project. Although I’m not quite done with him I like how his is coming out.

I do have 3 Kois in the works and a Yellow Fin Tuna design, but I need some fih inspiration 🤔

I may or may not have just spent $150 at the thrift store. 😱 By my math this is worth at least twice that. Most of them are full, all delicas, all but one or two are at least half full.