Creative Beading Magazine

Brass Charms 1 x small ladybug 2 x small seahorse 2 x small bee 2 x 6mm Jump rings 18 x 7mm Jump rings 5 x 4mm Jump rings 2 x ½ inch headpins 1x 2 inch headpin 9 x 45mm eye pins 5 x gold bead caps 1 x 8mm gold and clear diamante rondelle 80cm medium

70cm x 18ga artistic wire gold 3m x 24ga artistic wire copper colour 2 x earring posts with backs 8gms Japanese Toho 11/0 hex seed beads Round nose pliers Flat or bent nose pliers Wire cutters Coiling Gizmo Tape measure Finished length of design: 3.5

Copper adhesive foil – 6mm, 10mm roll or sheet Very fine copper wire Shelf primer OR shelf paper Glass cleaner and rags Araldite OR Loctite for bonding glass to metal 1.6mm OR 3mm thick Bullseye Tested Compatible Glass – any of the transparent tints,

2 x Greek Springs with Hook 1 x Parrot Clasp 1 x Coil of Necklace Memory Wire 1 x Extension Chain 5 x 50mm Headpins 12 x 50mm Eyepins 2 x 30 to 40cm lengths of round leather 4 x Greek Metal Spacer Beads 12 x 3mm Metal Spacer or Filler Beads 3 x Large

1 Sterling silver fancy 3 hole spacer bar 1 Sterling silver clasp 1 Meter Nickel plated chain – This will make complete set. 1 Meter Black plated chain – This will make complete set. 2 x 6mm Jump rings 40 x Silver daisy rings 8 x head pins – black or

2m of 1mm waxed cotton cord 2 metal cord ends 5 jump rings 1 parrot clasp 1 toggle ring Gauge 22 artistic wire Gauge 24 artistic wire 3 headpins 2 disk shaped glass lampwork beads by Carolyn Martin 3 feature glass foil beads 1 tumbled stone nugget 5

8 Rounds of memory wire 18 Headpins 74 x 4mm Silver balls 72 x Seed beads Size 8 Mint green 46 x Seed beads Size 5 Blue 44 x Chips 6mm Pale Purple 20 x Glass beads 8mm Pale green 32 x Glass beads 8mm Pale blue 14 x Glass beads 8mm Pale pink 6 x Featu

35cm Thick Chain 8 x 4mm jump rings 16 x 6mm jump rings 1 x 14mm jump ring 10 x 20mm jump rings 2 x 38mm eye pins 16 x 22mm head pins 8 x 63mm head pins 1 x toggle clasp 8 x 10mm faceted round glass beads 8 x 13mm faceted oval glass beads 10 x warped

20cm Chain with large links 19 bead cages 21 5mm jump rings 1 clasp 19 x 5mm Swarovski bicones Flat nose pliers Length of finished piece: 20-22cm 2 x 2cm Chain (9 links per earring) 6 x bead cages 6 x 4mm jump rings 1 pair earring hooks 6 x Swarovski

80cm of medium weight Tiger Tail 2 x crimps 1 x Bali toggle clasp 7 x Bali head pins 1 x Bali Garnet Pendant 2 x Bali ear wires 11 x Bali beads 8–10mm – style 7 1 x 40cm strand 8mm Fossil beads – Red 24 x 3mm Swarovski Bicone beads – Garnet 34 x Bali

7 x 44mm solid rings approx 3mm thick 8 x 31mm solid rings approx 3mm thick 1 x 75mm head pin 2 bead caps top and bottom of drop bead 3 x 15cm artistic wire 18 to 20ga 4 x 12cm artistic wire 18 to 20ga 32 x 8mm jump rings thick 14 x 10mm jump rings t

“WELL I HAD WORKED for a manufacturing company in my uni holidays whilst I was studying the four years to become a high school art teacher…or so I thought at the time!” But with degree in hand and having trouble finding a job in teaching, Karen decid

3 x 30cm lengths 20 gauge wire 2 x 60cm lengths 24 gauge wire 1 x large black crimp 10 x 8mm black cubes 8 x 8mm blue cubes 4 x 7mm black ovals 3 x 6mm black cubes 2 x 6mm blue cubes 147 x 4mm black cubes 40 x 4mm blue cubes 1 x 6mm black round bead

2 metres cream suede 50cm strong thread, eg Irish linen 50cm fine thread to go through pearls 6 x shell pieces with a hole drilled 1 x Fire agate coin 30cm 1 x Fire agate round 20cm 6 x Fire agate round 10cm 12 x large holed pearls 6 x cream coin pea

2.2m approximately 16 gauge wire – gun metal 1 roll 24 gauge wire – gun metal Fresh water pearls Glass pearls Seed beads Small lattice spacers 2.5mm gold spacer balls 5mm spacer balls Flower spacers Round nose pliers Chain nose pliers Wire cutters Le

18 or 21 eye pins 41 or 46 7mm jump rings 2 decorative 3 hole spacer bars 1 barrel or toggle clasp 18 or 21 flat glass squares Round nose pliers Wire cutters Thread each glass square onto an eye pin. Cut eye pin to length, leaving approximately 1cm.

1 x 16mm gold jump ring 1 x 25mm oval gold filigree earring finding or similar 10 x 6mm gold jump rings 2 x 8mm gold jump rings 1 x triangular gold jump ring 3 x 20mm gold eyepin 78cm gold curb chain (medium thickness, approximately 5mm) 25cm fine go

Round nose pliers Flat nose pliers Wire Cutters 1 x 9 Loop Pendant – Silver 11 x Head Pins – Silver 3 x Jump Rings – Large – Silver 1 x Parrot Clasp – Silver 2 x Leather Crimps – Silver 50cm x Cord 10 x 6mm Bicone – Imperial Glass – Sapphire 10 x 4mm

I AM ALWAYS AMAZED at how many talented beaders and wire workers we have in Australia. Again this year our Inspiration Beading book is filled with projects to fuel your creativity. The diagrams and techniques described here will provide you with a ge