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Miri Agassi

Free pattern with Kheops par Puca beads by Smadar's treasure

Free pattern by Smadar's Treasure

A  beautiful Desert Sun beaded component that is made with Kheops beads, Japanese seed beads and Swarovski crystal Rivoli stone.

It can be used as a pendant, as a ring and even as earrings. 

Thank you Smadar for your generosity. 

You can find this pattern HERE

Design, spaces and hoops

Staci L. Smith wrote in her blog "Love my art jewelry", a great post about design, hoops and negative space. 

A piece of art made by Staci L. Smith

I love art that uses large spaces, I find it fascinating. Lately I started to use little spaces in my work too. 

A bracelet designed by Miri Agassi

I am planning now a new jewlry that will have lot of spaces, It will be mostly spaces. 

My recommendation, A very interesting post for jewelry designers:

A very interesting post about boot-camp-hoops-and-negative-space by Staci L. Smith

WE HAVE A WINNER!!

(Thank you Free Fhotos for this lovely photo :D)

I am happy to announce our Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets's winner.

Our winner is Lies Koster    

Dear Lies Koster, My congratulations! 
Please contact my mail miriagassi@gmail.com. I need your email adress. 

You will be contacted by Vivienne Wells by email. 

The ebook will be sent to you soon.

Thanks to everyone who entered the post and those who left comments to enter the giveaway.

Thanks to Vivienne Wells for donating the prize. 

Keep tuned!! 

Miri

Free beading project with spike beads, and a giveaway

If you can get spike beads it looks beautiful when used in your beading. I found this Beads & Button's free project Spikes in bloom by Kerrie Slade. It includes ladder stich, brick stich and embellishment.  

Also, you still have a chance to win bead flowers eBook by Katie Dean for free.

Just klick HERE and leave a comment. :)

eBook - Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets - giveaway

This  post is about a journey of French beading and a givaway.

I was asked by Vivienne Wells to review the eBook  "Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets" by Katie Dean.

I am honored and glad to give a review because I love this aesthetic and challenging eBook.

This book's aim, as written in the introduction of the book, is to give an understanding of how to use French beading techniques, make flowers and construct a bouquet.

"Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets" has everything a beginner as well as an advanced beader needs.

It has step by step explanations about French Beading, detailed and easy to follow written instructions and videos.

I watched the videos that show Katie Dean demonstrating and explaining the techniques. I was amazed how easy it was to follow her instructions. It was almost as having her, as my private talented teacher, in my own 

room!!

 

The eBook has a lot of information not only about French Beading techniques but also about bouquet's styles. It even has explanation about the meaning of the flowers that are commonly used in wedding bouquets (this was a real surprise!!)

Most important - it advances gradually.

The beginner (as myself) can learn the techniques of french beading and advance gradually, step by step, from making the individual flower to the whole bouquet.

The experienced beader can also find lots of information that will teach and inspire him.

In summary: A wonderful book and I recommend it wormly.

This is Katie's website.

A giveaway

Would you like to win "Bead Flowers and Wedding Bouquets" eBook for free?

You have a chance to win it.

All you have to do is leave a comment below and you will automatically be entered to win!!

If you tweet about it, post on facebook, or on your blog leave me messages about every post and you will be entered as many times as your posts. 

Please please include your email, or your blog adress in your comment. 
I must have an email to contact the winner.

I will close the giveaway on the 4th of may 2013 at midnight our time.

(UTC+02:00) 

Thank you for reading this review and joining the giveaway.

Yours

Miri

Beaded art Doll Competition

ALL DOODLED UP:  BEADED ART DOLL COMPETITION 

Deadline: 31.8.2013

One of my favorite competitions.

"Create a BEADED ART DOLL by manipulating beads and forms into an imaginative

tactile and visual 3-dimensional representation. And then write a Short Story

about your Beaded Art Doll, what it represents, and how it was created.

ALL DOLLED UP: BEADED ART DOLL COMPETITION is offering a first prize of a $1000.00!!!

shopping spree on the Land of Odds web-site (www.landofodds.com), and a Runner-Up

prize of a $400.00 shopping spree on the web-site. This is more than a beauty

pageant. It is a design competition. The Competition will take into account

the Artist’s intentions and how well these are incorporated into the design.

Enter to Win!..."

Александра Волкова (Aliaska-strange) - Beaded Jewlry

Beading is amazing. A talented artist Александра Волкова(Aliaska-strange) made these jewelry.

So unique and beautiful. 

For me it is a real inspiration..

Don't you agree?

Made by Aliaska-strang

Made by Aliaska-strang

Made by Aliaska-strang

Made by Aliaska-strang

Hurry to enter the bead book giveaway!

Giveaway: A-Z of Bead Embriodery 

The giveaway is by Wild roses and blackberries

The 28th of September is the last day to enter

Good luck

Sherry Serafini Make Bracelet

The Artist Sherry Serafini on youtube. One of my favorite tutorials. Watch and learn:

Here are some of Sherry Serafini's amazing work of art:

Inspiring blog - Beads for Brains: 365

Interesting and inspiring blog - "Beads for Brains: 365".

Mandy from the united states is writing about her beading journey. She started it in January 2011. 

In this beading project she teaches herself a stich or a pattern every day, 365 of them.

Worth checking the blog - lots of free patterns and tutorials. 

This is the tutorial she made on the 12 of September 2012.

Elongated Embellished Beaded Bead

Thank you Mandy :)

Free e-book by Robin Atkins :One Bead at a Time

Robin Atkins is publishing "ONE BEAD AT A TIME", as e-book (pdf format), for free in her website.
It is her first book (1997).

For your free copy click here

Robin thinks that beads are good healing therapy. She says beads bring beauty and creative force to our lives. Beads are valuable anywere in any form: As a finished piece or by itself. Only looking at them is enough to connect us to our artistic side.
I couldn't agree more.


In WILD ROSES AND BLACKBERRIES's blog you can find a detailed review. 

No more words are needed :)

For the review click here

Thank you so much Robin for this inspiring book.

Here are some of Robin's beautiful art:

by Robin Atkins

by Robin Atkins

by Robin Atkins

Lark Book Giveaway and Bead Sales!

This is what I found in LORI ANDERSON's blog:

Lark books giveaway:

Starting next week (2.8.2012)  Lori will be reviewing EIGHT Lark Books, and then will be giving them away! 

WWAOO 

Worth following up!!

Beautiful free patterns by SABINE LIPPERT

IN THE INTERNET: 

TRY TO BEAD - by SABINE LIPPERT is a stunning site, full of workshops, patterns, beading techniques. Some of them are free, like these two beadutiful beaded lace bracelets:

STARLACE - Free tutorial

Easy to make bracelet - Free tutorial 

The patterns are easy and fun to make.

there is also a blog if you want to follow: 

I recommend.  Not only for beginners.

Jan Huling - Amazing bead artist

Oh my god!! This was my reaction when I found Jan Huling's beading art in the internet.

You must, really must visit her site.

This is what "ART PUNCTUATE" writes about Jan's art: "..Jan’s designs are so intricate and well designed, with a seemingly perfect placement of every single bead".... 

 No more words...Just Waaaooo. Amazing

את האתר של ג'ן היולינג מצאתי במקרה או שלא במקרה. כידוע, מדובר כאן, כבר ציינתי זאת מספר פעמים, בגולשת כפייתית ברשת (אני.), בעלת פטנטים למצוא את האתרים המעניינים והמדהימים של אמנים בתחום החרוזים.

כאן אי אפשר היה להתאפק. שמעתי את עצמי אומרת וואאאוו!!! וידעתי שחובתי לשתף.

אז תיכנסו לג'ן היולינג.קום 

אין יותר מה להוסיף וכל המוסיף גורע. 

FREE SIMPLE AND BEAUTIFUL PATTERN for the beginner

Flat spiral stitch earing tutorial by My Amari. 

THIS TUTORIAL is one of many in "MY AMARY" blog. They are simple and basic for the beginner. 

עגילים חמודים ופשוטים לעשיה. למתחיל / ה בתחום החריזה.

באתר הנחיות בסיסיות נוספות.

למתקדמים - אין מה לחפש שם, לעומת זאת נראה לי שלמתחילים כדאי להיכנס ולהתנסות. 

ההנחיות לדעתי בסיסיות מאד, אולי בסיסיות מדי ולכן אין בהם הרבה ערך מוסף. אבל את העגילים האלה אהבתי..

BEADS OF CLAY - GIVEAWAY

Beautiful handmade beads of clay, a giveaway approx 100$ in value!!! 

If you don't want to miss it follow beads of clay this month - August 2012

FREEFORM CUFFS

חריזה שאינה בדיוק על פי הכללים. זו ש"מתפרעת" מסיבה זו או אחרת - יוצרת לעיתים אי שקט פנימי, לעיתים נותנת תחושה נפלאה של הרמוניה. הכללים - כשל עבודות אמנות אחרות, בכל מדיה. האמן אמור "לחוש" את המרחב ולשמור על שיווי משקל. (האונה הימנית, חברים... האונה הימנית..)

צירפתי מספר עבודות מקסימות שמצאתי באינטרנט, שונות לחלוטין זו מזו, שיווי המשקל שונה, אבל קיים. לפעמים בשקט ובשלווה (lunn Manning) ולפעמים ב"רעש וצלצולים (Marylou Holvenstot) .
העבודה של Jean Hutter מקסימה בעיני. כמו גלים של ים.. הרמוניה נפלאה, ומעניינת. 
מתעתדת מתי שהוא אף לחרוז משהו משלי. כבר ניסיתי פעם.. ויצא איום ונורא :) העבודה שחרזתי הזכירה לי סריגה של של בני שביצע באדיקות בגיל 6. משהו שאי אפשר לתאר במילה אחת, ואולי אי אפשר לתאר בכלל. מן צינור ארוך של קשרים שמשנה זוית ועובי..
אנסה שוב לבצע עבודה מהסוג הזה, FREE FORM BEADING . מי יודע אולי אצליח יותר. צריך לשמור על אופטימיות..

Free form cuffs - must be fun to make. I hope to make one soon. I tried to make a free form cuff in the past.. it was a mess.. :( I hope to be more successful this time.

Made by Lunn Manning

Taken from Flickr

Made by Jean Hutter

Taken from blogspot

Made by Marylou Holvenstot 

Taken from Flickr

These are beautiful hamonic cuffs. Looking at them again and again, finding every time something new to look at.... 

BEADING ARTIST - KATE BOYAN

As you know beading art can be breath taking and inspiring.

I came across this amazing embriodery beaded art while searching the internet for new beading stuff.

As usual, every time I find myself amazed... the WAOOOO experience.. I share it with you. 

KATE BOYAN is the artist. She creates bead art for the last 35 years.

Did I mention that she lives in Alaska??? 

Every piece that she shows in her blog "Kate Boyan's Gallery"  is amazing, tells a story. Her work is quiet but as you keep looking at it, it enters your soul. You can feel the atmosphere, almost smell it...

Amazing!! Isn't it?

TED TALKS ABOUT CREATIVITY

Here are some of the most interesting TED talks. Take the time and listen It is worth it, and it is about creativity: Brené Brown: Listening to shame http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_listening_to_shame.html Adora Svitak: What adults can learn from kids http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/adora_svitak.html Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html