The path to the beading school

As a teenager I teached myself to work with beads using craft books (Google, YouTube, Pinterest & Co. didn’t exist yet).

For hours I have …

tried different things with beads, adjusted, discarded and started again from scratch until I was satisfied.

Fun Fact:

As early as 5th/6th grade, my needlework teacher asked me to teach my classmates how to weave with glass beads. Decades later, I still love working with beads.

Although I have guessed it,

I have underestimated it TOTALLY, how time-consuming it really is to write craft instructions – whereby „write“ expresses too little:

Have and develop idea/s for a new piece of jewelry: to do this, try different techniques, materials, color combinations, sizes, etc. When the design is ready: try it again and write it down step by step. Now the actual instructions come into play: they should be written as simply as possible and in any case be understandable. And it should also look good.

– concept and design is a better word for it!

DIY

Today, of course, you can also make it easier and fall back on knowledge.

This is exactly where my DIY tutorials come in. Each is designed like a small compact course and leads through the various steps to the finished piece of jewelry.

Become your own jewelry designer!