Carved Bead Video

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boho, earrings, free tutorial, handmade beads, polymer clay, tutorials02, video tutorial

I have finished editing another video which has been quite a feat now that it is school holidays. It’s an offshoot from my previous tutorial where I go off on a tangent and start carving the beads.

Here are some boho earrings I made using the finished beads.

I hope you find it interesting.

Kooky Kaleidoscope

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boho, fabric, patchwork, spoonflower

Here are some of the fabric samples from the first batch of designs I did for Spoonflower. Previously I wrote about how the patterns started out as a photograph of a pair of earrings.

Art Nouveau fabric sample by Cate van Alphen

Surprisingly even though the sections all came from one photograph the different fabrics make some kooky colour combinations. I think they are quite fun together.

Fabric samples by Cate van Alphen

The stripes and patchwork fabrics bring together some of these contrasting motifs.

Chevron fabric by Cate van Alphen

Striped fabric sample by Cate van Alphen

You can view the collection here on Spoonflower.

Green earrings

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bead earrings, boho, Cate van Alphen, green earrings, handmade bead, kaleidoscope, polymer clay

I couldn’t resist making several of my green polymer clay beads into earrings. Most of these earrings have now made it to my Etsy shop. Enjoy.

Dancing mobius bead earrings by Cate van Alphen

Green and gold bead earrings by Cate van Alphen

Tie dye pins and pearl stack earrings by Cate van Alphen

Green triangle and blue pearl earrings by Cate van Alphen

Long kaleidoscope pillow bead earrings by Cate van Alphen

Perfect for Mrs Wizard of Oz. 😉

Another Oddment necklace

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art bead, boho, bronze, Cate van Alphen, gold, handmade, lampwork beads, necklace, polymer clay beads, purple

I had so much fun making my Oddment necklace, I made another one in slightly different colours. This necklace includes polymer clay beads made by Rebekah Payne which I won back at the start of 2014. Can you spot them?

Bronze and Gold Oddment necklace by Cate van Alphen

I also included polymer clay beads that I made myself, glass lampwork beads and filigree metal beads which I reclaimed from jewellery that I found in the charity shop.

Oddment beads by Cate van Alphen

Here are a few more photos since the necklace looks quite different depending on the rotation around the neck.

Bronze and Gold Oddment necklace by Cate van Alphen

Some of the beads I used to make this necklace are currently available in my Etsy bead shop.

Bronze and Gold Oddment necklace by Cate van Alphen

I’m collecting up a few more stashes of beads so I expect there will be more of these necklaces soon 😉