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Caravan Beads is a wholesale supplier and retail shop for Miyuki Japanese seed beads, Delica beads, as well as CLON beading thread and cord and CFLEX beading wire. Follow the blog to find ideas to make creative handmade jewelry.
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
1w ago
Materials:
LMA-4514: Miyuki Long Magatama Opaque Turquoise Blue Picasso - 1 tube
6-4209: Miyuki 6/0 Duracoat Galvanized Dk Coral Seed Bead - 2 beads
520-492-MS: Moose 1.2mm Greek Leather - 1 foot
191-508-S: Sterling Silver 2.5mm Crimp End with Loop - 2 pieces
191-100-S: Sterling Silver Earwire with Loop - 2 pieces
520-055: Glitter Line Chain Nose Pliers
520-124: Hypo Cement Glue
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Step 1: Cut the leather into two 6 inch pieces. Add one 6/0 seed bead at the center of the leather.
Step 2: String one Long Magatama (LMA) onto t ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
1M ago
Miyuki size 10/0 Triangle beads (TR10) are three sided beads with softly rounded corners. The smallest of Miyuki's three sizes of triangle beads, the TR10 measures 2mm x 2.5mm with a hole size of .9mm. There are approximately 52 beads per gram and 12 per inch.
TR10 beads can be used in a variety of beadweaving techniques including: peyote, brick, spiral and herringbone stitch. When strung with other beads, the triangular shape of the TR10 adds texture and shimmer as light hits their three sides. Size 10/0 Triangle beads are ideal for edging embroidery projects, Kumihimo braiding, and even mic ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
1M ago
Materials:
TR10-24F: Miyuki 10/0 Triangle Bead Matte Silverlined Amethyst - 1 tube
8-2333: Miyuki 8/0 Seed Bead Matte Metallic Blue Slate Gold Iris - 1 tube
284-151: Swarovski 4mm Bicone Light Amethyst AB - 2 packages
MNT-18: Miyuki Nylon Beading Thread Rose - 1 bobbin
193-104: Japanese Thin Beading Needles
CH0002-AS: Antique Silver 3mm Wheat Chain - 21"
192-511-AS: Antique Silver Jump Ring 4mm 18ga. - 1 piece
192-512-AS: Antique Silver Jump Ring 6mm 18ga. - 1 piece
192-535-AS: Antique Silver Lobster Claw - 1 piece
505-017: Rainbow Embroidery Bird Scissors
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Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
4M ago
Caravan Beads has recently launched a line of original jewelry kits. We have taken some of our favorite in-house designs from the bead blog and transformed them into kits, making it easy to create your own bead woven jewelry project from home. In addition to all the materials needed to complete your project, these fun stitching kits include illustrated step-by-step directions to guide you through the creative process. For our most detailed set of illustrated instructions, simply type the project name into our search bar to see the full blog post. Our design team works to create new projects e ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
6M ago
Materials:
DBL-1832F: Miyuki 8/0 Delica Bead Duracoat Galvanized Matte Gold - 1 tube
SPR22-462: Miyuki 2.2mm Spacer Bead Metallic Gold Iris - 1 tube
11-462: Miyuki 11/0 Seed Bead Metallic Gold Iris - 1 tube
285-025: Swarovski 5mm Bicone Blue Zircon - 1 package
CLBD-T: C-Lon Size D Tan - 1 bobbin
193-103: Japanese Beading Needles - 1 package
194-013-G: Gold Celtic Knot Button - 1 piece
505-016: Gold Embroidery Scissor
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1. Cut a five foot length of C-Lon size D beading thread. String two Miyuki 8/0 Delica beads (DBL).
2. S ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
6M ago
With a mix of glamour, punk rock, and Jurassic era charm, these earrings will not disappoint ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
7M ago
Spacer beads have been made, worn and traded in almost every culture in the world. Spacer or Heishi beads have evolved from being handmade from natural substances, such as shell and bone, into glass which is blown into long rods, and cut and polished.
SPR22 spacer beads are the smallest and second most popular of the three sizes of Miyuki spacers. The size of this spacer makes them versatile and easy to use in multiple strand and bead embroidery designs. SPR22s are small and delicate enough to string with freshwater pearls and semi-precious stone rounds. Stringing them with beads of other shap ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
9M ago
Laura Jean McCabe is a primarily self-taught beadweaver with an education in historical costume reproduction and restoration, and anthropology. She produces elaborately beaded body adornment that combines Native American, African Zulu, and Victorian beadweaving techniques with modern materials and color schemes. She exhibits her work in national and international beadwork exhibitions, and sells her finished work throughout the United States and the world and through this website: www.LauraMcCabeArt.com. She maintains a studio in Old Mystic, Connecticut, and teaches beading workshops domestica ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
9M ago
Cindy Holsclaw has dabbled in crafts for longer than she can remember, but she’s always been most fond of geometric structures. After many years of exploring these mathematical forms in modular origami, in 2006 she learned that these structures could also be made with beads.
From then on, she was hooked! In 2009 Cindy started writing patterns for her own beading designs, and in 2012 she dove into designing and teaching beadwork full-time.
With a background in academia and a doctorate in biochemistry, Cindy takes an analytical approach to her design style; she likes exploring different bead s ..read more
Caravan Beads | Seed Bead Blog
9M ago
Born in New York City in 1955, I have spent much of my life mining whimsical, beautiful and often controversial subjects. As an artist, author and musician, I’ve been traversing the worlds of both spirit and mundane. As a visual artist using sequins, beads and found objects I try to fill empty space with beautiful expressions of these two worlds.
I adore materials, playing with them, making them work hard and showing me how far I can push before they push back. Building with color, pattern, form, and substrates, all while communing with spiritual energies and entities, keep me searching thro ..read more