Elephant

 Can you believe how small he is! My tiny little elephant!

There are two large beads inside his body and head to give him a rounded shape.

Small Red Bag

Red and Black Bag

Back view

Ivory Heart

I love the old fashioned quality of the heart shape and the beads which look like ivory.

Front

Back

Black Handbag

Black and gold beads. The handle is woven using wire to give it body.

Large Red Bag

Strawberry

This is the second bead project I learned how to make. It was difficult to learn because it is three dimensional. You have to weave in the round.... and it is very easy to get lost.

Our teacher called it a "strawberry" because when we did it, the berry part was red and the top was green, like a strawberry.  But we students quickly made lemons, blackberries, oranges or whatever, by changing the colors used!

Again, you can see below the effect of using different sizes when weaving. I made the 3 'strawberries' exactly the same, but, by changing the size of the bead, the finished size is very different.

4 mm beads, 3 mm beads, 2.5 mm beads

woven with round, glass beads

Above, you can see the effect of using non-Swarovski beads. The technique is exactly the same, but the result is very life like. They look very much like blackberries or raspberries. But the Swarovski beads are much easier to weave with. The round beads slop and slid and do not hold together in the same way.

Small Bag

This small bag was the first thing I learned how to make.
I have made many, many of them to give away.
The colors are limited only to my imagination.  About 32 beads are woven together and then folded in two to make the bag shape. Later, 6 beads are added to make the handle.

If you add a strap, you can dangle it from your cell phone!

4mm beads, 3 mm beads, 2.5 mm beads

In the photos below, you can see what happens when smaller beads are used. I first started making these tiny bags using 4mm Swarovski crystal beads. Then I tried 3mm Swarovski, and then 2.5 mm. Boy, those are tiny. I couldn't even see the little holes to put the line in...  And the same number of beads are used in each one!

All kinds of colors can be used.

Large Flower

Woven with multi-colored glass beads and wire.

Small flower

Woven flower using small glass beads and wire.

Bull Terrier

White Bag

Swarovski :: White Opal with Gold Shadow, gold beads on handle

There are three pearls inside to give the bag body.