Handmade beaded jewelry tutorials

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Here are a collection of handmade beaded jewelry tutorials to get you started, along with some advice on other aspects of beadwork.


My favorite jewelry forums

Bead embroidery techniques

The Library - the best beading and jewelry books

Making your own beads

Online color training and tools

Online jewelry design tools

The best seed bead books

Wire resources and tutorials

Making a wrapped wire loop

The best of the basics online

Creativity online

Lampwork basics

Online dictionaries, glossaries, and encyclopedias

Suppliers to get you started

Spiral square stitch

Working with Copper Clay

Jewelry education

An easy bead embroidery project

A freeform peyote beaded bead

Easy beaded flowers

Lizard barrettes

Polymer clay swirl necklace

Love is a Rose

Bead embroidered cuff bracelets

Making a seed bead floral chain

Super-simple little lampwork bead earrings

Summer Flowers necklace

Double the Fun

Metal clay tutorials

Metal clay resources

Making a "Sea Glass" necklace

Knotting a continuous necklace

Bali Hai necklace

Sunlit Seas necklace

The simplest pendant necklace

How to make beaded buttons

Copper and bone necklace

Ethiopian Crosses

Flapper necklace

Button and wire charm necklace

Perth the turtle necklace

Simple polymer clay earrings

Know your jewelry terms

Celebrating seed beads

Making an eyeglass holder necklace



Best Books For Beginners: Do you know someone who wants to get started with beading and jewelry making? These are all good books which teach the basics of their various media.

Beading in No Time by Linda Peterson

Jewelry and Beading Designs for Dummies by Heather H Dismore & Tammy Powley

Designing Jewelry with Semiprecious Beads by Kim Gover

Create Jewelry - Glass by Marlene Blessing and Jamie Hogsett

Chain Style by Jane Dickerson

Shaped Beadwork by Diane Fitzgerald

Metalworking 101 for Beaders by Candie Cooper

Crystal Brilliance by Anna Elizabeth Draeger

Bead Embroidery Stitches by Cyndi Lavin (free download)

The Complete Photo Guide to Jewelry Making by Tammy Powley

The Absolute Beginners Guide: Stitching Beaded Jewelry: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started by Lesley Weiss

New Dimensions in Bead and Wire Jewelry by Margot Potter

Endless Sparkle by Aimee Carpenter

Making Elegant Jewelry for Special Occasions by the editors of BeadStyle