Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Learn How to Make a Pair of Southwest Style Beaded Earrings

Hi and thank you for stopping by this blog to learn how to go about making these beautiful southwest style earrings!...

The skill level on these earrings is moderate, so, in my opinion, you will need at least some experience with beading to be able to make them.

However, it is my belief that most of the time people can always learn very quickly if they have the desire to!

There are many videos on YouTube that you can watch to learn how to make beaded jewelry. I designed and made the earrings pictured above using the Beaded Square Stitch.

If you would like to learn the Beaded Square Stitch (link), please watch the video I made below where it will be demonstrated using large pony beads...

Since the Miyuki Delica beads used for the actual earrings I made are very small, you may want to practice the square stitch using large pony beads (or any other beads you may have) and yarn (as shown in the video above) to familiarize yourself with it before you embark on the pattern below.

I created the free pattern below using graph paper and colored pencils. You will be working the square stitch from side to side as demonstrated in the directions outlined below.

Please refer to the directions below the pattern image where I will explain how to download the picture of the pattern and simply copy and paste it into a word processing document (link to an article explaining this process in detail) so that you will be able to print it out for your reference.

Here is the pattern...

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Southwest Earring Pattern

To download and print out this pattern, follow the following steps...

1. First, in another window, open up a new word processing document.

2. As you hover over the image above with your mouse, 'Right click' on the image.

3. Select 'Copy'.

4. Go back to the blank word processing document that you opened in step 1, and 'right click' within the document, and select 'Paste' from the menu. Your image will appear.

5. Print your image from the word processing document in color.

6. Following the directions in the video above, join your beads together with Fireline .006 beading thread and add an ear wire.

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I hope you have found this tutorial fun and informative. 😊

As always, if you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the 'COMMENTS' section below the video or on this blog post, and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thanks again for your interest and I hope you will subscribe to my YouTube channel for more crafting fun!

Here is the link to the video tutorial overview for these earrings:

SUPPLIES: (some, or all, may or may not be needed)

Miyuki Delica 11/0 Beads

Turquoise, Black, White, Yellow, Orange

Fireline Beading Thread

Ear Wires

Wire Guards (to add to top of finished earring to secure ear wire)

Beading Needles

To practice stitches with large beads:

Pony Beads

Yarn

Embroidery Needles

Scissors

To make your own graphs, you may need the following:

Graph Paper

Colored Pencils

Sharpies

MORE LINKS TO MY VIDEOS & ARTICLES: How To Find a Picture, Resize It, Download to Word Processing & Print to Transfer

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Paint a Beautiful Welcome Slate for your Home

Hi and thank you for being here and for your interest in this tutorial.

In this post, I will be outlining the exact steps I used to make a welcome slate with a painting of cardinals as you can see pictured below...

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Learn How to Paint a Cardinal Welcome Plaque

Video Instruction Outline

I hope you will find this craft fun and informative and that you will use the steps outlined on this page to make a beautiful welcome plaque for your home.

Welcome plaques make beautiful gifts for your friends and family too. They are also very popular items sold online on sites like Etsy or eBay so you may even be able to start a business of your own...

Welcome Slates available to purchase

Using the methods I will outline on this page, the sky is the limit for what kind of images you can decorate a welcome plaque with.

You can find most of the supplies you will need in a local craft store, however, I have linked the supplies for this project below for your convenience if you would like to purchase them online.

You may or may not need all the supplies shown and listed below, however if you want to learn more about each item, click the underlined word(s) below the picture.

SUPPLIES:

(to learn more about each item below, click the underlined description)

One of my Butterfly Rocks created with a stencil

Flower Stencils

Welcome Stencil

Stencil Brushes

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This is a picture of my poppies rock made with a stencil:

Watch the videos below to learn how to stencil:

"How to Stencil Poppy Flowers" - PART 1

"How to Stencil Poppy Flowers" - PART 2

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Pre-Steps:

After you read through once and feel you have a general idea, then go back to the beginning and follow them in order to make your own welcome plaque.

Before you begin, you will have to have an image to transfer. Here is the image that I used. I found it on PINTEREST...

If you need help in finding an image, please read this article to help you find, download, and print any image from the Internet.

You can also see some images on my Pinterest board linked here. Just copy and paste an image into a word processing document to resize and print out to use.

Read How to Find, Download and Print Images from the Internet for more information too.

I will link other articles and videos that may be of help to you down below the directions.

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DIRECTIONS:

1. Paint your canvas (wood or slate plaque) with two coats of white chalk paint, letting each coat dry thoroughly before moving on to the next step (2).

2. Paint another coat of white chalk paint, however, this time do not let it dry before the next step (3) below.

3. Place a generous coat of Mod Podge onto the inked side of the image you want to transfer onto the plaque you are creating. Before the Mod Podge dries, place the inked side of the image (the side coated with the wet Mod Podge) face down into the wet white chalk paint that's on your plaque (refer to step 2 above).

4. Using your paint brush, coat the dried face-down image with water. You will see the ink coming through the paper. Let it dry completely. Do this "water step" at least five more times, letting it dry in between coats of water.

This is what it will look like when the water is applied.
As you can see, the ink becomes visible when it's wet.

5. After about the fifth (maybe more) coat of water being applied to the back of the image, you will start to see pills (small rolls) of the wet paper being formed. You can gently pull those off (see pic below). This is actually a good sign of a great ink transfer! 😊

Standard computer paper has about seven layers (yes, 7!) and so it is a little bit of a time consuming process to get each layer off until only the ink remains on your canvas...

This is what it will look like when the paper starts coming off.

6. When you have finished with the wetting and drying process outlined in Step 5 above, place yet another coat of water over the back of your image, however, do not let this coat dry completely.

Wait until it is almost dry (still moist, this might take approximately 5 or 10 minutes after wetting) and use your index finger to gently roll the rest of the paper off of your canvas so that the only thing left on the canvas is the ink. You may also have to do this step a few times until you are happy with the image that remains for you to embellish with paint.

7. There may still be some paper film left when you are ready to color in your transferred image. That's okay because when you go over the design with your acrylic paint pens, it will rub most of the thin film left from the paper off of the canvas.

8. Once your image is completely dry, coat the surface with Mod Podge to seal the paint. Enjoy your welcome plaque!