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Beading Ideas! - 5 Ways To Raise Your Inspiration Easily
Are you in a creative rut? Inspiration all dried out? Or maybe you are just seeking a few new ideas to keep both inspiration and interest up! If any of those apply to you, then you have come to the right place! If any of those apply to you, then you've come to the correct place! Below, you'll find five beading ideas that might help kick begin your imagination and get you creating again!
I am writing this list with beaded necklaces in particular in mind, but the beading ideas presented here might be easily adapted to most any project you have an interest in. That's among the wonderful things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer flexibility. You can spy an idea that is executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a small work and modification, easily transform it into anything completely new and different (a bracelet, necklace, or even a matched set!).
1 - If you've fallen into the habit of creating single strand designs, branch out into fun multi-strand or wrap designs for a fresh perspective! Multi-strand designs add layers of difficulty to your work, and can turn a more common single-strand piece into something really extraordinary. It's a little trickier to pull off, but you could even attempt a "hybrid design," one that starts off (at the clasp) as a single strand, branches out into a double, or maybe even a triple, and then, as it winds its way round the neck, re-converges.
2 - Commit yourself to incorporating a color or design of bead you don't usually use into your next design. This can be as simple as looking through your existing stock for those beads you generally "pass over," or taking a road trip to your local bead store to see what's new!
3 - Try anything exotic! How about using a few decorative Czech glass beads or Swarovski crystals in your next piece? It could take you in all sorts of new and different directions! (note: this also can get a little expensive, so use with care!)
4 - Commit yourself to learning a new technique (i.e., "African Net") this month! Anything that breaks up your "standard" way of doing things is bound to spark a slew of ideas! - There is an almost unending variety of methods to be learned, and every time Christina and I think we "know it all," we discover something new to try!
5 - Instead of stringing your next piece, investigate chains, and find ways to affix your designs onto gold or silver chains for a totally new look! - This takes the notion of "mixed medium" to the next level!
As the 5 tips above demonstrate, there're all types of things you can do, all sorts of new methods of looking at even existing beading ideas, to break out of a creative run, and these are really just the suggestion of the iceberg!
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