Are you in an innovative rut? Inspiration all dried out? Or perhaps you are only looking for some 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 will find five beading ideas that could help kick start your imagination and get you creating again!
I'm 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 fantastic things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer adaptability. You can spy a thought that has been executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a little work and modification, easily transform it into anything entirely 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 point of view! Multi-strand designs add layers of difficulty to your work, and can convert a rather ordinary 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 one single strand, branches out into a double, or maybe even a triple, and then, since it winds its way around the neck, re-converges.
2 - Commit yourself to incorporating a color or style of bead you don't typically 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 - Look for anything exotic! The ways about using some decorative Czech glass beads or Swarovski crystals in your next piece? This could take you in all kinds of new and different directions! (note: this also can get a little expensive, so use with care!)
4 - Commit yourself to learning a new method (i.e., "African Net") this month! Anything that breaks up your "standard" method of doing things is bound to spark a slew of ideas! - There is an almost endless number of techniques 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 methods to affix your designs onto gold or silver chains for an entirely new look! - This takes the idea of "mixed medium" to the next level!
As the 5 suggestions above demonstrate, there are all sorts of things you can do, all kinds of new methods of looking at even existing beading ideas, to break out of a creative run, and these are really just the recommendation of the iceberg!
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