Since the beginning of this year, we had several different themes in focus. New Storytelling jewelry, tutorials, interesting products were inspired by themes as India, Something Special in My Heart, and The Traveller. This gives us the freedom to go into depth, to talk about sources of inspiration, the details, and opportunities to grow our… View more
Guest post by Kalpana Sharma, a talented beader, fellow Storytelling Beading Club member, and participant of the 1. Storytelling Beading Contest. Dear Kalpana, thank you so much for your talent, your contribution, dedicated time, and energy to writing this fantastic post for our blog. The amount of new information you shared with us and we… View more
The article was written by contestant, fellow beader, and good friend Nitti – Anita Berecz, and edited by Erika. A little while ago, during the International Beading Week, we have shared the results of the first Storytelling Beading contest. These were exciting times for both the contestants and the jury. It was a great possibility… View more
Only a few days to go until the deadline of the 1. Storytelling Beading Contest. We are gradually receiving the entry pieces and couldn’t be more excited about the competition. You can read all the necessary information about our contest and if you’ve ever made a Storytelling Jeweller design or used an L2Studio cabochon, here… View more
In May 2020 I was the guest teacher in the Facebook group Seed beads and more. I was teaching the basics of bead embroidery through my Traveller design. You can check out all the video lessons, the live Q&A sessions, and download the pdf files from this page: Learn the basics of bead embroidery! Here… View more
In May 2020 I was the guest teacher in the Facebook group Seed beads and more. An amazing, inspiring place to be if you’re a beader. Admins Anita M. Adamson and Sylvia Burns do a great job by organizing beadalongs, motivating members, inspiring the community. It was an honor and pleasure, and also lots of… View more
Frauke Gugat, Cliff Swain-Salomon, Vezsuzsi (Zsuzsa Veres), Miriam Shimon, Shona Bevan, and Erika Sandor all revealed some fun facts about themselves. It’s the 1st of April, but the content is 100% true 🙂 Please wait for a couple of seconds until the quiz fully loads. Enjoy the quiz! Sign up to… View more
We’ve been talking about India, how India inspires me and what makes a design Indian, all through this month. Let’s have a look at my designs, which were influenced by my experiences gained from both of my visits to the country. Sign up to my newsletter if you don’t want to miss… View more
I strongly believe in cooperation, sharing our experiences, thoughts, ideas to make the world a better place around us. Together, we can be smarter and stronger. From time to time, I like to invite my fellow beading-designers in a post like this, to show their talent. To show, how the same topic, like I’ve been… View more
The beauty of Indian jewelry lies in a wide variety of shapes and colors. Matching necklaces and earrings, rings for the toes, fantastic headpieces, noserings, necklaces for men, ornaments for the turbans, all modern or traditional – everything is allowed and widely worn. Not only are they decorative items, but they can also be accessories… View more
