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Beading Thoughts! - Five Methods To Increase Your Inspiration Easily
Are you in an imaginative rut? Inspiration all dried out? Or perhaps you are just looking for some new ideas to keep both inspiration and interest up! If any of those true for you, then you've come to the correct place! If any of those apply to you, then you have come to the correct place! Below, you will find five beading ideas that might help kick start your imagination and get you creating again!
I'm writing this list with beaded necklaces in specially in mind, but the beading ideas presented here could be easily adapted to most any project you've an interest in. That is among the magnificent things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer flexibility. You can spy an idea that has been executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a little work and modification, simply transform it into something totally new and different (a bracelet, necklace, or even a matched set!).
1 - If you have 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 turn a rather ordinary single-strand piece into anything truly extraordinary. It is a little trickier to pull off, but you can 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, as it winds its way around the neck, re-converges.
2 - Commit yourself to incorporating a color or style of bead you do not normally use into your next design. This can be as simple as looking through your current stock for those beads you often "pass over," or taking a road trip to your local bead store to see what's new!
3 - Look for anything exotic! How 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 can also get a little costly, so use with care!)
4 - Commit yourself to learning a new system (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 unending number of techniques to be learned, and each time Christina and I think we "know it all," we find something new to try!
5 - Rather than stringing your next piece, investigate chains, and find solutions 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 tips above demonstrate, there are all sorts of things you can do, all kinds of new ways of looking at even current beading ideas, to break out of a creative run, and they are really just the recommendation of the iceberg!
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