MineBeads’s Craft Blog
Welcome to MineBeads’s Seed Beads Craft Blog. Seed Beads can be used for loom and off-loom bead weaving, bead embroidery, and used to create amazing jewelry pieces, dream catchers, macrame snowflakes, home decor, hats, belts, embellishing handmade cards, and more!
Uncover Unique Seed Beads Jewelry Designs Perfect for Valentine’s Day Gifts - Valentine’s Day is coming, and it is a time to show love and appreciation for the people we love all the time. The most popular gifts to give are flowers, candy, cards, and YES jewelry. But why not make this Valentine’s Day a bit more special by designing a piece of jewelry that is truly …Uncover Unique Seed Beads Jewelry Designs Perfect for Valentine’s Day Gifts Read More »
Pearl Necklace for Men - When it comes to pearls, people always associate them with women. But with fashion moving forward to genderless and fluid styles and designers, the boundaries of what men can wear have increasingly blurred. Pearls for men are having a renaissance, and in a few years, pearl necklaces are about to be as commonplace as chains …
The Collection of MIYUKI Vitrail Beads & Vitrage Glass Beads - Vitrail is a beautiful French word, meaning stained glass window. There are many high-quality seed beads with vitrail coating, such as MIYUKI Beads, Bicone Beads, Czech Fire-Polish Beads, and more. The vitrail finish adds silver, orange, yellow, and pink tones to the surface, bringing a unique look to your design. You can use them as …The Collection of MIYUKI Vitrail Beads & Vitrage Glass Beads Read More »
Difference between MIYUKI Delica Beads and TOHO Aiko Beads - Toho and Miyuki seed beads are both precision manufactured Japanese seed beads, both renowned for their consistency in color and size. These high-quality seed beads are ideal for bead weaving, bead loom work and bead stringing giving perfect and beautiful results every time. There are so many beautiful seed beads available and each type can …Difference between MIYUKI Delica Beads and TOHO Aiko Beads Read More »
FAQs of MIYUKI and Toho Beads - What are the best seed beads? Japanese seed beads are popular because of their consistent quality and uniform shape. Japanese seed beads have larger holes than Czech seed beads of a comparable size. We stock primarily Miyuki seed beads. Cylinder shaped beads called Delicas are the highest quality seed beads in production today. What are …
How Miyuki beads are made? - Miyuki Seed Beads and Delica are made by mixing the raw materials SiO2, NaCO3, and CaCO3 with any base-coloring ingredients and placing them in a 1400C furnace to make the melted glass. Miyuki Delica are the highest quality seed beads in production today.Swarovski comes in a myriad of shapes, colors, and coatings and is consistent …
Guide to Czech Glass Beads - Czech glass beads are well known in the world, with their exemplary craftsmanship, vivid color and bead-to-bead consistency. They are available in a breathtaking variety of vivid colors, and are categorized by their many different shapes and types of Czech Beads. From fire-polished faceted shapes to smooth round druks and more, standard hole to large …
Guide to 3D Seed Beads Beading - To make a dimensional beading project, seed beads, beading needle, beading thread and beading technology are essential parts for all beaders. For a brand new one to beading, I suggest using MIYUKI size 11 Delicas, Big Eye Beading Needle and MIYUKI Nymo Beading Thread as basic materials, as they are easy to use. As for …
The Buyer’s Guide to MIYUKI Beads Finishes Style and Color Chart - Introduce finishes and coatings of Miyuki beads include color sample – what does it all really mean. such as Durocoat, Galvanized, Luminous, COLOR-LINED, Silverline Dyed
How to Do Peyote Stitch? - Peyote stitch is a perfect stitch for beginning beaders, as it is easy to learn. There are many variations of peyote stitch, among them flat even count peyote stitch and odd count peyote stitch are the most popular beadwork stitches. I recommend you learn flat peyote if you are an absolute novice, as it is …