New Tutorial! Easy Bell flowers

[Bright-eyed Beads]

Hi All,

I have long been inspired by all the loverly beads that I have seen made with the Carlo Dona Bell flower press and I have so wanted to buy one. But to use a familiar catch cry from a fellow beadmaker, "I am a girl on a budget" and I simply cannot afford to buy one unless I win a lottery! Given that I am unlikely to win one anytime soon, I had to find my own way to make these. So I taught myself to make them using readily available tools that we all have on our work benches or available from your local hardware or electronics store! This tutorial shares the knowledge that I have discovered and refined on how to make these beads right now, no matter what your budget or skill level. It includes three mini-tutorials;

1. Bell flowers on wire
2. Drop Bell flower on mandrel
3. Bell flower on mandrel

It consists of 19 pages with clear, concise graphics plus photographs of each step and is available through my Etsy site. Price is $10 USD

I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with from this tutorial and thank you for all your support,

Cheers

Jenny

[blong2001]

Those are beautiful! Gotta wait until payday though! I can't wait!

[Bright-eyed Beads]

Thank you so much Bethany. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Cheers

Jenny

[Bright-eyed Beads]

Every one is out to play are they? Good weekend to make some yummy flowers and they are so easy to make. Very Addictive!!!

Cheers

Jenny

[Bright-eyed Beads]

Now edited the post to reflect the results that came in on the poll I posted in the Tutorials section. The price is now $10. I look forward to hearing what you all say about the tutorial and I hope that you give it a go,

Cheers

Jenny

[gemsinbloom]

SOLD!

[blong2001]

I finally got to play with this last night! Fun! Need to PPP!
Thank you!

[Bright-eyed Beads]

Fantastic! Can't wait to see what comes out of the kiln!!!Please post some pictures if you can xxx Jenny

[Beadbug]

What a wonderful way to make these little flowers thank for sharing your great tutorial

[Bright-eyed Beads]

My pleasure Tracy! I am so glad that you love the tutorial

[Bright-eyed Beads]

Tutorials are still available and make a great gift to give to any of your glassey friends to play with this Christmas season! Happy to send via email along with a e card to wish them all the best for the festive season!

Cheers

Jenny