Beading Thoughts! - 5 Methods To Increase Your Imagination Effortlessly
Are you in an imaginative rut? Inspiration all dried out? Or perhaps you're just seeking a few new ideas to keep both inspiration and interest up! If any of those apply to you, then you have come to the correct place! If any of those apply to you, then you have come to the right place! Below, you'll find five beadwork ideas that might help kick start your imagination and get you creating again!
I'm writing this list with beaded necklaces in particular in mind, but the beadwork ideas presented here might be easily adapted to most any project you have an interest in. That is one of the excellent things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer flexibility. You can spy an idea that is executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a little work and modification, easily transform it into anything totally new and different (a bracelet, necklace, or even a matched set!).
1 - If you have fallen into the habit of making single strand designs, branch out into fun multi-strand or wrap designs for a fresh viewpoint! Multi-strand designs add layers of difficulty to your work, and can turn a rather ordinary single-strand piece into something really extraordinary. It's a little trickier to pull off, but you can even try a "hybrid design," one that starts off (at the clasp) as a single strand, branches out into a double, or perhaps even a triple, and then, since it winds its way round 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 shop to see what's new!
3 - Try something 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 also can get a little costly, so use with care!)
4 - Commit yourself to learning a new method (i.e., "African Net") this month! Anything that breaks up your "normal" way of doing things is bound to spark a slew of ideas! - There's an almost unending variety of methods to be learned, and each 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 ways to affix your designs onto gold or silver chains for a totally new look! - This takes the idea of "mixed medium" to the next level!
As the 5 suggestions above demonstrate, there're all sorts of things you can do, all types of new methods of looking at even current beadwork ideas, to break out of a creative run, and they are really just the tip of the iceberg!
I'm writing this list with beaded necklaces in particular in mind, but the beadwork ideas presented here might be easily adapted to most any project you have an interest in. That is one of the excellent things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer flexibility. You can spy an idea that is executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a little work and modification, easily transform it into anything totally new and different (a bracelet, necklace, or even a matched set!).
1 - If you have fallen into the habit of making single strand designs, branch out into fun multi-strand or wrap designs for a fresh viewpoint! Multi-strand designs add layers of difficulty to your work, and can turn a rather ordinary single-strand piece into something really extraordinary. It's a little trickier to pull off, but you can even try a "hybrid design," one that starts off (at the clasp) as a single strand, branches out into a double, or perhaps even a triple, and then, since it winds its way round 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 shop to see what's new!
3 - Try something 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 also can get a little costly, so use with care!)
4 - Commit yourself to learning a new method (i.e., "African Net") this month! Anything that breaks up your "normal" way of doing things is bound to spark a slew of ideas! - There's an almost unending variety of methods to be learned, and each 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 ways to affix your designs onto gold or silver chains for a totally new look! - This takes the idea of "mixed medium" to the next level!
As the 5 suggestions above demonstrate, there're all sorts of things you can do, all types of new methods of looking at even current beadwork ideas, to break out of a creative run, and they are really just the tip of the iceberg!
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