Do you know who Sabine Lippert is?

Well, she's a funny beader from Germany. She travels the world to teach her beautiful creations.  I was fortunate to take one of her classes here in San Diego.

www.trytobead.com is her web site, and trytobead is the name of her business. She is the author of at least two books.

She is known for making tiny intricate pieces in each of her projects. I don't know how she thinks of them. Above is her Dragon's Cross pendant...

I bought her tutorial for this one. It was fun and easy to make, and my cross (see below) came out so strong and hard, you'd think it was metal. I LOVE it!!! It's so sturdy, I just love holding it.

I also bought her Dimensional Lace bracelet tutorial...

and below is my oh so unprofessional photo of the one I just finished...

I loved it sooo much I had to make earrings to match...

Sweethearts Bracelet by Juanita Carlos...

This bracelet is stunning! I had to buy the pattern and make one (bottom). This one on top is Juanita's. The colors she chose for hers (top) are the best for this bracelet. There needs to be a contrast to see the hearts. Mine (bottom) not so much. But it's east to make and turns out beautiful. The stitch is a right angle weave with three beads in stead of four.

Dyan Moon Earrings...

I found these adorable earrings while surfing through Pinterest, which I will do for hours. They were created by Svetlana. Her Etsy shop is called Svetlana Gallery Beads, where her tutorial for them can be found...

Below are the ones I just finished, and I love them!!!

Linda Genaw's Peyote Fan Earrings...

I love these earrings by Linda Genaw...

I downloaded her free tutorial for her Peyote Fan Earrings tutorial. I still want to make a flat pair, but I love what I did to this pair. I really tightened each row so they would curl on purpose thinking they wouldn't change that much. But they really did...

Caprice Bracelet...

Seems like everyone has made one of these bracelets except for me, and now I have. If you search for "capricho" or "caprice" on Pinterest and add the word "bracelet" in the search you will see many made by people all over.

It's very easy to make. The base is a basic netting stitch. See the picture below from a Fusion Beads tutorial:

After you make the base you add beads to the inside of each diamond. See sample below from Unicornio Pasion:

The one below is from AMIRkoraliki Jewelry and is the tutorial I used:

Round, diamond, or oval shaped beads work nicely.

It's hard to create a pattern like the two I recently finished below. Even though I counted rows, beads, many times they both still came out wrong (the mistakes are not showing)...

My next will be made with one bead, like the black one above. 

Shibori Silk Ribbon and Beading...

Shibori is a Japanese tie-dying technique, and everyone is adding Shibori ribbon to their beaded embroidered pieces. Here are a few photos of beautiful pieces found on the internet...

  

I recently finished this one...

I will do a neckpiece next...

My third attempt at CGB...

So I believe I've finally got the concept of Contemporary Geometric Beadwork (CGB), and this is my final attempt to create a cooty-catcher bangle. It's not correct. It should be symmetrical and it's not. I don't have the right number of points. There should be an equal or not-equal number of points, but I just don't care anymore. It takes tooo long to make one. I at least won't be making another until some different instructions come out. It takes a certain type of brain to just start one and know that it will turn out correct.

Anyway, I like it, but it's not right and I think it's weird...

If you want to see what they're supposed to look like check out this page on Facebook...https://www.facebook.com/ContemporaryGeometricBeadwork?fref=ts

Yes, Ella again...

I love Ella Des' designs and her tutorials. The photo on top is of her Alma Earrings I saw on her site and had to make ASAP. She sells her tutorials there, and of course I found more than just this one.

Below are my finished Alma Earrings. Loved them so much that I had to make another. These were fun and fast to make.

Like I said, I bought more than one of her tutorials. Below is her Anice Pendant...

loved her Anice Pendant sooo much that I made three (below).

I love the Lunasoft cabochons and found a bunch on Etsy. Brilliant idea for Ella to use something different here.

WOW!!! - Alla Maslennikova...

For about a month now I've noticed one particular bead artist named Alla Maslennikova producing numerous pieces of bead work that are so original and beautiful. Maybe you have to. She has new designs I've never seen, and uses beautiful articles and findings of high quality in her pieces. She has an abundance of pieces, everyday one or more new pieces are displayed on her Facebook page. Here are a few that knock my socks off. Crystal Waterfall and Baroque (first two below) are from a time when I first noticed her work a couple years ago...

Bead Lady is the name of her business. She's very young and beautiful, and lives in Moscow.

You won't see any thread showing in her bead work even with magnified glasses. Don't know how she does it.

She also has an Etsy shop...https://www.etsy.com/shop/beadladyru?ref=si_shop

Susanne Seidelmann...

I recently discovered her pieces published in Perlen Poesie Magazine.
Intricate and delicate components of metal parts, wire work, chain, bead stringing, and bead weaving designed together in beautiful, romantic, vintage jewelry.

She teaches her classes and sells kits on her site below:

http://www.sz-2010-schmuckdesign.de/

This is her Fairy Dust Necklace from Perlen Poesie Magazine that I fell in love with...

More by Ella Des...

This woman is amazing! She is one of my favorites because sooo many of her pieces are beautiful. Her color choices are amazing using a huge variety of palettes.

I saw her Super Square Earrings (below) and ordered the tutorial to make me a pair.
I love how they came out and would definitely make them again. Here is the pair I just finished...

You can find more from her Facebook page and shop from her on-line store. Below are more of her recent work...