Projects & Inspiration
AUNTIE’S BEADS · EST. 2000
A little inspiration for your next handmade favorite.
Explore jewelry projects, meaningful gifts, and fresh ways to use the beads you love. Choose a starting point, then make it your own.
Find your next pattern
Browse our free downloadable designs for necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and beadwork.
Just add an earwire
Start with a focal you love and turn it into a pair of earrings. Our project bundles bring the components together.
Make a stretch bracelet
Play with color, texture, and bead combinations for a bracelet that feels like you.
Beads with personal meaning
Learn about mala bracelets, meditation bracelets, and Christian prayer beads, with ideas for choosing beads and planning the fit.
Same beads, three looks
See how alternating colors, pairs, and color blocks change the feeling of the same twelve aqua and twelve black beads. Compare the illustrated arrangements before you string.
Seasonal inspiration
Save a little sunshine for your next project. Our summer collection of ideas is here whenever you’re ready for warm-weather color.
Five easy summer beading projects
Three colorful projects with free PDF patterns — choose a project, then add the pattern to your order. Supplies are sold separately.
Build your beading confidence
Start with your first beading tool kit, compare waxed cord and thread conditioner, or learn how to make a toggle clasp easier to fasten.
Need help choosing materials or finishing your design? Visit Beading Basics & Techniques, our Seed Bead Design Guide, or the Pendants, Charms & Connectors Design Guide.