I can always find such nice beads at work, both wooden beads and others. The idea for this necklace came as a bold from the sky, suddenly and bright! I’ve always liked the look of a wooden bead but that fact brought me to the question of what I can make with a wood bead? I could make a wooden bead necklace with macrame…or a wooden bead bracelet…hmm.

Then I pictured in front of me how silver would look fantastic together with wood… Then and there I had it perfectly clear: What about that hollow sterling silver filigree bead and some small silver spacer beads together with a wood bead! Make that into a medium long necklace and here is what you get.

I can tell you that this necklace was so fun to do! Getting a bit bead crazy, just holding a big wood bead in your hand is pretty satisfactory when you’re a beadaholique like me! The beads were pretty big so the assembly was done in a jiffy Anyways, there are lots of wood beads to chose from if you want o make a wooden bead jewelry piece.

Natural Wooden Bead

Natural Wooden Bead

We have the natural wood bead in different sizes, like the ones in my necklace here. There you’ve got graduated wood beads in fact, 4 different sizes I think. You can do lots of stuff with that, graduated strands makes shape. So you should buy the same bead but in different sizes for that effect.

 

Colored Wooden Bead

Then of course we have the colored wooden bead, they come in any color you want practically. There are hundreds of shades out there online and at local bead shops.

If you prefer to chose the exact nuance yourself there is a fun option for that. Buy the natural colored wood beads and paint them with craft paint. I would paint them and then let them all dry on a toothpick or something to keep the the color even. That’s also a perfect choice if you already have wood beads in colors you don’t like, just paint them in any color you want!

Printed Wooden Beads

Printed Wooden Bead

Last but not least we have the printed wood bead, they look so cute with the beautiful patterns made on them.
They can be very pretty to use in macrame knot work or strung and mixed with other colored beads. You can make some really cool but still natural looking jewelry with printed wooden beads.

 

 

 

 

Don’t be afraid to try all the cool wood beads out there, there is so much to chose from. I’m happy I tried them by making this necklace, and truth is you get more experience by using more new beads. So develop your beading and jewelry making.

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