Kerrie Slade

Preciosa Ornela has begun working with one of the most significant costume jewellery designers, Kerrie Slade.
Kerrie Slade first discovered beading around 12 years ago while recovering from an illness when she needed something creative to occupy her hands and her mind. She learnt the basic beadweaving stitches from books and magazines but she soon knew that she wanted to experiment and create her own designs. 

Growing up in an agricultural area of England gave her an understanding and an appreciation of nature, especially animals and flowers and she often draws inspiration for her work from these early experiences. Her real passion nowadays lies in fairy tale style beadwork and she is part way through creating a themed body of work entitled ‘Midnight Garden’ which includes many imaginative pieces such as mystical beaded animals and birds, fantasy flowers, twisting vines and magical doorways! Kerrie has had her work published in over 30 books and magazines in Europe and the USA and has taught workshops internationally. Kerrie is currently also enjoying creating innovative designs with exciting new beadwork products as well as writing and selling tutorials via her website

Preciosa Ornela provided Kerrie with the necessary materials for her to create floral pieces using seed beads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads brand. With her design inspired by a garden of flowers, Kerrie has presented a new method of using the PRECIOSA Twin™ two-hole beads and seed beads.

Experienced creative bead workers will therefore be able to expand their options when using their favourite techniques and beginners can be inspired to achieve an excellent final effect in a relatively simple way. Preciosa Ornela would like to thank Kerrie Slade for her excellent cooperation and for the exceptional result of her work with Czech seed beads.

Tutorials and inspiration

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Season’s Greetings

Pick your favourite PRECIOSA Permalux colors and delight your family and friends this holiday season by making them a special greetings card they will want to keep forever.

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Butterfly Meadow

Create this garland style necklace and evoke an idyllic summer image of wildflower fields alive with butterflies. Follow the tutorial to make realistic daisies in rich PRECIOSA Permalux colors, add some simple wirework and a handful of glass butterflies and adorn yourself with sunshine.

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Summer Fruits

Create this sweet set by mixing three colors of PRECIOSA White Lining rocailles with a single PRECIOSA Cornelian Star to give the appearance of an orange branch. The perfect accessory for summer days!

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Cornelian Holiday Set

Follow this easy tutorial to learn how to make a simple tubular beaded bead using the classic PRECIOSA Cornelian. Once you have mastered the technique, make multiple tubes and thread them onto a wire necklace interspersed with the PRECIOSA Cornelian Star to create a range of everyday jewelry items perfect for your summer holiday.

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Charming Hearts Collection

Celebrate St. Valentine’s Day in style by adorning yourself with this romantic set of jewelry. Use simple brick stitch and vivid red PRECIOSA White Lining rocailles to create heart-shaped motifs and then suspend them from chain to build a sentimental collection.

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Sparkling Snowflakes necklace

Make simple components reminiscent of snowflakes using basic weaving techniques with PRECIOSA Candy Oval beads and cut Rocailles.

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Everlasting Boutonnière

Combine bead weaving and wirework with PRECIOSA Pearl Pastel Lining seed beads and Light Ivory Wedding beads to create a buttonhole for the groom.

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Wedding Belles

Follow this tutorial to make simple bell-shaped flowers using pretty PRECIOSA Pearl Pastel Lining seed beads. Create an elegant necklace by attaching a cluster of flowers to delicate silver chain, or build a collection of romantic pieces suitable for the bride and her bridesmaids.

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Floral Hair Band

Follow this tutorial to make a variety of flower shapes with the PRECIOSA Light Ivory Wedding range and sew them onto a length of wide ribbon to create a romantic hair adornment for the bride.

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Children’s Day Set

Follow this simple tutorial to make little flowers using herringbone stitch and PRECIOSA Pearl Pastel Lining seed beads.

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Trillium Flower Bracelet

Mix three beadwork techniques with richly colored PRECIOSA White Lining rocailles to create a lush garland of flowers and leaves which curves naturally around the wrist. When you have learned the technique, branch out to create a matching necklace and earrings for the full floral experience.

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Rainbow Twist

Mix straightforward tubular herringbone stitch with vibrant PRECIOSA Terra Intensive Matt rocailles to create a long rope of beadwork that can be worn in multiple ways. Wear it simply as an elegant everyday necklace, wrap it around the neck twice for a choker or wind it around the wrist several times as a bracelet either in casual strands or a more complex twist.

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Touch of Luxe

Weave opulent PRECIOSA Luxury Coating cut rocailles and PRECIOSA Farfalle™ together to create a sparkling band to adorn your finger. The pattern can also be adapted to make a matching bracelet for a deluxe shimmering set.

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Kumihimo and PRECIOSA Pip™

Preciosa Ornela presents bead in the shape of a small pip from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Bead™ brand.

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Rose Window Rivolis

We present a DIY Guide for earrings made of sparkling Rivoli beads embroidered with dainty PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads™.

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Pellet Bangle

Bracelet with PRECIOSA Pellet™ beads Playful Perfection is the name of a book full of tutorials written by the internationally renowned designer and author Kerrie Slade. The book includes 30 tutorials on how to produce a wide variety of types of costume jewelry made using the beads and seed beads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads™ brand.

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Pipflinks Cufflinks

Use PRECIOSA Pip beads and peyote stitch to make little flower shaped motifs and turn them into a pair of elegant cufflinks. Each flower has a diameter of approximately 2.5 cm.

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Rose Window Rivolis

Rivoli Earrings with Cut Seed Beads Capture the brilliance of the Rivoli stone in a web of glittering Charlottes and create charming earrings reminiscent of the round stained glass windows, typical in Gothic architecture.

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Ripple Crown Pin

Brooch made of PRECIOSA Ripple™ Show off the pleasing curves of PRECIOSA Ripple™ by separating a circle of them with spines of seed beads in this regal looking pin.

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Fire Polished Flower

Create a beautiful flower with PRECIOSA Rocailles and fire polished beads by using a combination of circular and flat brick stitch.

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Charlottes Flowers

Bracelet made using PRECIOSA Charlotte and Rivoli seed beads PRECIOSA ORNELA’S cut seed beads are among the very best that the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Beads range can offer. Try using Charlotte beads, the most popular 13/0 size, while making a luxurious bracelet where the gleam of the cut stone facets is enhanced by the large cut stones in the shape of a Rivoli.

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Diamond Pellets

Make small diamond shaped clusters of PRECIOSA Pellet™ and seed beads and attach them end to end to create quick and easy bracelets and earrings.

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Decorative candle

Make an ordinary candle unique using flowers made from PRECIOSA Pip™ Pressed beads.

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Karolina Necklace

Use simple weaving techniques to make star-shaped components with PRECIOSA Karo™ beads and cut Rocailles.

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