Are you in an imaginative rut? Inspiration all dried up? Or perhaps you are only looking for some new ideas to keep both inspiration and interest up! If any of those true for you, then you've come to the correct place! If any of those apply to you, then you have come to the right place! Below, you will find five beading ideas that could help kick start your imagination and get you creating again!

I'm writing this list with beaded necklaces in specially in mind, but the beading ideas presented here could be easily adapted to most any project you've an interest in. That is one of the magnificent things about bead craft as a hobby! Its sheer adaptability. You can spy a thought that has been executed in one way (say, a ceiling fan pull chain), and with a little work and modification, simply transform it into something completely 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 convert a rather ordinary single-strand piece into anything truly extraordinary. It is a little trickier to pull off, but you can even try a "hybrid design," one that starts off (at the clasp) as one single strand, branches out into a double, or maybe even a triple, and then, since it winds its way around the neck, re-converges.

2 - Commit yourself to incorporating a color or style of bead you do not normally use into your next design. This can be as simple as looking through your current stock for those beads you often "pass over," or taking a road trip to your local bead shop to see what's new!

3 - Look for anything exotic! The ways 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 can also get a little costly, so use with care!)

4 - Commit yourself to learning a new system (i.e., "African Net") this month! Anything that breaks up your "usual" method of doing things is bound to spark a slew of ideas! - There is an almost endless number of ways to be learned, and each time Christina and I think we "know it all," we find something new to try!

5 - Rather than stringing your next piece, investigate chains, and find solutions to affix your designs onto gold or silver chains for a completely new look! - This takes the idea of "mixed medium" to the next level!

As the 5 suggestions above demonstrate, there are all kinds of things you can do, all kinds of new ways of looking at even current beading ideas, to break out of a creative run, and they are really just the tip of the iceberg!

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